PETALING JAYA: The Regent of Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim hopes Kim Pan-gon can clarify what he meant when he said it was dangerous to explain the reason behind his resignation as Harimau Malaya head coach. Pan-gon announced his resignation as the national team coach due to personal commitments in a press conference on Tuesday. Tunku Ismail...
PETALING JAYA: Danish No. 1 mixed doubles pairing of Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje will not be competing when the Olympic badminton tournament kicks off in Paris next week. Christiansen has decided to withdraw from the badminton mixed doubles event at the Paris Olympics after he unintentionally made mistakes in three of his 'whereabouts' filing and...
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, presented the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Scholarship (BYDPA) 2024 to 14 students of higher learning institutions at Istana Negara. Half of the recipients will pursue Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) studies, while another half will further their master’s degrees through research. The Public Service Department, in a statement on Wednesday...
JOHOR BARU: A man who had lent his younger sister RM30,000 ended up experiencing financial trouble himself after he turned to an illegal money lender for help. This led to months of daily harassment from loan sharks for the 41-year-old Ku, who lost his job in Singapore and saw his house in his hometown set on...
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian-born soldier has been promoted to a Major rank in the US Army, in a post by the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. The news was shared by the embassy in a Facebook post on Tuesday (July 16). “Congratulations to Malaysian-American Major Lim on your promotion in the US Army! “This achievement underscores your professionalism,...
SUNGAI BULOH: A post-mortem to determine the exact cause of Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah’s death is still pending lab results, according to police. In a statement on Tuesday (July 16), Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the post-mortem was conducted at Sungai Buloh Hospital and lasted two and a half hours. “The post-mortem was conducted...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Six people were found dead at an upmarket hotel in Bangkok on Tuesday, including at least one American national of Vietnamese descent, the Thai government said, as the prime minister ordered a swift investigation to stem any damage to the tourism sector. The Thai police said in a separate statement that the six people...
PETALING JAYA: Police have confirmed that the main suspect in the murder of Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah is a policeman. This was disclosed by both Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan and new Perak police chief Comm Datuk Azizi Mat Aris on Tuesday (July 16). Comm Azizi said the 26-year-old individual is a lans koperal...
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian-born soldier has been promoted to a Major rank in the US Army, in a post by the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. The news was shared by the embassy in a Facebook post on Tuesday (July 16). “Congratulations to Malaysian-American Major Lim on your promotion in the US Army! “This achievement underscores your professionalism,...
