KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Umno chief Datuk Bung Moktar Radin has labelled calls asking Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahidi Hamidi to step down as unfair, as Umno's poor showing in the recent state polls was a collective responsibility of the party leadership. Bung, who is also an Umno supreme council member, in urging for such...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed to recuse Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah from presiding over his RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) trial after the former prime minister’s recusal application was dismissed. Justice Sequerah, in his decision, said Najib did not succeed in proving the burden of real danger of bias. On July 26, Justice Sequerah...
PETALING JAYA: Nooryana Najwa Najib wants the Attorney-General Chambers (AGC) to drop all the six corruption charges in 2019 against her father Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah. She said the AGC must "do the right thing" and immediately drop the charges following the alleged leak of documents...
SEPANG: The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) managed to put out the flames at the air crash site on the Guthrie Highway near Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam on Thursday (Aug 17) within six minutes. JBPM director-general Datuk Abdul Wahab Mat Yasin said a fire engine that was nearby rushed to the scene and arrived 10...
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission cautioned that sharing photos or videos of victims of the Elmina plane tragedy may be subject to legal action. It elaborated that those sharing any form of content involving the victims or related parties may face legal action under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. Section 233 is...
SHAH ALAM: Motorists who recorded the plane crash with their vehicle dashcams at the Elmina Township here have been urged to come forward. "These recordings will help in the probe into the incident. "We want to take statements from the owners of the dashcam footage that has been circulated on social media," Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri...
SHAH ALAM: Fire and Rescue Department personnel have started cleaning Persiaran Elmina where an aircraft crashed here on Thursday (Aug 17), killing 10 people. Several personnel were sighted connecting hoses to a Fire and Rescue Department water tanker before they began spraying water on the road at around 12.45pm on Friday (Aug 18). Earlier police, Fire and...
SHAH ALAM: Authorities have revealed the identities of the people who were onboard the plane which crashed near the Elmina Township based on the flight manifest. However, the identity of the motorist who also succumbed in the accident could not be identified. According to Transport Minister Anthony Loke, the six passengers were Pelangai assemblyman Datuk Seri Johari...
SEREMBAN: Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil called on all parties to rekindle the spirit of patriotism by flying the Jalur Gemilang. "With the conclusion of the six-state elections last Saturday and the time for politics is over," he said, calling on all parties to get back together to move forward as a nation. He said the...
PETALING JAYA: Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid has come to her father Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s defence in the face of a barrage of criticism levelled at the Umno and Barisan Nasional chief. “Leaders come and go. What is certain is that Umno will be inherited by those who are rude and have no manners,” she...
