KOTA KINABALU: Two more people linked to what has been described as Sabah's biggest drug cartel have been charged with being members of an organised criminal group. Norsyafilah Pawawoi, 28, and Zulkahar Dusing, 29, both said to be members of the so-called Geng Upik, were charged under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code in the Sessions...
PUTRAJAYA: Discounts for rich bumiputra to buy luxury homes should be scrapped in the new economic agenda to empower the community in favour of policies that are aimed at those who earn low incomes. "Property discounts for bumiputra buyers who want to buy a RM2mil ringgit bungalow are not suitable," says Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar,...
LANGKAWI (AP): A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane arrived on Friday (March 1) in Pulau Langkawi, where the Norwegian king is in hospital and being treated for an infection. King Harald V, Europe's oldest monarch at 87, was hospitalised after he fell ill during a vacation, the royal palace in Oslo announced on Tuesday. There were...
PUNCAK BORNEO: The government has agreed in principle to implement the Licensed Release of Prisoners (PBSL) through home detention for prisoners serving jail sentences of four years and below as an effort to reduce overcrowding in prisons. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pic) said that his ministry is currently in the process of examining...
JOHOR BARU: Loud cheers could be heard as Regent of Johor Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim took to the stage to watch the century-old Johor Ancient Temple Chingay procession. The Regent, wearing a red-coloured shirt, arrived at the Gong Ying stage in Jalan Wong Ah Fook here at around 8.40pm on Friday (March 1) to watch...
PUTRAJAYA: The number of dengue fever cases increased to 3,572 in the 8th Epidemiological Week (ME08) from Feb 18 to 24, compared to 3,483 cases in the previous week. Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said deaths due to dengue fever complications were recorded during the period. He said the cumulative number of dengue fever...
KOTA KINABALU: A search has been mounted for a six-year-old autistic girl who went missing from her home in Penampang on Friday (March 1). According to the report that came in at 5.44pm, the victim's mother realised her daughter, Avelyn Alesha Jude, was not in the house in Kampung Sugud at 4pm. "She tried to search for...
JAKARTA (Bernama-Antara): President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that he will start working from the new national capital Nusantara in East Kalimantan in July this year. "(I will relocate) next July. I will wait for the airport and the toll road to complete first,” the President announced here on Thursday, reported ANTARA news agency. On the sidelines...
Thai public prosecutors said they would charge an ex-police chief for helping the heir of the Red Bull energy drink fortune avoid prosecution after he was accused of killing a police officer in a hit-and-run in 2012. Somyot Poompanmoung, a former head of Thai police, and seven other officials were indicted for not performing their duties...
CAIRO (Reuters): Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Feb 29 shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over. At least 112 people were killed and more than 280 wounded in the...
