ALOR SETAR: Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor will have an audience with the Sultan of Kedah Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah at Istana Anak Bukit here on Thursday (Aug 17) to present his proposed list of state executive councillors. He said the list had been obtained from the Perikatan Nasional parties' leadership...
PETALING JAYA: The High Court's decision to free Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin of all four power abuse charges shows that the former prime minister’s prosecution was politically motivated and a form of organised political predation, claims PAS. Its secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said PAS strongly opposes the abuse of enforcement agencies as a tool to...
CANBERRA: A 45-year-old man was charged Tuesday (Aug 15) with threatening to blow up a plane during a flight from Australia to Malaysia that returned to Sydney. Police arrested Canberra resident Muhammad Arif and took him from the Airbus A330 on Monday (Aug 14), almost three hours after Malaysia Airlines flight MH122 returned to Sydney Airport. Police...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former KL City Hall (DBKL) senior deputy director Sabudin Mohd Salleh was sentenced to four years in prison and fined RM1 million by the High Court here on two charges of obtaining bribes amounting to RM200,000 for issuing work permits to a subcontractor. Judge K. Muniandy meted out the sentence on Tuesday (Aug 15)...
KOTA KINABALU: It is absurd for Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee to propose that peninsula-based parties should sit out the next state polls, says Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin “Malaysia is a democratic country and allows for all registered parties to contest in any state,” said the Sabah Umno chairman in...
KOTA BARU: Meranti assemblyman Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud was sworn in as the 9th Mentri Besar of Kelantan today (Aug 15). Mohd Nassuruddin, 58, took his oath of office before the Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V at Istana Negeri, Kubang Kerian, here. At the swearing-in ceremony, Datuk Dr Mohamed Fadzli Hassan was sworn in as the...
SERDANG: Umno will conduct a post-mortem to identify weaknesses that contributed to the party losing most of the seats it contested in the six state elections on Saturday (Aug 12), says its vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin. Commenting on calls for Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to step down following the party’s...
JOHOR BARU: The seven-year-old boy, who was allegedly abused by his mother and her friend in Bandar Layangkasa, Pasir Gudang, will be placed in the care of his relatives once he has recovered. Johor women, family and community development committee chairman Khairin Nisa Ismail said a medical report showed that the injuries to the child’s body...
IPOH: A 63-year-old Orang Asli woman was killed after being trampled by an elephant near a durian farm in Kampung Bal, RPS Kemar at Gerik. Gerik OCPD Supt Zulkifli Mahmood said investigations found that the victim had gone to the farm to pick some durians before she came across the animal between 4pm and 5pm on...
IPOH: A 24-year-old trader has been charged with robbing and voluntarily causing hurt to a man at Jalan Gurdwara here last month. Zulhelmi Abdul Wahab pleaded not guilty after the charge under Section 394 of the Penal Code was read before Sessions Court judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad here on Monday (Aug 14). Zulhelmi allegedly committed the offence...
