KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has received 31 reports related to an Umrah fraud case, involving a total loss of RM2.1mil, as of Friday (Jan 17) Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said that 19 reports were made by victims, and 11 were lodged by agents representing smaller groups. "Additionally, one report was made...
KUALA LUMPUR: A Japanese woman has pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here to a charge of concealing the birth of a baby girl by dumping the infant in a shopping mall toilet five days ago. Noda Junko, 36, was charged on Friday (Jan 17) with concealing the birth of a baby by disposing of...
BENTONG: No loss of life and damages have been reported following a landslide at Jalan Ion Delemen which is outside Resorts World Genting, say police. In a statement on Friday (Jan 17), Bentong OCPD Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar said that the landslide occurred alongside the road from Amber Court to Ion Delemen. A complaint was lodged at...
LONDON: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday delivered a lecture at the London School of Economics (LSE). The Finance Minister, who is in the United Kingdom for a five-day working visit, spoke on "The Adaptive Edge: Malaysia's Global Strategy in an Uncertain Era”. As part of his visit, Anwar also officiated the Malaysia Auditorium at...
PETALING JAYA: The guest and staff including operations at Resorts World Genting (RWG) remain safe and unaffected following a landslide that occurred at Jalan Ion Delemen on Friday morning. In a statement, Resorts World Genting said: “Our emergency response teams were immediately dispatched to assist and are working closely with Polis Diraja Malaysia and Jabatan Bomba...
SEOUL: The legal representative for former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun, who is on trial accused of taking part in an insurrection led by President Yoon Suk-yeol, denied the president’s claim that he made a mistake in copying down the orders for the emergency martial law declared on Dec 3. Kim’s lawyer Lee Ha-sang told reporters on...
Investment management firm Vertical Theme Sdn. is planning to seek approval in the coming weeks to start talks about selling its stake in Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd., according to people familiar with the development. Vertical Theme, a Malaysian holding company, is considering selling its roughly 29% stake in Alliance Bank to Singapore’s biggest lender, DBS Group Holdings...
TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's government has granted strategic investor status to a company linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner to build a luxury resort on an uninhabited Mediterranean island that was once a military outpost. The Balkan country's Strategic Investment Committee, headed by Prime Minister Edi Rama, on Dec. 30 accepted a proposal by Atlantic...
SHANGHAI: A snack shop in southern China has gone viral online because of the number of primary school students who flock to it after school as part of their daily routine. Feijuan Snack in Suixi county, Guangdong province, is always crowded with young customers dressed in school uniforms, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported. Students go there because...
HONG KONG: Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai testified on Thursday (Jan 160 that he brokered meetings between former Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and American establishment figures, with prosecutors alleging that he colluded with foreign forces. Lai is one of the most prominent figures to be prosecuted under Hong Kong's national security law, which Beijing...
