PETALING JAYA: Three men, including two police officers, sustained injuries in an accident involving two vehicles at kilometre (KM) 74.5 of Jalan Kuantan-Kuala Lumpur early Saturday morning. The incident, which occurred around 3.25am, involved a police patrol car and a four-wheel drive. Maran District Police Chief, Superintendent Wong Kim Wai, said the driver of the patrol car,...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A number of cases involving foreigners coming to Singapore to commit credit card fraud has led to at least $300,000 getting lost so far. And while the police were able to arrest nine suspects, they are looking for another 11 who managed to leave the country. The police said on Nov 22 that...
TOKYO (AFP): Japan's minority government signed off Friday on a US$140-billion stimulus drive aimed at putting more money in consumers' pockets after the ruling party's worst election result in 15 years. The October 27 contest saw voters -- angry over corruption in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and inflation -- deprive new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's...
PUTRAJAYA: The government saved about RM900,000 by using a private chartered flight for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's recent working and official visits abroad, says Fahmi Fadzil. The government spokesman and Communications Minister said the cost of using the Malaysia Airlines Airbus A350 came to RM6.162mil. The government paid RM1.662mil or 27% of this amount while...
PETALING JAYA: Many social media users praised the Johor government for fairly implementing the two-hour break on Fridays. Beginning next year, employers in both the public and private sectors in Johor must provide a two-hour break for their employees on Fridays. Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said that this aligns with the state's weekend change...
PETALING JAYA: Transportation and the halal industry will be among the key points during Datuk Dr Seri Wee Ka Siong's speech at the 11th Global Logistics Alliance (GLA) Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. "(I had a) conversation with the GLA President, Grace Sun Wenfang, in conjunction with the conference,” wrote the MCA president in a Facebook post...
PUTRAJAYA: A motorcycle repeatedly travelling around Rantau Panjang, Kelantan, has led to the discovery of a syndicate smuggling illegal immigrants. The Director-General of the Immigration Department, Datuk Zakaria Shaaban, told Sinar Harian that the department dismantled a human trafficking syndicate in a special operation conducted in the district on Wednesday (Nov 20). He said the operation, which...
BEIJING (SCMP): China’s second-wealthiest man on Wednesday made a surprise demand that the country’s richest man, founder of ByteDance, apologise for the perceived role that TikTok’s Chinese sibling Douyin has played in “spreading rumours and misinformation”. Zhong Shanshan, 69 – founder and chairman of China’s largest packaged drinks company Nongfu Spring and the country’s second-richest person,...
Former media boss and opposition activist Jimmy Lai Chee-ying took to the witness stand for the first time on Wednesday in his high-profile national security trial, admitting he had donated money to local and overseas groups but denying that he used those connections to manipulate foreign policies on Hong Kong and mainland China. Beijing rebuffed criticism by Western politicians of...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been successfully re-elected to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (Uncitral) for the 2025-2031 term. The election, held during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Nov 20, saw Malaysia secure one of the eight Asia Pacific Group seats with the highest number...
