New ETS coaches expected to serve over 7.5 million passengers, says Loke

KUALA LUMPUR: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB)’s plans to get an additional 10 new sets of electric train service (ETS) coaches is expected to allow over 7.5 million passengers to use the service annually, says Anthony Loke. The Transport Minister said that last year, there were 32 daily ETS trips and there were 4.12 million passengers...

Subsidiaries under five federal agencies lost almost RM2bil in 2022

PETALING JAYA: Almost half of the 123 subsidiary companies under five federal agencies lost almost RM2bil in 2022, according to the Auditor-General’s Report on Federal Agencies 2022. The five agencies were Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT), Federal Land Development Authority (Felda), Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) and Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH). These five federal...

Was house arrest part of Najib’s pardon, Ismail Sabri asks in Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic) wants the government to disclose if house arrest was included as part of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s royal pardon application. “I was made to understand that aside from a royal pardon, there was an appeal for him to be transferred from being detained at the...

Malaysian fans confused by HK actor Kenneth Ma’s ‘aku makan’ greeting

PETALING JAYA: Hong Kong actor Kenneth Ma fumbled with his Malay and made a faux pas by saying “aku makan” when greeting his Malaysian fans recently, reported Sin Chew Daily. The 50-year-old, here to attend the opening of a G2000 outlet at The Exchange TRX, had wanted to say “apa khabar” but ended up blurting “aku...

‘10 years on, people still accusing me over disappearance of MH370’, says Azharuddin

KUALA LUMPUR: Ten years on, people are still questioning and accusing me over the disappearance of MH370, laments Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman (pic), former chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM). Discussing the enigmatic disappearance of the ill-fated aircraft that continues to baffle the world, he addressed accusations of concealing information about the...

Kuching man loses RM40,500 to a fake lawyer

SIBU: A man in Kuching lost RM40,500 after he was made to believe he could recover RM60,000 from a previous gold investment scheme. Special Assistant to Stampin MP, Michael Kong said on Thursday (March 7) that the victim, who only wanted to be known as Bong, had sought his assistance in verifying the identity and credentials...

Olympic-bound Jin Wei’s perseverance puts smile on coach Nova

PETALING JAYA: Professional shuttler Goh Jin Wei (pic) is virtually assured of a place in the Paris Olympic Games despite her challenging journey. And coach Nova Armada can’t be more prouder than that. The world No. 27 is currently lying at the 17th spot in the Road to Paris ranking and she is set to go under...

Early goodbye in Paris for Sze Fei-Izzuddin after surprise loss to Taiwan pair

PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles shuttlers Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani’s run at the French Open ended right when it began after they crashed out in the opening round. They took on world No. 24 Taiwanese pair Lee Fang-chih-Lee Fang-jen in the first round at the Arena Porte de la Chapelle in Paris, but saw their campaign...

Meta’s facebook, Instagram suffer global outage

Meta-owned social media platforms facebook and Instagram were down for hundreds of thousands of users on Tuesday (March 5) in a global outage. The disruptions started around 11.30pm with many users saying on rival social media platform X they had been booted out of facebook and Instagram and were unable to log in. There were more than...

‘SRC victim of grand fraud’

KUALA LUMPUR: A subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), SRC International Sdn Bhd, was a victim of a large-scale, multi-jurisdictional fraud orchestrated by Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the High Court heard. SRC’s lawyer Datuk Lim Chee Wee said that instead of serving the rakyat, the company became a vehicle manipulated by the former premier to procure...