ALOR SETAR: Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail's claim that I brought in a Chinese national into the country is defamatory, says Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor. The caretaker Kedah mentri besar said the Chinese national concerned, So Loi Fat, was already in the country way before he became mentri besar. "He was already here. How can...
PUTRAJAYA: Several Road Transport Department (JPJ) branches have been directed to take down a notice which says that physical road tax for private vehicles are no longer being issued, says Anthony Loke. The Transport Minister said the directive was issued by JPJ director-general Rospiagos Taha to branches which said physical road tax would not be given...
PETALING JAYA: Rivals are painting an image of disharmony between Umno and MIC because they are desperate to gain political mileage, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Barisan Nasional chairman said after a special meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday (Aug 2), it is clear that MIC and Umno have enjoyed...
PETALING JAYA: Umar Osman rewrote his national 400m record for the second time at the World University Games in Chengdu when he clocked 46.09s in the semi-finals on Wednesday (Aug 2). Umar utilised the opportunity of running in the favoured Lane 4 to smash his previous record of 46.33s he set on Tuesday (Aug 1) by...
PETALING JAYA: South Korean shuttler An Se-young is unstoppable right now. And that makes the women’s singles interesting and competitive but also adds immense pressure on all others in the fray to narrow the gap quickly, says Malaysia’s former All-England men’s singles champion Mohd Hafiz Hashim. Hafiz, who is now coaching India’s P.V. Sindhu, knows he has...
PETALING JAYA: Never take sides when you do not have a complete picture of the incident. This was the view expressed by former great Datuk James Selvaraj following the dismissal of Datuk Misbun Sidek from his position as the national junior singles coaching director. Even though Misbun has a contract that runs until the end of this...
PETALING JAYA: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah suffered a blow ahead of the World Championships from Aug 21-27 in Copenhagen after crashing out in the first round of the Australian Open. The duo went down fighting 20-22, 21-17, 17-21 to China’s world No. 6 Zhang Shuxian-Zheng Yu in the women’s doubles event at Quaycentre in Sydney yesterday. Pearly-Thinaah held...
PETALING JAYA: National doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky’s (pic) job was spared as he had only taken over the junior squad five months ago. This is the response from Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) after recently ousted national junior development director Datuk Misbun Sidek said that he should not be the only one to be blamed...
The latest trailer for the upcoming sci-fi epic The Creator is drawing flak for allegedly using footage of a real disaster. Directed and co-written by Gareth Edwards (Rogue One), The Creator tells the story of a human soldier (Tenet’s John David Washington) who’s tasked with protecting an android child who holds the key to ending the war between humans and...
The iconic cat and mouse duo will take their antics to Singapore in a collection of three-minute shorts, premiering on Cartoon Network and HBO Go in August. Tom And Jerry, arguably the most famous cat and mouse duo in the world, are coming to Singapore. On Wednesday (Jul 26), Warner Bros Discovery announced that its first-ever localised...
