Tang Jie learns about backing partner Ee Wei after loss in final

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...

RM2,000 Early Incentive Payment for civil servants on Feb 23

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...

Company director loses RM11mil to crypto-investment scam

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...

King Charles diagnosed with cancer, will postpone duties and undergo treatment

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...

Managing director remanded in RM25mil graft probe

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...

My husband’s wellbeing is my only concern, says Taib’s wife Raghad

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...

Ex-S’wak governor missing

KUCHING: Ailing former Sarawak Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud (pic) seems to be at the centre of a tug-of-war with his family members claiming that they have no idea where he is now and his wife denying allegations that she “abducted” him. One of Taib’s brothers, Datuk Mohammad Tufail Mahmud, has lodged a police...

Couple caught on camera trying to kick other bikers on Penang Bridge

BUKIT MERTAJAM: A couple has been detained by police after they were caught on video riding dangerously along the Penang Bridge on Monday (Feb 5). Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Helmi Aris said the motorcyclist, in his 50s, and his companion, in her 30s, were nabbed in George Town on Tuesday (Feb 6). "We believe the...

PM wants an end to all criticism of Najib’s pardon

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants all criticisms and condemnations regarding the reduction in jail sentence and fine meted out to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to be stopped and for all quarters to respect the decision of the Pardons Board. He said the main consideration was not legal matters but...

Exhausted Najib ‘very, very disappointed’

PETALING JAYA: An exhausted Datuk Seri Najib Razak is “very, very disappointed” at not getting a full pardon, says his daughter Nooryana Najwa Najib (pic). Nooryana, who is better known as Yana, said the ex-prime minister told her this when she visited him at the Sungai Buloh prison following the Pardons Board’s decision to commute his...