KUALA LUMPUR: The government takes note of the Merdeka Centre’s survey on the one-year administration of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and views it from a positive angle, with efforts to address issues, including economic concerns, being taken, says the Communications and Digital Minister. Fahmi Fadzil (pic) said the government acknowledges the survey's findings, which he described...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has dismissed Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appeal to attend the proceedings of the US$681mil 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) lawsuit that was filed against him and several other individuals. A three-man bench comprising Justices P. Ravinthran, Mariana Yahya and Lim Chong Fong held that the proceedings the former prime minister wanted to...
PETALING JAYA: While continuing to insist that he did not kill Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu, ex-police commando Sirul Azhar Umar admitted to taking money for his silence. “I didn’t do murder (sic). But yes, I am involved,” he said in an interview with Al Jazeera’s 101 East programme, while admitting that he had taken Altantuya from...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry will review the eligibility of travel agencies involved in organising umrah travels. Its Minister, Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (pic), said this is due to complaints lodged by umrah pilgrims who have been duped by travel agencies despite the strict action taken against these errant companies. He says that his...
SEREMBAN: An elderly woman was killed and another injured when a car crashed into a restaurant in Taman Meranti, Bahau, near here. Jempol district police chief Supt Hoo Chang Hook said Tan Joo Lan, 75, was dining there when the accident happened at 8.50am on Friday (Nov 24). He said she suffered serious neck injuries and was...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A tunnel which collapsed, trapping 41 workers in the Indian Himalayas this month, did not have an emergency exit and was built through a geological fault, a member of a panel of experts investigating the disaster said on Friday. Rescuers are still struggling to reach the construction workers 12 days after the...
SHAH ALAM: Bersatu's idealism has made it a target because it is seen as a political threat to the ruling parties, says party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. "This idealism... is to ensure a democratic and just country. We are being tested (but) we are strong and sincere in fighting for the people's interests. "To our opponents,...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s campaign in the men’s doubles came to end when Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun crashed out in the second round of the China Masters in Shenzhen on Thursday (Nov 23). World No. 2 Aaron-Wooi Yik battled for 75 minutes before losing to China’s He Jiting-Ren Xiangyu 25-27, 21-18,...
PETALING JAYA: Lee Meng Yean (pic) has parted ways with the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) after being attached to the national set-up as a player and a coach for the last 16 years. Playing at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 with Chow Mei Kuan was the highest point of Meng Yean’s career and she had...
PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia's run in the China Masters came to an end in the quarter-finals. The world No. 11 disappointingly lost 11-21, 12-21 to Japan's world No. 13 Kenta Nishimoto at the Shenzhen Bay Gymnasium on Friday (Nov 24). It was Zii Jia's third defeat to Nishimoto in nine meetings. Malaysia's challenge in...
