SANDAKAN: The body of a man who was feared to have been killed by a crocodile while fishing in Sungai Sibuga, near Taman Kenari here, has been found dead. The 30-year-old victim, identified as Ubing Markum, was last seen around 4pm on Monday (July 14) when he left his house to cast nets in the river. At...
KOTA KINABALU: Political watchers are weighing in on the possibility of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor dissolving the state assembly within days after his Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat) three-day congress from July 25-27. With only four months to the automatic dissolution on Nov 11, some analysts speculate that Hajiji is likely to call...
GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested a local man and his Thai girlfriend on suspicion of drug trafficking in raids around Pulau Tikus and Tanjong Tokong here on Thursday (July 10). North-East OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the couple, in their 20s, was arrested in Pulau Tikus road at 11.30pm by a team from the Narcotics Criminal...
SEREMBAN: The Parliamentary Services Act 2025 (PSA) has received royal assent from His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, paving the way for Parliament to operate as an independent entity, Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Dr Johari Abdul announces. He said the effective date of implementation of the Act will be announced soon by Minister in...
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Bar has delivered the memorandum on safeguarding judicial independence to the Prime Minister’s Office, according to its president Mohamad Ezri Abdul Wahab. Lawyers, including leading figures from the Malaysian Bar, staged a “Walk to Safeguard Judicial Independence” on Monday (July 14) afternoon, proceeding from the Palace of Justice to the Prime Minister’s Office. The...
KUALA LUMPUR: Australia will continue collaborating with Asean countries and other international partners to ensure a region where sovereignty is protected, stated Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong. She emphasised that Australia aims for a region with a balance of power and strategic stability, allowing countries to make their own choices without coercion or duress. "That is Australia’s...
PETALING JAYA: Police are investigating a traffic accident involving one of their own and a member of the public. Following a video of the incident, Bukit Aman traffic investigation and enforcement department director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri confirmed that investigations are underway and that the exact location of the accident and personnel involved...
MIRI: A 49-year-old man has been fined RM120,000 by the Sessions Court for electricity theft linked to cryptocurrency mining. The accused Hii King Lee on Friday (July 11) pleaded guilty to two separate charges under Section 33(5) of the Electricity Ordinance (Chapter 50). The first offence involved the dishonest abstraction of electricity at a row of commercial...
KUALA LUMPUR: A 33-year-old project manager from Selangor has struck gold by winning the RM14.6mil Power Toto 6/55 Jackpot on July 6. He attributed his win to a set of numbers inspired by his and his girlfriend’s MyKad numbers. The lucky winner revealed that he had been faithfully using the same set of numbers — 4, 8,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Public Investment Bank Bhd (Public IB) expects Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to hold interest rates steady for the remainder of 2025, following the recent overnight policy rate (OPR) cut. Yesterday, BNM reduced the OPR by 25 basis points (bps) to 2.75 per cent at its fourth Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year, marking...
