GOPENG: A 26-year-old man has entered his fourth year at the Langkap Immigration Detention Centre despite being born in Malaysia and having a birth certificate. Mohd Farid Abdullah, who was born a Hindu and converted to become a Muslim when he was 12, was first arrested in September 2019 during an operation in Klebang when he...
KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed Progressive Salary Policy will be brought to the Cabinet for fine-tuning and to study the need to provide funds as incentives for its gradual implementation, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said this would be done according to the country’s financial position and policy needs. ALSO READ: Rafizi: Progressive wage model not...
GEORGE TOWN: Whenever he embarks on his campaign trail for the Kebun Bunga seat, Independent candidate Datuk Razalif Mohamad Zain will make a striking entrance in a vibrant green Lamborghini Urus sports utility vehicle (SUV). His campaign convoy also includes an impressive fleet of four additional luxury vehicles - a Lamborghini Huracan, a Range Rover and...
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is looking for two people to assist in the probe over a project involving the registration as well as the intake and biometric information storage of foreign workers. The MACC said various efforts have been made to contact the duo, including through their lawyers, but they have not presented...
PUTRAJAYA: The Cost of Living Aid (BSH) of RM300 per month will be extended to non-pensionable veterans from the age of 60 effective September, says Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali. He said the proposal to extend the aid to non-pensionable veterans from the age of 60 was agreed at the Cabinet...
KUALA LUMPUR: After constantly being harassed and humiliated by loan sharks or Ah Long, three families have made the extreme decision of disowning their children who took the loans and defaulted on payments. A 50-year-old businesswoman, who only wanted to be known as Kong from Ayer Tawar, Perak said her 23-year-old son had taken loans amounting...
PETALING JAYA: Cheaper mobile packages for Malaysians, civil servants and those in the B40 group will be made available this Merdeka Month, says Fahmi Fadzil (pic). "In conjunction with the Merdeka Month, the ministry is working together with the Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), telco providers including two device manufacturers - Samsung and Honor - will...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police had to fire nine shots aimed at the tyres of a car with two suspects after they refused to stop for an inspection in Kepong here. A 13-second video showing police firing at a car went viral on social media. Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain (pic) said a...
JOHOR BARU: A three-year-old boy was killed after being run over by a truck while playing with a scooter in Eco Spring, Tebrau, here. Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat, when contacted, confirmed a police report was lodged on the incident, which occurred at 6.30pm on Friday (Aug 4). “There will be no press release...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Organisers of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, who have been grappling with a debilitating heatwave for days, were on Monday preparing for a typhoon to batter their huge campsite with wind and rain, officials said. Hundreds of those attending the jamboree of about 40,000 scouts from 155 countries have been laid...
