KUALA LUMPUR: The dual operating system at Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) may be restructured to prevent future bullying incidents, according to Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. The Higher Education Minister suggested that a review of the system might be necessary, as it has been identified as a potential factor in bullying incidents involving cadets...
SHAH ALAM: E-commerce platform founder Datin Vivy Yusof and her husband, Datuk Fadzaruddin Shah Anuar, are set to be charged in the Kuala Lumpur Court this Thursday (Dec 5). This was confirmed by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki. "Yes, they will be charged at the Kuala Lumpur Special Corruption Court. "The couple will...
PETALING JAYA: A large crowd turned up in Brickfields to pay their last respects to the late tycoon and philanthropist T. Ananda Krishnan, who passed away last week. The wake, which is being held at his residence in Jalan Berhala Brickfields is open to the public from 5pm to 9pm. However, by 4.30pm, there were already dozens...
KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun says the latest videos implicating him and other Sabah assemblymen in an alleged mining scandal are specifically intended as character assassination. “I am shocked how some people can go all out to malign others with lies and character assassination,” the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) secretary-general said on Tuesday (Dec 3)...
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late night address broadcast live on YTN television, claiming he would eradicate "shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces". It is the first time since 1980 that martial law was declared in South Korea. Yonhap news agency cited the military as saying activities...
CONAKRY (Reuters) - When Mory Cisse dropped his 27-year-old brother off at a stadium in the southeastern Guinean city of Nzerekore to watch a soccer match after lunch on Sunday, he had no idea it would be the last time he saw him alive. His brother had been in town for the funeral of their father...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A 44-year-old man involved in various vehicle businesses has been fined S$1.5 million (RM6.7 million) for fraudulent evasion of duty and goods and services tax (GST) on 427 motor vehicles imported into Singapore between January 2019 and October 2020. Jason Liang Huan Shuo, a Singaporean, was also sentenced to five weeks’ jail...
HANOI (SCMP): Many young people of marriageable age are increasingly opting to marry later in life, driven by career aspirations or the challenges of finding the right partner. In Vietnam, dozens of social media groups have emerged, offering paid partner services. A forum administrator with over 20,000 members has noted a recent surge in women renting...
BEIJING (SCMP): A man in China was sentenced to death after pushing his wife into the sea from a ferry and attempting to claim her life insurance compensation to pay off debts and finance the use of prostitutes. The case of the husband, 47, surnamed Li, was reported by China’s state broadcaster CCTV on November 21....
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM10.78bil has been withdrawn from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Account 3 (Flexible Account) by members below 55, states the Finance Ministry. The ministry said in a parliamentary written reply on Monday (Dec 2) that the sum involved 3.86 million or 29.4 per cent of EPF members below 55, as of...
