SHAH ALAM: Selangor speaker Lau Weng San has called on Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali to retract his allegations of him (Lau) being unprofessional, unfair and biased in his decisions regarding the status of Selat Klang assemblyman in last week’s state assembly sittings. Lau dismissed claims by the Selangor opposition leader and Hulu Kelang assemblyman that...
JOHOR BARU: The Johor Immigration Department has arrested 145 illegal immigrants during a raid on four kopitiam premises in the city centre. Its director Datuk Mohd Rusdi Mohd Darus said the raid was conducted on July 13 between 10am and 12.30pm under Ops Selera by the department's enforcement team. "The raid followed public complaints that the premises...
WASHINGTON (AP): The US federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former US president Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, siding with defence lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed. The decision by US District Judge Aileen Cannon brings a stunning and abrupt conclusion to...
WASHINGTON, United States (AP): The 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement's attention at Saturday's rally when spectators noticed him acting strangely outside the campaign event. The tip sparked a frantic search but officers were unable to find him before he managed to get on a roof,...
KOTA KINABALU: Graft investigators have arrested a state civil servant for submitting a false claim to help his family members get about RM111,000 for land compensation payment for a road project in 2014. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said the suspect in his 50s was arrested when he turned up at the Sabah MACC office at around...
KUALA LUMPUR: Fourteen roads in the city will be temporarily closed in stages to ensure smooth traffic flow for the installation ceremony of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim as the 17th King of Malaysia at Istana Negara this Saturday (July 20). Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said the Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) may get a new deputy chairman from Pakatan Harapan. A motion for Teresa Kok (PH-Seputeh) to replace Wong Shu Qi (PH-Kulang) as the deputy PAC chairman has been listed among the Dewan Rakyat's order of business for Tuesday (July 16), with the motion moved by the Minister in the...
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his third wife were acquitted on charges of marrying unlawfully by a Pakistan court on Saturday, yet he will not be freed after authorities issued fresh orders to arrest him. The ruling came a day after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won more seats in parliament, ramping up...
PETALING JAYA: An online system for the revamped Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme for applicants' use is currently in development, says Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. The Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister also dismissed claims that MM2H applications were solely handled by agents, adding that some procedures would be able to be done using the...
SELAYANG: Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu is willing to make way for Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin to be the Bersatu deputy president, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Bersatu president said Ahmad Faizal, who is one of the party's founders, had agreed to take a "step back" and allow Hamzah to assume the deputy president role. "Peja...
