PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry is not solely dependent on Pharmaniaga Bhd to ensure an uninterrupted supply of medicine to health facilities in the country, says Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa. She said that there was no disruption in medicine supplies at the moment, and said Pharmaniaga was only involved in logistics. “In terms of pharmaceutical services, we...
PUTRAJAYA: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has succeeded in getting the temporary release of her passport to visit her pregnant daughter in Singapore. A three-judge bench of the Court of Appeal chaired by Justice Hadhariah Syed Ismail allowed Rosmah's application here on Thursday (Aug 17). The court was earlier informed by Rosmah's lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh that the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants the practice of soliciting and giving commissions in the implementation of development projects, including housing, to be stopped immediately. He said the government never prevented any company from conducting operations and earning profits, but the practice of giving commissions to any minister or political party for that...
PETALING JAYA: Lawyer Mansoor Saat says that he is not a fugitive despite being wanted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). The NERS Sdn Bhd (Ners) director and shareholder said he left the country lawfully and rejected the narrative that it is a sign of guilt. "I am not a fugitive. I am also not on the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malays and youths should not be blamed for being influenced by racial and religious sentiments during the recently-concluded state polls, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar said the rise in support for right-wing ideologies is not something surprising in Malaysia, as it is a global phenomenon. He said that western countries have seen...
KAMPAR: PAS has opposed a water festival here, leading to the organisers changing the name of the programme from the Songkran Festival here to the Sahom Water Festival Kampar Pas Youth Council (DPPK) strongly protested the holding of the Songkran Festival which was said to be taking place at Sahom Valley Resort. Its Youth chief Saiful Islam...
PETALING JAYA: The public holiday declared after polling in five states was not a mandatory paid public holiday, says the Human Resources Ministry. In a statement on Thursday (Aug 17), the ministry said five state governments involved in the recent elections had declared public holidays. They were Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu on Aug 13 while Selangor and...
PETALING JAYA: Flash floods were reported in various areas of Shah Alam, mainly Section 13, on Wednesday (Aug 16) following a downpour. Footage posted on social media shows roads and vehicles being inundated by muddy rainwater although the rain seems to have abated. Voluntary efforts to extract vehicles from flooded areas are also underway by good samaritans...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz told the High Court that the central bank took seven years to discover that some US$700mil from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) coffers were diverted to Good Star Ltd, a company linked to Low Taek Jho or Jho Low. Zeti said, however, that this span...
KUALA LUMPUR: Cosmetics entrepreneur Safiey Ilias (pic) was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal on Wednesday (Aug 16) by the Ampang Sessions Court here of the four charges of committing sexual offences against two male teenagers two years ago. Judge Norhazani Hamzah made the order after Deputy Public Prosecutor Nurfadzlin Mahmad Zulhasnan applied for...
