KOTA KINABALU: Another Perikatan Nasional Member of Parliament has voiced his open support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Bersatu's Labuan MP Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman is the second MP from the party to declare support for the unity government. In a statement issued Monday (Oct 30), Suhaili said his decision to throw his support behind...
PETALING JAYA: Deals on the emergency procurement of ventilators during the Covid-19 pandemic had to be done through WhatsApp due to the sheer urgency of the situation, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the management of the Covid-19 outbreak revealed. The Committee found that 104 of the 136 ventilators supplied by Pharmaniaga Logistics Sdn Bhd...
KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will step up its campaign this week ahead of polling for the Jepak by-election on Nov 4, says Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan. The GPS by-election operations director said efforts were being made to cover all areas in the constituency. "As we have a new candidate, our task...
MUAR: A bomoh, already in jail for rape, is being investigated for a similar crime against a 15-year-old girl he was supposed to be treating in Sungai Udang, Melaka. Muar OCPD Asst Comm Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said a police report was lodged on Friday (Oct 27). “The victim was raped while she was being ‘treated’ by...
KOTA TINGGI: A male senior citizen was killed after his motorcycle skidded and rammed into a parked trailer here. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Hussin Zamora said the incident occurred on Friday (Oct 27) at KM47.5 Jalan Johor Baru-Mersing near the Panti Forest Reserve. “The 74-year-old victim was travelling towards Johor Baru for work at 4.30am when the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Transport Minister Anthony Loke has extended Malaysia’s commitment to adopting cleaner and more energy-efficient technologies during the High-Level 15th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia. The Transport Ministry, in a statement Friday (Oct 27), said Loke also expressed confidence that the efforts could be made by improving the accessibility of public transportation,...
KAJANG: Over RM33.73mil worth of cocaine and syabu have been seized after police crippled a drug smuggling ring here. Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) head Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said following a tip-off, its team conducted a series of raids jointly with the Customs Department and arrested seven men, including a...
JOHOR BARU: Johor police received 16 reports of fraud cases involving illegal investment activities with a cumulative total loss of RM1.08mil. State police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the cases were recorded from Oct 20 to Oct 26 this year with losses starting from as low as RM300 up to RM315,469. “Victims are tricked into...
KUALA LUMPUR: Most of the plastic surgery advertisements on social media are put up by unlicensed parties, cosmetic surgeons have warned. Malaysian Association of Plastic, Aesthetic and Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons (Mapacs) president Dr Regunathan Villanayer said complications from botched surgeries could lead to permanent deformation, infection, sinus problems and even death. He said the number of botched surgeries...
SIBU: A Sarikei housewife has been fleeced of RM540,000 in a nonexistent online investment scam that promised high returns of up to 100%. Sarawak Commissioner of Police Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri, said the 60-year-old woman had responded to an advertisement on Facebook on Oct 2. She contacted an individual by the name of "Koon Yew Yin"...
