PETALING JAYA: The United States returns around US$156mil (RM721.4mil) to the Malaysian Government marking the fourth installment of recovered misappropriated funds from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. US Ambassador to Malaysia Edgard D. Kagan met Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to confirm the handover of funds on June 11, according to a statement by...
SHANGHAI: A flight from Shanghai to Jinan was delayed on June 10 after a passenger’s pet sugar glider escaped in the cabin, causing disruption and prompting the detainment of the pet owner. The authorities identified the woman only by her surname, Guo, and said the 34-year-old violated airline regulations by bringing the small marsupial on board...
SINGAPORE - A 46-year-old man who allegedly stole a carpark’s gantry barrier arms and caused damage to a building management’s wheel clamps has been arrested, the police said. The police added that the incident happened at a building in Buroh Street, on May 24. Officers from Jurong Police Division established the identity of the man on the...
DENPASAR: A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali on Thursday (June 13) began the trial of an Australian man who faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted of possessing methamphetamine under the country's tough drug laws. Troy Andrew Smith, from Port Lincoln in South Australia, was arrested on April 30 after police...
PETALING JAYA: Lee Zii Jia beat Soong Joo Ven in a battle between two professional badminton players to march into the men's singles quarter-finals at the Australian Open. In a match that lasted for 41 minutes on Thursday (June 13), Zii Jia took his time to settle down before beating Joo Ven 21-18, 21-14 in the...
KUALA LUMPUR: For Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain, the Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin murder case had a bittersweet ending. "We are so close yet so far," said the Bukit Aman CID director after the prosecution decided to charge the dead boy's parents with child negligence instead of murder. He said the charge was decided following...
KOTA KINABALU: A local man fainted during his attempt to climb Mount Kinabalu and was later pronounced dead in Sabah’s hill district of Ranau, some 100km from here. The 52-year-old man, who was climbing with his wife, was within 200m of reaching Malaysia’s highest peak when he collapsed on Tuesday (June 11). Ranau police chief Deputy Supt...
PUTRAJAYA: Three Customs Department officers were detained with several millions in cash seized in the ongoing Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission (MACC) probe into the smuggling activities in Port Klang. "We have detained several Customs officers and found several millions in cash and other items of value," MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki (pic) told reporters...
MELAKA: A second sample was taken for tests from five patients suspected of being infected with Leptospirosis after a school visit to the Jasin Hot Springs. The health, human resources and unity committee chairman, Ngwe Hee Sem, said that based on the first sample, only one patient tested positive for the disease. "We are still waiting for...
PUTRAJAYA: Three Customs Department officers were detained with several millions in cash seized in the ongoing Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission (MACC) probe into the smuggling activities in Port Klang. "We have detained several Customs officers and found several millions in cash and other items of value," MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki (pic) told reporters...
