Author - Stephanie Chan

Coach wants Chen-Toh to do their best to reach Tour Finals semis

PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles coach Nova Widianto has challenged top pair Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei to at least reach the last four of the World Tour Finals from Dec 13-17 in Hangzhou. Tang Jie-Ee Wei had made the cut for the prestigious season ending Finals for the first time after clinching the eighth and final...

Pearly-Thinaah need proper scheduling to avoid injuries

PETALING JAYA: Managing shuttler Pearly Tan’s physical condition and tournament schedule will be women’s doubles coach Hoon Thien How’s main priority leading up to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Pearly faces a defining year along with M. Thinaah as the pair seek to qualify for their maiden Olympics. Thien How believes that the national No. 1 pair need...

JYP’s Campy Performance At Blue Dragon Film Awards Is A Must Watch Just For The Funny Celeb Audience Reactions

Actually, it's worth rewatching the 51-year-old’s performance multiple times just to see those epic faces again. K-pop mogul J.Y. Park (aka JYP) is known to most as the starting force behind acts such as Rain, 2PM, and Got7. But he was actually one of the first K-pop idols. Hence, a bonafide performer in his own right. However, we are quite...

Adam Radlan’s six money laundering cases transferred to KL Sessions Court

KUALA LUMPUR: The six new money laundering charges faced by Segambut Bersatu division deputy chief Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad at the Shah Alam Sessions Court have been allowed to be transferred to the Sessions Court here. This brings to 12 the number of charges slapped on the businessman – five for soliciting and receiving bribes and...

Perak police nab duo believed to be parents of abandoned siblings

IPOH: The police have arrested two individuals, believed to be the parents of four siblings who were found abandoned at the Perak Tengah Administrative Complex, in Kampung Gajah, on Thursday (Nov 23). Perak Tengah OCPD Supt Hafezul Helmi Hamzah said the two individuals were arrested separately, after receiving a report about the incident from Kampung Gajah...

Kampung Cina residents upset over Kuala Terengganu council’s plan to close iconic market

PETALING JAYA: In its recent annual assembly, PAS said it wants to convince non-Muslims that the Islamist party can take care of their interests, but a decision on an iconic market and food court in Terengganu challenges that narrative. Residents of Kampung Cina, a historic enclave in Kuala Terengganu, the capital of PAS-ruled Terengganu, were upset...

1MDB suit: Arul Kanda files RM56.7mil counterclaim over wrongful termination

KUALA LUMPUR: Former president and chief executive officer of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Arul Kanda Kandasamy (pic), has filed a counterclaim of RM56.7mil for alleged wrongful termination of his contract. Arul Kanda, as the first defendant in a lawsuit brought by 1MDB, filed the counterclaim in the High Court here on Nov 17 through Messrs Sanjay Mohan. Based...

Penang building collapse: Three dead, two seriously injured, four believed still trapped, say police

GEORGE TOWN: Rescuers are still searching for four missing workers believed to be pinned under the rubble where a building under construction had collapsed at about 9.45pm on Tuesday (Nov 28). Penang deputy police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohamed Usuf Jan Mohamad said so far rescuers have found five of them. ALSO READ: Penang building collapse: One confirmed...

Penang warehouse collapse: SAR ops expected to end at noon, says Bayan Lepas rep

GEORGE TOWN: Search and recovery efforts for the four remaining victims at the construction site of a logistics complex which collapsed in Batu Maung on Tuesday (Nov 28) is expected to end by noon Wednesday (Nov 29), says Bayan Lepas assemblyman Azrul Mahathir Aziz. "Rescuers are aggressively removing the fallen concrete at the site to recover...

Taylor Swift Turned Down Offer to Perform at King Charles III’s Lavish Coronation, New Book Claims

The 'Lover' songstress reportedly declined to perform at the British monarch's coronation ceremony in May, along with other A-listers. King Charles III, 75, reportedly had a list of musicians who declined to perform at his highly anticipated coronation ceremony in May. One of those singers included Taylor Swift, 33, as revealed in royal expert Omid Scobie‘s new book, Endgame. Although the...