KOTA KINABALU: The 29-year-old mastermind of a syndicate posing as senior officers from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and Home Ministry offering people to "fix" their cases has been remanded for five days. The MACC obtained the remand order until July 29 from Magistrate Lovely Natasha Charles Monday (July 24) to facilitate investigations into their investigations...
PETALING JAYA: Wisma Putra has summoned the Swedish charge d'affaires over the recent desecration of the Quran in Stockholm on July 20. "The Foreign Ministry reiterated Malaysia's objection and disappointment over the Swedish Government for granting approval and allowing such a derogation act towards the Quran to be carried out repeatedly in Sweden under the pretext...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here on Monday (July 23) was told that former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy and its former chairman Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah cannot be liable for losses incurred by the company due to irregularities committed by others. Arul Kanda's counsel, Sanjay Mohan, submitted that...
PETALING JAYA: Lawyer-activist Siti Kasim has called the recent attempt on her life an act of terrorism by people looking to silence her right to free speech. Siti claimed that the two bottles that are believed to be improvised explosive devices (IED) had been planted on her car in an attempt to silence her vocal views...
SHAH ALAM: A retired soldier known as "Dr Ganja" escaped the gallows after the High Court amended the 16 charges against him for trafficking 77.48493kg and 14.647 litres of drugs to possession. Captain (R) Amiruddin @ Nadarajan Abdullah, 64, also faced 18 counts of cultivating marijuana plants, four counts of possessing marijuana and one for ingesting...
KOTA TINGGI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has arrested four Indonesian men for stealing scrap metal from a tugboat at Tanjung Ayam here. Johor MMEA operations deputy director Capt Simon Templer Lo Tusa said the suspects were caught after their boat was detected by the Malaysian Maritime Sea Surveillance System (SWASLA) radar. "The suspects, aged between...
JOHOR BARU: The police will be working together with the Johor Islamic Religious Department (JAINJ) to conduct investigations on the spread of the deviant teachings founded by Suhaini Muhammad or known as Si Hulk. Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat (pic) said that parents should also play a proactive role in checking their children’s...
MACHANG: The Local Government Development Ministry (KPKT) has allocated RM3.4mil to revive six abandoned housing projects in Kelantan this year. KPKT National Housing Department (JPN) deputy director-general (Private Housing) Norsazila Nordin said the allocation will be channeled to the state government, with rehabilitation works to be carried out by the Kelantan State Economic Development Corporation (PKINK). "KPKT...
KYIV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian military has retaken over 12 square km (4.6 square miles) of territory in southern Ukraine in the past week in their counteroffensive against Russian forces, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on Monday. Maliar said the advances brought the territory recaptured since the counteroffensive began in early June to more than...
PETALING JAYA: "Everything is temporary", the late Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub reminded students at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) while advising them that it was important to keep their feet on the ground on Friday (July 21). The UUM Convocation Carnival Townhall 2023 on Friday was the last event attended by the Domestic Trade and Cost of...
