PETALING JAYA: Imagine Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen (pic), Malaysia’s Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie playing in a three-on-three badminton game. Well, that’s exactly will take place when these world-class players lock horns in an exciting invitational tournament – Bdmntn-XL Invitational starting today in Jakarta that offers a whopping US$1mil (RM4,340,000) for the winning team. Bdmntn-XL...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court ruled that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was "wilfully blind" to his failure to inquire into the origin of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) funds. Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah (now a Court of Appeal judge) said that, given the substantial sums deposited, namely US$681mil, and the US$620mil returned to...
KUALA LUMPUR: Funds raised from a US$3bil bond issuance purportedly for the development of The Exchange TRX had ultimately been diverted into former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s bank account, says the judge hearing the 1MDB case. Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah (now Court of Appeal judge) who heard Najib’s 1MDB case said that the...
SUNGAI BULOH: A 37-year-old inmate from Sungai Buloh Prison died on Sunday (Oct 27). Sungai Buloh OCPD Supt Mohd Hafiz Muhammad Nor stated that a prison warden reported the incident. The inmate was transported to Sungai Buloh Hospital due to health complications and was pronounced dead while receiving treatment. A post-mortem conducted on Tuesday (Oct 29) confirmed there...
PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttlers Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin have the potential to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Pang Ron-Su Yin, who were combined last year, have started to find their feet after initially struggling in World Tour competitions. The duo recently reached a career high No. 24 in the world and mixed doubles...
PETALING JAYA: Women’s doubles shuttler M. Thinaah believes that coach Rosman Razak’s qualities could help elevate her and Pearly Tan’s game. Pearly-Thinaah are set to be reunited with Rosman – who first paired them up during their days in the back-up squad – after the latter was re-appointed by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) as...
PETALING JAYA: Wisma Putra has yet to confirm a report stating a MyKad and Malaysian driving licence were found in Levadne, Zaporizhia. In a message to the media on Tuesday (Oct 29), Wisma Putra stated that it is aware of the article regarding the discovery. "As of now, we have yet to verify the information. It has...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is considering introducing a comprehensive common bar course (CBC) or exam (CBE) to enhance the Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP), the current professional qualification exam for lawyers, says M. Kula Segaran. The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said this was to align the CLP with international standards...
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has launched an investigation into the existence of a cartel involved in the distribution and supply of fertiliser contracts for rice paddies, valued at an estimated RM1.8bil, within an organisation under the control of a ministry. The MACC conducted a series of raids over the past two days in...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has instructed the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry to coordinate and increase programmes related to the Indian community. He said that for this purpose, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Deputy Minister Datuk Seri R Ramanan has been tasked with overseeing the efforts to ensure that the RM130mil allocation under...
