PUTRAJAYA: The government has announced a 50% toll discount to help ease the cost of travelling home for Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Government spokesperson Fahmi Fadzil said the discount will begin at 12.01am on March 18 and end at 11.59pm on March 19. “This initiative aims to reduce travel costs for the public returning to their hometowns,” he...
MELAKA: A 44-year-old female soldier has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by the Sessions Court in Ayer Keroh here after pleading guilty to sexually abusing her own son. Judge Raja Noor Adilla Raja Mahyaldin handed down the sentence after the accused pleaded guilty on Tuesday (March 17). The offence took place at a house in Taman...
PETALING JAYA: Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran has denied being present in court when activist Arun Dorasamy was charged at the Jawi Magistrate’s Court in Penang on Tuesday (March 17). Kulasegaran, who is also the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms), said he had only briefly met the activist outside the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign students are being urged to exercise caution when dealing with online money changers to avoid falling victim to scams. MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong said a recent case involved a Chinese MBA student who lost RM20,580 in a currency exchange scam. “The scammer used social media to cheat,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Two men were killed and another seriously injured after falling from a skylift while performing maintenance work at an apartment in Subang Jaya yesterday. Subang Jaya Police chief ACP Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said a team from the USJ 8 station was dispatched to the scene shortly after receiving a distress call at 3.50pm...
PETALING JAYA: MIC denies it has joined Perikatan Nasional, clarifying that the party is still with Barisan Nasional. “MIC is still with Barisan, as the party has not decided on anything," said Datuk Seri M. Saravanan. The MIC deputy president said in order to leave Barisan, the Central Working Committee (CWC) has to decide. “We have not joined...
PETALING JAYA: Questions have been raised over the presence of a deputy minister during the charging of activist Arun Dorasamy for making statements with the intent to cause public alarm at a Jawi Magistrate's Court in Penang. Bersatu vice-president Datuk Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin asked whether it was right for a member of Cabinet to...
GEORGE TOWN: The US Navy Independence-class littoral combat ships (LCS) USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara have been seen at the North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT) here. According to news portal The War Zone (TWZ), the ships configured for minesweeping duties were last known to be forward-deployed in the Middle East, having arrived in Bahrain within...
PUTRAJAYA: The Transport Ministry has proposed to the Home Ministry that the existing law be amended to impose harsher punishments on individuals involved in the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) cable theft case. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the cable theft case cannot be considered a normal theft case because it has the potential to threaten public...
PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has denied claims that Bersatu is attempting to establish closer ties to Pakatan Harapan. The Bersatu president said there has never been any discussion within the party about forging closer ties with its rival, Pakatan, and that any suggestion of this is merely disinformation. "These are baseless and malicious accusations intended...
