KOTA KINABALU: A man with 33 drug and criminal offences on his record was among two suspected burglars arrested in connection with a sundry shop break-in at Sabah's east coast Tawau district. Tawau OCPD Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin said the two suspects, aged 39 and 19, were caught in separate operations in the district on Tuesday...
KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution has listed seven reasons in its appeal petition in the RM150mil graft case involving Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin and his wife Zizie Ezette Abdul Samad. In the petition filed on May 3, the prosecution contended that the High Court judge had erred in his exercise of revisionary powers when...
NEW YORK (Reuters): A US judge on Monday (May 6) formally ended the US government's criminal case against Goldman Sachs related to the Wall Street bank's work for the Malaysian fund 1MDB after it met its obligations and paid US$2.9bil (RM13.7bil) in penalties. Chief Judge Margo Brodie of the federal court in Brooklyn dismissed a bribery...
HULU SELANGOR: Two early voting centres for the Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) by-election, namely at the multi-purpose hall of the Royal Malaysian Police College and the 4th Infantry Division of the Royal Signals Regiment, were opened simultaneously at 8am Tuesday. The early voting process for the by-election involves 625 police personnel and 238 military personnel and...
PETALING JAYA: Following a drop in medical graduates, the number of housemen at the Health Ministry has dwindled by 50% since 2019. The decline has also caused a maldistribution of housemen in various government hospitals that offer housemanship. According to data from the ministry’s Human Resources Division sighted by The Star, there were 6,134 housemen in 2019,...
PUTRAJAYA: A convenience store in Precinct 3 here was raided by the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) yesterday, for suspected sale of food products with the words 'No Palm Oil' (NPO) written on the product's plastic packaging. Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said the raid which started...
KUALA PILAH: A couple who earlier pleaded guilty to child neglect and were supposed to have been sentenced have now decided to file a representation. Muhammad Firdaus Shariman, 32, and Siti Salasiah Jumaah, 25, pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court on April 3 to a charge of leaving their two young children in an unattended car...
PETALING JAYA: When it comes to Malaysia’s growing obesity problem, children – especially boys – are the most at risk. Available statistics show that six out of 10 children in the country are at risk of being overweight or obese by 2035, with boys facing a higher prevalence of obesity. According to Malaysia’s National Health and Morbidity...
HULU SELANGOR: The Health Ministry will seek clarification from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in relation to the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine as reported by the international media recently. Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the pharmaceutical company should be responsible by submitting a thorough and transparent explanation not only to Malaysia but to...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian students in universities in the United States are facing disruption to their campus lives with the eruption of pro-Palestinian protests. Some have even been harassed, with many having names called. Azida Ahmad Azmi, a graduate student at Columbia University, New York, said the escalating situation seemed hard to avoid, especially in her campus where...
