ALOR SETAR: PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail is urging the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and police to investigate Kedah Land and Mines Office for an alleged cover-up related to rare earth element (REE) theft case in Bukit Enggang. Saifuddin alleged that the state agency had failed to investigate the REE theft incident under Chapter 11 of...
PHNOM PENH (AP): Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra attended a birthday party for outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to video posted online Sunday, a day after Thaksin said he would delay plans to return to Thailand following years of self-imposed exile. Thaksin’s appearance in Cambodia came at a politically sensitive...
ALOR SETAR: Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah has become the latest hospital in the country to provide education to students who are warded in hospitals under the “School in Hospital” (SIH) programme. Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said the hospital is the 16th of 17 hospitals in the country to participate in the programme. "This programme is vital, especially in...
KUALA LUMPUR: A fire destroyed three cars along Jalan Bukit Lanjan, Kampung Sungai Penchala on Saturday (Aug 5). Fire and Rescue Department operation commander Noor Faizal Mohd Noor said the operations room received the distress call at 11.17am. "Six Bomba personnel and a fire engine were deployed from the Taman Tun Dr Ismail fire station to the...
IPOH: Although road and cafe construction works have stopped at the limestone hills area of Taman Saikat, the operations of the Qing Xin Ling Leisure and Cultural Village is still ongoing, say residents. Its Residents Association committee member D. Balakumaran said a meeting was held on July 31 between the residents, the Ipoh City Council representatives,...
IPOH: The remand order against a woman and her boyfriend, believed to be involved in the death of a nine-year-old boy in Taman Panglima, Assam Kumbang in Taiping last week, has been extended for another six days. Taiping district police chief ACP Razlam Ab Hamid said the application was made this morning as the previous remand...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have confirmed that the cause of death of a man whose body was found in a sack at a scrap metal premises in Taman Bukit Serdang, Selangor, was due to injuries from being hit with a blunt object. Serdang District Police Chief ACP A. A. Anbalagan said the cause was determined by the...
PETALING JAYA: A total of 55 police reports were lodged in Selangor on Saturday (Aug 5) in connection with the state elections, says Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan (pic). The Selangor police chief said an investigation paper was opened under Section 427 of the Penal Code for committing mischief for an incident where a billboard for...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Incumbent Machang Bubok assemblyman Lee Khai Loon (pic) fainted in his service centre on Sunday (Aug 6), but is reported to have recovered. A photo of Lee lying face-down on the ground with his spectacles in hand and a person in a red shirt attending to him went viral on social media after it...
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor state government's initiative to provide financing schemes with less strict conditions since 2020, has helped over 30,000 entrepreneurs earn over RM5,000 per month. State Housing, Urban Well-being and Entrepreneur Development Committee chairman Rodziah Ismail (pic) said as of July, Yayasan Hijrah Selangor had approved funding for 72,000 entrepreneurs totalling RM645mil. "Our capital financing...
