KUALA LUMPUR: Despite being at fault for the loss of Batu Puteh, no action will be taken against centenarian Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister stated that punishing the 100-year-old former premier would lead to backlash from the Opposition. "The former prime minister is 100 years old, and was he at...
DHAKA (Reuters) -One person was killed as a Bangladesh air force training aircraft crashed in a college campus in the capital city of Dhaka on Monday, a fire services official said. (Reporting by Ruma Paul, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)
KOTA KINABALU: A businessman has been arrested for cheating a man of RM6,000 purportedly to obtain a "datuk" title from Pahang. Officers from the Sabah Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested the businessman, who is in his 40s and has a "Datuk" title, on Monday (July 21) when he turned up at the state MACC head office...
GEORGE TOWN: Penang Development Corporation (PDC) will cooperate with Bukit Aman's anti-money laundering division on the investigation into the Mobility Beyond Imagination (MBI) investment scheme, says Chow Kon Yeow. The Penang Chief Minister said the Bukit Aman special task force visited PDC as part of a broader nationwide investigation into the MBI investment scheme. "This visit was...
KUALA LUMPUR: Plans are in motion to bring all pre-university pathways, including Form Six, under the Higher Education Ministry (MoHE), says Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. "The government is currently planning to place everything under the ministry, including Form Six," the Higher Education Minister said, adding that implementation is expected either next year or the...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an advisory on a tropical depression detected at a latitude 15.0 north and longitude 127.3 east, approximately 420 km northeast of Samar Island, Philippines. In a statement on Thursday (July 17), MetMalaysia said the storm was moving west-northwest at a speed of 15 km/h with a maximum...
ALOR SETAR: Electricity theft linked to cryptocurrency mining activities has caused RM4.8bil in losses from 2018 to June this year, said Deputy Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister. Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said the situation is alarming and calls for continuous enforcement to prevent further losses. "Since 2018, electricity theft involving cryptocurrency mining has cost RM4.8 billion. "We recorded 2,399 cases from 2023...
WELLINGTON: Malaysia is poised to be a halal hub in Asean for products from New Zealand, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister said this comes after two organisations in New Zealand, which has obtained recognition from the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim), to use Malaysia as a springboard to widen its...
SEREMBAN: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained a court order to remand a woman for seven days until July 22 to investigate her for allegedly providing false information to claim a total of RM55,000. The suspect, in her 20s, was detained when she arrived for questioning at the state MACC office around 9.30pm on July...
KUALA LUMPUR: A part-time YouTuber from China was fined RM800, in default one month's jail, by the Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday (July 16) for trespassing on the Malaysian Parliament compound. Magistrate M.S. Arunjothy meted out the sentence on 25-year-old Li Zhechen after he pleaded guilty to unlawfully entering the Parliament grounds, which are designated as...
