IPOH: Police here have identified the suspects involved in a fight along a road near Tanjung Rambutan. When contacted, Ipoh OCPD ACP Yahaya Hasan advised the suspects to come forward to the nearest police station. “It is believed that the suspects are in their 20s. We have yet to make any arrests but are actively looking for...
MELAKA: Efforts should be placed to extract historical facts about legendary Malay legend Hang Tuah from archives in Okinawa in Japan and Tamil Nadu, India says a local activist from the Portuguese community. Save the Portuguese Action Committee chairman Martin Theseira said the facts about Hang Tuah were hidden in Japan and India. "I believe there is...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim claims that Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had prioritised the wrong things when he was the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said among the things his predecessor did was upgrade the Seri Perdana Complex in Putrajaya, although it was already in good condition. Anwar said RM38mil was spent on the upgrade, which...
PONTIAN: A former football player and two other men pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate Court here for possessing stolen items and breaking into a house in Benut early this month. The accused, Mohd Azinee Taib, 33, Muhamad Hairul Hafiz Muzaren, 24, and Khairul Akmal Zainol Abidin, 31, made the plea after the charges were read...
PETALING JAYA: The recently-announced Madani Economy framework addresses key economic issues in the country, says former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pic). He said that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s latest economic framework has given Malaysians a clear economic picture that identifies the current economic issues and the steps to solve them. “The Prime Minister has painted...
KOTA KINABALU: A politician’s son was arrested by the police as a suspect in an investigation for cheating, shortly after he was released on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission bail on Saturday (July 29). The suspect is being investigated by the MACC for several fraud cases, and is being probed by police over allegations that he had claimed...
PETALING JAYA: There is no element of corruption in the government awarding grants of RM100,000 to the Terengganu Tengah Youth Development Council Federation (Ketengah) and RM250,000 to Terengganu Youth Council, says Tan Sri Azam Baki. The Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner said the grants were a government initiative and not a form of vote-buying. "This is a...
Last month, Bhuvenraj Ganesh, 18, scored an impressive 9A+s in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination. Now, the Penangite is offering free online Mathematics and Additional Mathematics tuition for students preparing for their upcoming SPM. The former Penang Free School science stream student is determined to share his passion for Mathematics and debunk the misconception that...
What started as a form of therapy to cure her insomnia has helped a young woman shape a career in art. Artist Khairunnisa Mohd Izham, 24, better known as Khai, has built up a sizeable collection of original drawings and prints using the hatching technique. Old buildings, colonial architecture and kampung houses – drawn with intricate detail...
PUTRAJAYA: All ice factories that operate or provide ice for businesses must obtain a Health Ministry licence, says its Food Safety and Quality senior director Norrani Eksan. She said this is based on provisions under Regulation 394A (4) of the Food Regulations 1985. She said under the process and conditions of obtaining a licence, an inspection of...
