PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) aims to focus on eradicating corruption in procurement, enforcement and grand corruption to help the country's economy, reduce leakages and return misappropriated national assets and money next year. MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the MACC will also carry out a transformation of the MACC structure, namely improving...
KOTA BARU: The Kelantan government now requires food and beverage premises to obtain Malaysian Halal Certification before renewing business licences with local authorities. State Committee for Islamic Development chairman Mohd Asri Mat Daud said that the Kota Bharu Municipal Council-Islamic City will be the first to lead with this requirement. "Insya-Allah, other local authorities will also implement...
KANGAR: A Thai woman was fined RM9,000 by the Sessions Court here Thursday (Dec 26) after pleading guilty to a charge of possessing 34kg of subsidised packet cooking oil without a licence. Judge Sharifah Norazlita Syed Salim Idid meted out the fine, in default five months in jail, on Salmee Changwang, 49, who is an e-hailing...
JASIN: Two Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) students were killed and two others injured when their car crashed into a guardrail on the North-South Expressway. Jasin OCPD Deputy Supt Ahmad Jamil Radzi confirmed that the deceased were identified as Nurul Syafiqah Nasruddin, 19, from Kampung Ulu Rokan, Gemencheh, Negri Sembilan, and Nurhanis Afryna Azizan, 19, from...
IPOH: A 43-year-old female teacher who was reported missing since Dec 10 was found safe and sound in Teluk Intan on Thursday afternoon (Dec 26). Ipoh police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said police managed to find the woman Nur Nazalishah Ahmad at 2pm on Thursday in Teluk Intan, thanks to information from the...
Sometimes, people get along. Sometimes, they don't. A video has gone viral on social media of a few men engaging in a bit of fisticuffs at what appears to be a jetty. Did this happen in Malaysia? VERDICT: TRUE According to Semporna police, the incident took place at Kahanga Jetty around 9am on Dec 21. "The fight was due...
BANGKOK: A Thai court on Wednesday (Dec 25) sentenced a prominent Vietnamese hill tribe activist to six months in prison for illegally entering the kingdom and staying without a visa, his lawyer told AFP. Judges in Bangkok ruled in September that Y Quynh Bdap (pic) -- who has lived in exile in Thailand since 2018 --...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The third executive who was fired by Singapore Post on Dec 21 following investigations over a whistle-blower’s report will contest his termination, saying the move is undue, unfair and without merit. In a statement posted on LinkedIn on Dec 24, Li Yu, the former chief executive of the SingPost international business unit...
JAKARTA (Xinhua): The Indonesian government plans to purchase more rice from farmers in 2025 to enhance their welfare and ensure food security, a minister has announced. Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan said that the volume of rice purchases would increase from 2 million tons this year to 2.5 million tons next year. The rice will...
PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttlers Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie can start the new year with a spring in their step as they have a great opportunity to move up the rankings next month. Tang Jie-Ee Wei and Soon Huat-Shevon, who are currently ranked No. 6 and No. 7 in...
