KUALA LUMPUR: House arrest is permitted in Malaysia, and no new laws are necessary for its implementation, according to Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic), Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reforms). Azalina clarified that, per the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC), Section 3 of the Prisons Act 1995 allows house arrest as a form...
KUALA LUMPUR: The police investigation into a controversial video involving three Era FM radio announcers have been completed and the investigation paper has been referred to the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC), say police. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain (pic) also said a total of 73 police reports were lodged in connection with the case He...
PETALING JAYA: A former staff member for Teresa Kok has been remanded by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). "I have no knowledge or involvement in the reasons behind the MACC's decision," said the Seputeh MP. Asserting the independence of the MACC, Kok urged all parties to avoid "baseless speculation or making unfounded accusations." "We must allow the investigative...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Australia have agreed to set up a joint higher education working group, which will include cooperating on technical and vocational skills training. Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, through a Facebook post on Thursday (March 6), said the agreement was reached in a courtesy call to him from Australian...
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PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong has questioned the payout-to-earnings ratio of the Employees' Provident Fund's (EPF) dividend of 6.3% for 2024, with the total payout for conventional and syariah savings amounting to RM73.24bil. "The EPF dividend payout for 2024 accounts for 98.4% of the total earnings from EPF's investment profits throughout 2024, compared...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A divided U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump's administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world. Handing a setback to Trump, the court in a 5-4...
SINGAPORE: A woman and her boyfriend created fictitious female online personas to target men, whom they later extorted money from by threatening to report their interactions with purported minors to the police. On Wednesday (March 5), the 20-year-old woman pleaded guilty to a cheating charge and two counts of extortion. Seven other charges will be taken into...
HANOI: Vietnam's consumer price index increased by 3.27% in the first two months of 2025 from the same period in 2024, and industrial production climbed by 7%, the government said on Wednesday (March 5), a day ahead of the scheduled release of the data. Figures published on the government's website showed the trade surplus for the...
SEREMBAN: The Negri Sembilan government has defended the Seremban City Council's (MBS) decision to remove doors from hardcore poor housing programme (PPRT) units where tenants have failed to pay rent for years. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun stated that although the move was considered drastic by some, MBS had no other option as tenants continued...
