PETALING JAYA: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is stepping up efforts to curb commercial vehicle overloading after two motorcyclists were killed in a Putrajaya lorry accident on Wednesday (Sept 20). JPJ deputy director general (planning/operations) Aedy Fadly Ramli said they have instructed all of its state directors to conduct special operations on commercial vehicles. "These operations will...
IPOH: A group of six men were arrested for allegedly stealing RM180,000 worth of compressed metal. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said the arrests were made at a few locations in Ipoh, Selangor and Penang between Sept 20 and 21. “On Sept 14, a robbery attempt was made at an electronics factory in Jalan Lapangan Terbang...
JOHOR BARU: The Sultan of Johor has expressed his readiness to fulfil his national duty for the country and the people. Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar, who is next in line to be the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, conveyed his willingness to shoulder the responsibility. “It is not a promotion. It is a responsibility I am prepared to...
BENTONG: The Pelangai state by-election on Oct 7 will see a three-cornered battle between candidates of Barisan Nasional (BN), Perikatan Nasional (PN) and an Independent. They are Bentong Umno division committee member Datuk Amizar Abu Adam from Barisan, Bentong PAS deputy president Kasim Samat (Perikatan) and Haslihelmy DM Zulhasli, the Independent candidate using the car symbol. ALSO...
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional's Datuk Amizar Abu Adam is the best man to be the next Pelangai assemblyman, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The MCA president said Amizar is also an Umno committee member and was a local Felda Chemomoi boy in the Pelangai constituency. "Amizar also holds a Master's degree in Management and Strategic...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the fact that his own party members were free to openly question the government's policies and actions was a testimony that his administration has not abandoned its promised reform agenda. This came after CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour questioned him on recent criticism leveled by fellow...
Singaporean filmmaker JD Chua shares his incredible journey from being a fan of Michael Mann's Heat to working alongside the Hollywood director on Blackhat. JD Chua was 13 when he first watched Heat, Michael Mann’s 1995 epic crime saga starring Al Pacino as an LAPD cop in hot pursuit of Robert De Niro’s master bank robber and his crew. “I was...
Shing Yuk Man, 48, was detained on suspicion of drug trafficking, possession of a dangerous drug and apparatus for smoking the narcotic. The son of late Hong Kong actor Shing Fui On, popularly known as Dai Sor (or 'big fool' in Cantonese), was arrested after 1kg of marijuana was seized from his Sai Kung home on Wednesday...
KUALA LUMPUR: A restaurant worker pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate's Court here on charges of stalking a female newsreader at her workplace and on social media last week. Muhammad Azhari @ Azari Abd Rahman, 55, was accused of stalking Ainaa Kamalia Jamaludin, 31, by sending messages on social media and repeatedly going to her workplace...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has fixed Dec 12 to give its verdict on Sultanah of Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah’s appeal in her defamation suit against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown and two others. A three-member bench comprising Justices Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Mohamed Zaini Mazlan and Datuk Azhahari Kamal Ramli set the date after hearing...
