SIBU: A Sarikei housewife has been fleeced of RM540,000 in a nonexistent online investment scam that promised high returns of up to 100%. Sarawak Commissioner of Police Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri, said the 60-year-old woman had responded to an advertisement on Facebook on Oct 2. She contacted an individual by the name of "Koon Yew Yin"...
LONDON: The Malaysian Government will continue to support the Palestinian cause and will not yield to pressure from foreign powers on this issue, says the Deputy Prime Minister. Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) said Malaysia's stance should be respected as a sovereign nation. Malaysia need not worry about potential pressure from foreign powers to...
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LONDON: Malaysia is exploring opportunities to send lecturers and trainers, especially in the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), to South Korea and Turkiye, for Training of Trainers (ToT). Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamid (pic) said that these two countries are among the new sources which have the best...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will discuss with Singapore to allow the KTMB Shuttle Tebrau train service to continue even after the completion of the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link project, Parliament was told. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that under the previous bilateral agreement between the two countries, one of the agreed-upon conditions is to...
KUCHING: Primary and secondary schools should not be involved in activism relating to wars in other countries, says Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) women's chief Kho Teck Wan (pic). Kho said she was shocked and concerned to learn that all schools under the Education Ministry were instructed to organise a "Solidarity with Palestine Week" in the...
KOTA KINABALU: Schools and any educational institutions should be spared from being involved in any political agendas, movements or activities including efforts to promote support for Palestine in the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri president Datuk Henrynus Amin (pic) said discussions of such nature would disrupt learning in class and potentially create a...
JOHOR BARU: A pawnshop owner claims that a former employee stole more than RM100,000 in jewellery and cash. The owner of the shop located in Gelang Patah, who only wanted to be known as May, said she hired the then 18-year-old girl in July 2022 to man the front counter. The 58-year-old said she shrugged off constant...
SIBU: The Federal Government is obligated to accept letters that are written in English in official communications from Sarawak, says state Deputy Public Health, Housing and Local Government Minister Michael Tiang (pic). "The federal government in fact has a duty to entertain English letters from Sarawak for official communications as the National Language Act 1963/67 was...
(This Oct. 25 story has been corrected to change the name to Mr. Card in paragraph 4) (Reuters) - Hundreds of police searched the city of Lewiston and surrounding areas of Maine state for a man sought in connection with mass shootings at a bar and a bowling alley, as news outlets reported a death toll...
