Author - Stephanie Chan

‘Red Shirts’ gathering called off

PETALING JAYA: The planned "Red Shirts" gathering in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (Sept 16) has been called off, says Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos (pic). The Sungai Besar Umno division head said this was because Perikatan Nasional Youth moved its gathering to Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur. "We planned to gather after Perikatan Youth said they would be...

US opposes Trump request to remove judge in federal election case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday opposed Donald Trump’s request to remove the federal judge overseeing the criminal case accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 election. Smith, whose office is prosecuting the case against Trump, said there was "no valid basis" for U.S. District...

Retiree loses RM3.839mil in phone scam

SHAH ALAM: A retired private sector employee in Subang Jaya suffered a loss of RM3.839mil after falling victim to a 'phone scam'. Selangor Police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the 70-year-old woman received a phone call from an individual in November 2022 claiming to be an insurance officer, who said there had been an insurance...

M’sian Actor Claims Most Women Become Arrogant When They Work & Earn Money

Malaysian actor Rosyam Nor has found himself in the spotlight after sharing his controversial views on working women in a TikTok video. In a podcast titled "Should Women Stay at Home or Work?", the 56-year-old shared with the female host that he is against women working ‘cos “when women start working and have money, they become arrogant”. He emphasised that...

‘Don’t turn Dewan Rakyat into fish market’, Deputy Speaker raps MPs

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat Datuk Ramli Mohd Noor rapped several MPs on Thursday (Sept 14) for trying to turn the Dewan Rakyat into a fish market during the debate on the 12th Malaysia Plan Mid-Term Review. This came after the MPs engaged in a war of words and used points of Standing Order...

Perikatan MP urges for more non-Malay representation in Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR: An Opposition MP has suggested that Malaysia emulates Singapore’s group representation constituency (GRC) system to enhance the representation of minority ethnicities in Parliament. Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (PN-Arau) said it was time for Malaysia to reform the electoral system, noting how the present one was determined in 1957, when the then Federal Constitution of...

FILE PHOTO: Members of a medical team from Kozhikode Medical College carry areca nut and guava fruit samples to conduct tests for Nipah virus in Maruthonkara village in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India, September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

India’s Nipah virus trackers gather samples from bats, fruit

New Delhi (Reuters) - Experts have fanned out in India's southern state of Kerala to collect samples of fluid from bats and fruit trees in a region where the deadly Nipah virus has killed two people and three more have tested positive. The state is battling its fourth outbreak since 2018 of a virus for which...

Fifteen Thai ‘flower girls’ picked up in raid on Melaka nightclub

MELAKA: Fifteen Thai women were among 22 people arrested during a raid at a nightclub located in Taman Melaka Raya here. State Immigration Department director Anirwan Fauzee Mohd Aini said his officers detained the Thai women suspected of working as hostesses, while five Bangladeshi men employed as crew members at the nightclub were also picked up. “We...

Too Erotic? The Way TVB Star Sisley Choi Eats Ice Cream Has Viewers Feeling Hot Under The Collar

Is there another way to eat gelato? Netizens just love to talk about TVB actress Sisley Choi. The 32-year-old recently found herself a trending topic on Xiao Hong Shu because of the way she ate ice cream in a recent episode of TVB travel show Europe Go Go Go? The show took Sisley to Milan, where she toured the sights...

Huang Xiaoming Called Narcissistic For Displaying Oil Painting Of Himself In Shanghai Home

Well, if you can't love yourself, how are you going to love somebody else? Thanks to a guest of Huang Xiaoming’s, fans recently got a glimpse into Chinese actor’s lavish Shanghai home. A female friend was recently invited to the 45-year-old’s mansion for a meal and took to social media to share pics from her visit. “Thanks Huang Xiaoming...