KOTA KINABALU: A syndicate that purportedly promised it could close graft cases being investigated by the authorities has been busted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Six men and a woman, who posed as MACC and Home Ministry personnel, are believed to have cheated victims of hundreds of thousands of ringgit by offering to “settle” cases. “They...
KOTA KINABALU: A process of “deduction and elimination” helped wildlife rangers pick out and kill a man-eating crocodile in Tawau. Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said the rangers were surveying the crocodile-infested area around Kg Sungai Mas Mas for a while and zoomed in on the largest reptile in the area. The rangers shot the crocodile...
PONTIAN: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived at Kampung Serkat here to pay his last respects to the late Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub. Anwar arrived with his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail at about 11am Monday (July 24). They were greeted by Parti Amanah Negara...
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's financial crisis, which has been marked by exchange rate volatility and soaring inflation, should start abating in November and December, with large foreign currency inflows from the wheat harvest, cabinet chief Agustin Rossi told Reuters on Friday. Argentina's prolonged financial crisis has been aggravated by a ferocious drought that reduced crucial...
Look who’s a gamer now. Local Facebook page SGVirality posted this hilarious screenshot of a Dota 2 player profile impersonating local actress Xiang Yun, 61, and it’s cracking up the Internet. This comes just days after the actress announced that she’ll be relaunching her social media accounts to deter impersonators and scammers. Oops. The screenshot, which appears to have...
Friends, don’t try this at home. When local actors Xu Bin, 34, Zong Zijie, 27, and Damien Teo, 22, heard that their bonus was based on their “performance”, they decided it was time to twerk for their money. Yesterday, the actors’ agency, Noontalk Media, shared a hilarious TikTok featuring them dancing for their boss, Dasmond Koh. As the intro for The Pussycat Dolls song...
Hong Kong national security police are investigating family members of fugitive unionist Mung Siu-tat in the latest move against eight wanted activists, the Post has learned. A source on Thursday said officers had two days ago raided the family’s home in Sha Tin and escorted Mung’s older brother as well as his wife and son to...
When the first official royal portrait of the Princess of Wales was unveiled to the public a decade ago, Catherine was typically polite, describing Paul Emsley’s efforts as ‘brilliant, absolutely amazing’. The critics were less kind, however, condemning it as ‘ghastly...rotten... an out-and-out disaster’ in one case. Another remarked, acidly: ‘It’s only saving grace is that it’s not...
GEORGE TOWN: A crimson fire engine stood out among the roughly 40 vehicles that took part in the Kembara Merdeka and Jalur Gemilang 2023 convoy at the Esplanade. A sea of Jalur Gemilang could also be seen being waved by participants here as the state launched the National Month and Fly Jalur Gemilang 2023 campaign yesterday. The...
GEORGE TOWN: Last Sunday was like any other wet weekend for Kpl Arif Mohamed as he and his partner patrolled the streets near the Cecil Street market to ensure traffic moved smoothly. That was when the 54-year-old senior policeman and Kons Mohammad Saiful Sudirman saw an elderly woman, with two quad canes in her hands, struggling...
