Hearing of RM6.6bil CBT case against Najib, Irwan in June-July next year

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has set 30 days in June and July next year to hear the criminal breach of trust (CBT) case involving Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah involving RM6.6bil in government funds. Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin fixed the dates following a request by...

Thai PM: ‘I don’t agree with recreational use’ of cannabis

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday he did not agree with allowing recreational use of cannabis, though its medical use would remain a policy under his administration. Srettha was speaking in an interview with Thai digital news outlet, The Standard. "Cannabis policy will be medical cannabis. On recreational use, I do...

Plane crash: Further analysis of wreckage needed before final report can be ready

PETALING JAYA: The preliminary findings of the investigation into the Aug 17 crash of the Beechcraft Model 390 Premier 1 enroute from Langkawi to Subang state that the pilot was qualified for the flight in accordance with regulations. In a preliminary report released Friday (Sept 15) morning, the Transport Ministry's Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said...

‘Red Shirts’ gathering called off

PETALING JAYA: The planned "Red Shirts" gathering in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (Sept 16) has been called off, says Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos (pic). The Sungai Besar Umno division head said this was because Perikatan Nasional Youth moved its gathering to Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur. "We planned to gather after Perikatan Youth said they would be...

US opposes Trump request to remove judge in federal election case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday opposed Donald Trump’s request to remove the federal judge overseeing the criminal case accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 election. Smith, whose office is prosecuting the case against Trump, said there was "no valid basis" for U.S. District...

Retiree loses RM3.839mil in phone scam

SHAH ALAM: A retired private sector employee in Subang Jaya suffered a loss of RM3.839mil after falling victim to a 'phone scam'. Selangor Police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the 70-year-old woman received a phone call from an individual in November 2022 claiming to be an insurance officer, who said there had been an insurance...

‘Don’t turn Dewan Rakyat into fish market’, Deputy Speaker raps MPs

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat Datuk Ramli Mohd Noor rapped several MPs on Thursday (Sept 14) for trying to turn the Dewan Rakyat into a fish market during the debate on the 12th Malaysia Plan Mid-Term Review. This came after the MPs engaged in a war of words and used points of Standing Order...

Perikatan MP urges for more non-Malay representation in Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR: An Opposition MP has suggested that Malaysia emulates Singapore’s group representation constituency (GRC) system to enhance the representation of minority ethnicities in Parliament. Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (PN-Arau) said it was time for Malaysia to reform the electoral system, noting how the present one was determined in 1957, when the then Federal Constitution of...

India’s Nipah virus trackers gather samples from bats, fruit

New Delhi (Reuters) - Experts have fanned out in India's southern state of Kerala to collect samples of fluid from bats and fruit trees in a region where the deadly Nipah virus has killed two people and three more have tested positive. The state is battling its fourth outbreak since 2018 of a virus for which...

Fifteen Thai ‘flower girls’ picked up in raid on Melaka nightclub

MELAKA: Fifteen Thai women were among 22 people arrested during a raid at a nightclub located in Taman Melaka Raya here. State Immigration Department director Anirwan Fauzee Mohd Aini said his officers detained the Thai women suspected of working as hostesses, while five Bangladeshi men employed as crew members at the nightclub were also picked up. “We...