KUALA LUMPUR: A police investigation has been launched after a effigy resembling the Prime Minister was whipped during the rally on July 26. Acting Kuala Lumpur police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohamed Usuf Jan Mohamad said the incident was detected via a recorded video. “We will investigate. As I said before, the police will accommodate as the rally...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 465 encroachment cases have taken place on lands owned by the Federal Government from 2015 till May 2025, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani (pic), who is tasked with temporarily overseeing the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry, said these figures involved encroachment on Federal Government-owned land,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming has defended his statement that 20 metric tonnes of rubbish were left behind following the “Turun Anwar” rally. Nga said the figures were based on findings by the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation (SWCorp), whose personnel were mobilised on the ground. “The numbers did not...
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Registration Act 1959 (Act 78) will be amended to tackle MyKad forgery, according to Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. He stated that the government is finalising the amendments, which are scheduled to be tabled in the current parliamentary session. "The amendments to the Act will, among other things, include provisions for...
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have identified the six Malaysians who were detained by Cambodian authorities on suspicion of attempting to smuggle nearly 62kg of cannabis to the United Kingdom via Phnom Penh International Airport on July 16. Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects were all men aged between...
BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government has cleared the way for the delivery of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Turkey following a positive decision by the federal security council, the Spiegel news magazine reported on Wednesday. Turkey has been in talks on buying Eurofighter Typhoon jets, which are built by a consortium of Germany, Britain, Italy and...
IPOH: A factory owner here lost about RM210,000 after falling victim to an online share investment scam. Only wanting to be known as Chan, the 47-year-old said he had initially wanted to try investing in shares and saw an advertisement on Facebook, clicking on the link on March 26. "The link led me to a WhatsApp chat...
MELAKA: The Melaka government is ramping up efforts to address the growing number of abandoned private lands across the state, warning that continued neglect could turn such plots into "man-made jungles". Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh (pic) said the state is taking a proactive stance by engaging private landowners to ensure idle land...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's police chief is set to be sacked, the country's speaker of parliament announced Tuesday (July 22) after he was found guilty of heading a criminal network at an impeachment hearing. Inspector-General Deshabandu Tennakoon would become the first head of police in the island's history to be impeached after being deemed unfit to lead...
PETALING JAYA: The mother of the Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin told the Sessions Court here Tuesday (July 22) that she never left her child alone, except during working hours and school sessions. "Never, not even once. I was the one who carried, gave birth to, and raised Zayn (Zayn Rayyan). Throughout his life, I was only...
