KUALA LUMPUR: Heitech Padu Bhd has proposed a private placement of 10.12 million new ordinary shares, raising gross proceeds of RM22.98 million, which will be utilised for working capital. The issuance of new ordinary shares is representing 10 per cent of the total number of issued shares of the company and the placement shares will be placed to...
PETALING JAYA: The death of Tan Sri Joseph Kurup is a great loss to the people, says Datuk Seri Dr Seri Wee Ka Siong. "My heartfelt condolences to the family members of Tan Sri Joseph Kurup, a prominent figure to the people of Sabah, who was also the former president of Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS). His...
KANGAR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested an employee of the Perlis State Fisheries Office who is believed to have received monthly kickbacks from a company two years ago. According to an MACC source, the 44-year-old man is believed to have received bribes amounting to RM800 monthly as an inducement so that the Fisheries Department would...
KOTA KINABALU: The skeletal remains of an individual found inside a room at an abandoned teachers’ quarters in Membakut on Wednesday morning (April 17). A white wire was also found hanging from the ceiling fan, and a plastic chair that had fallen to the side was found next to the remains. Acting Beaufort OCPD Assit Supt Weddrin...
KOTA KINABALU: Three houses were burnt down during a fire at a Keningau village on Tuesday (April 16). However, no casualties were reported in the fire at Kampung Ria, Jalan Dangulad there. The Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said that the emergency call came at 1.55pm. “When the team arrived, the blaze had already destroyed all three houses. “The...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here on Tuesday (April 16) maintained the 20-year jail term imposed on a former transporter for committing 10 counts of physical sexual assault against two underage sisters. A three-member panel of judges comprising Justices Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Datuk Azman Abdullah and Datuk Azmi Ariffin dismissed his appeal for a lower...
PETALING JAYA: The bodyguard who put his own life on the line and was shot while saving travel agency owner Farah Md Isa has undergone a successful surgery. Muhammmad Nur Hadith, who is also known as Along, underwent intestinal surgery at around 11.30am on Tuesday (April 16), his wife Siti Noraida Hassan told The Star. "The operation...
KOTA KINABALU: Help is pouring in for Eddy Laimin, who is hospitalised in Korea and needs help paying the hospital bill and coming home. As of Monday afternoon (April 15), 27-year-old Sabahan received about RM7,000 in donations three days after his family’s call for help was shared by the media. His sister Juitah, who is also in...
PETALING JAYA: Hafizul Harawi, the suspect in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport shooting, has been arrested. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain confirmed that the 38-year-old was arrested in Kota Baru on Monday (April 15). "The suspect was caught in Kota Baru, Kelantan, at 3pm," he said. Razarudin said more details will be released later by the...
KOTA TINGGI: A mother and her three-month-old daughter were killed in an accident at Jalan Tanjung Balau - Bandar Penawar here. Penawar Fire and Rescue Department operation commander Azlan Mat Sani said they received a distressed call about the accident involving a car and a tanker lorry at 1.38pm on Friday (April 12). "Upon arriving, we found...
