PETALING JAYA: A high-ranking committee member of the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) is among those assisting the probe into alleged corruption, says Tan Sri Azam Baki. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner said the BAM committee member was one of the six individuals called to assist in investigations. "I want to clarify that the probe...
JOHOR BARU: A trader has been jailed 10 years by the Sessions Court here for causing serious injury to his third ex-wife, Jahidah Nordin @ Sylvester and leaving her in a coma three years ago. Judge Fatimah Zahari handed down the sentence, effective from the conviction on Monday (Dec 9), after the defence failed to raise...
JOHOR BARU: Tens of thousands of people have been stuck at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs Immigration and Quarantine Complex (BSI CIQ) for several hours following a major technical glitch that has knocked out all the immigration autogates. It is learnt that at least 42 autogates at the entry and exit areas of the bus halls...
KUALA LUMPUR: An Opposition lawmaker has filed a motion to debate the existence of an alleged Royal addendum that would allow former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve his remaining prison sentence under house arrest. According to the motion filed by Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan (PN-Kota Baru), which was seen by The Star, he...
(Reuters) -Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, and a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases. Russia's Foreign Ministry said earlier that Assad had left Syria and given orders...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Syrian community in Malaysia gathered to mark the fall of the government led by president Bashar al-Assad. A video has gone viral, showing Syrians outside the Syrian Embassy here replacing the Assad regime flag with the Syrian rebel flag. The flag representing Syrian rebels features three horizontal bands in green, white, and black, with...
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine showed off a new locally-produced "rocket-drone" on Friday which it said could fly 700 km (430 miles) - more than twice the longest range attributed to missiles supplied by Western allies. The unmanned craft, called "Peklo" - which means hell in Ukrainian - is the second such "rocket drone" unveiled by Kyiv...
BANGKOK: A Chinese national was arrested on Thursday (Dec 5) night after crashing his Toyota Alphard into several cars, killing one and injuring four others, on Thepprasit Road in South Pattaya. A 30-year-old Thai driver, identified as Saphaprom Wongmak, was found dead at the scene, police said, citing CCTV footage showing his black sedan being hit...
Kuala Lumpur's Taanusiya Chetty was voted the fairest of all and crowned Miss World Malaysia 2024 at the grand coronation event in Kota Kinabalu on Tuesday (Dec 3) night. The 24-year-old teacher impressed the judges with her elegance and intellect, earning her the title along with RM50,000 in cash and prizes. She will represent Malaysia at the...
PETALING JAYA: There will be nine new international routes connecting five key destinations in Malaysia to other countries, says Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (pic). There will also be one charter flight route, the Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister said, adding that this brought the total number to 3,100 weekly flights to Malaysia. The 10 new routes...
