PETALING JAYA: Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown has been sentenced to two years' jail for defaming Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah. Magistrate Nik Mohd Tarmizie Nik Mohd Shukri passed down the sentence on Rewcastle-Brown on Wednesday (Feb 7) at the Kuala Terengganu Magistrates' Court, Harian Metro reported. Rewcastle-Brown did not attend the hearing. She was charged with criminal defamation...
KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's money laundering case has once again objected to the former prime minister's application for a temporary release of his passport, this time to travel to Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 15. In the prosecution's counter affidavit to the application obtained by the media, deputy public prosecutor Zander Lim...
MELAKA: A 38-year-old man who went into hiding for three months after allegedly raping and impregnating his teenage daughter has finally been caught. State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Zainol Samah said the suspect was arrested in Kampung Kelemak Dalam at midnight on Tues (Feb 6). He said police launched a manhunt for the suspect, a labourer,...
PETALING JAYA: Former men’s singles shuttler Chia Jeng Hon has found a new way to stay involved in the sport after being dropped by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM). He has returned ‘’home’’ as a sparring partner at Academy Badminton Association. The 21-year-old Jeng Hon was one of the players axed from the national set-up following...
PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttler Chen Tang Jie believes he needs to cover for his partner Toh Ee Wei better during matches when need to – just like Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukroh. Tang Jie-Ee Wei found home favourites and 2021 world champions Dechapol and Sapsiree Taerattanachai a tough nut to crack and went down 12-21, 18-21 in...
PUTRAJAYA: The RM2,000 Early Incentive Payment for civil servants will be made on Feb 23, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic). He said this when speaking at the Finance Ministry's assembly here on Tuesday (Feb 6) morning. Anwar added that this is the Early Incentive Payment of RM2,000 to all civil servants grade 56 and...
KUALA LUMPUR: A company director lost RM11,130,123 in a cryptocurrency investment scheme called 'CCERX' advertised on Facebook last September. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) deputy director (Investigation) Deputy Comm Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa said the loss was the single largest case of crypto-investment fraud. "The 60-year-old man lodged a police report on Jan 30 at...
LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will postpone public engagements to undergo treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, but added he remained "wholly positive" about the scare less than 18 months into his reign. Charles, 75, who became king in September 2022 following the death of his mother Queen...
KUALA LUMPUR: A managing director of a tractor distribution company has been detained in connection with a suspected graft involving a RM25mil agriculture tractor supply project. The woman, in her 50s, was remanded until Feb 8. She was brought to Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (Feb 6), where Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin issued the remand order. Sources said...
KUCHING: The wife of former Sarawak Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud says her only concern is her husband's wellbeing. Toh Puan Raghad Kurdi Taib said news and images circulated on social media about her over the past few days have tarnished her image and reputation. "I humbly request, please stop all these assumptions and malicious...
