KLANG: All ten victims of the Elmina air crash have been identified, says Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan. "We have identified all 10 of them. One victim's body was released yesterday and the remaining nine will be released to their respective families today," he told a press conference at the Hospital Tengku Ampang...
SUNGAI PETANI: The remains of p-hailing rider, Muhamad Hafiz Muhamad Salleh, were buried at Kampung Jerong Muslim Cemetery here on Saturday (Aug 19). The hearse ferrying his remains arrived at Masjid Al Huda at about 3pm. The funeral proceeded with prayers before his remains were brought to the cemetery behind the mosque. On Aug 17, Muhamad Hafiz was...
LUMUT: The Foreign Ministry is finalising details to reopen the Malaysian Embassy in Iraq, says Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir (pic). The Foreign Minister said the process includes discussions with the Iraqi Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister involving several aspects such as logistics. "I held a meeting with the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister in Azerbaijan in...
KLANG: The late Muhamad Hafiz Muhamad Salleh, a p-hailing rider killed in the recent plane crash incident in Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam, was working hard to help fund his younger sister’s wedding, scheduled for Aug 26. This was shared by his friend and fellow rider Mohd Rosmaini Sahlan, 42, who described the 32-year-old Muhamad Hafiz, fondly...
Gamuda’s excellent credentials make its subsidiary SRS Consortium an ideal choice for project delivery partner THE Transport Ministry is finalising the details of Penang’s light rail transit (LRT) project with the Penang Transport Master Plan's project delivery partner (PDP) SRS Consortium. Once the overall implementation model is finalised, contractors are expected to be appointed by year-end, Transport...
KUALA LUMPUR: The government's decision to use the services of satellite internet providers such as Starlink in areas which do not have good access is a temporary solution, while the long-term solutions are being implemented, says Fahmi Fadzil (pic). The Communications and Digital Minister said the internet service is suitable as a temporary solution because it...
PETALING JAYA: A thorough investigation must be conducted to determine the authenticity of a document related to charges against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah, says Umno Youth. Its chief Dr Akmal Saleh said if the document is legitimate, the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC)...
KOTA KINABALU: A teenager has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of his nine-year-old brother in the Ranau district some 130km from here. The incident reportedly took place at their house in Kampung Kinapulidan at about 5.40am on Thursday (Aug 17). Ranau Police Chief Deputy Supt Simiun Lomudin said the victim was rushed to the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah made a personal donation to Adlina Aisyah Ahmad Rusli, the wife of Idris Abdol Talib @ Ramali, one of the victims who perished in a private jet crash on the Guthrie Corridor Expressway near Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam, Selangor, last Thursday (Aug 17). According to...
A man was suspected to have fallen to his death at Hong Kong’s Lion Rock, police on Thursday revealed. The force said it received a report at 9.30pm on Wednesday from a hiker who last saw the man, with short hair and a rotund build, standing near the iconic lion-shaped rock on Lung Cheung Road in...
