Setel and TNG Digital bring in-app fuel payments to TNG eWallet at PETRONAS stations nationwide

KUALA LUMPUR: Setel Ventures Sdn Bhd (Setel) has formalised a strategic partnership with TNG Digital Sdn Bhd (TNGD) to enable fuelling and payments right at the pump via TNG eWallet, available at over 1,000 PETRONAS stations nationwide. This landmark integration brings Setel’s proprietary pump-and-pay technology to one of Malaysia’s largest digital wallets. The collaboration, formalised through a...

Na’imah’s lawyers dismayed by NFA decision on her police report

KUALA LUMPUR: Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid's lawyers say they are disappointed and concerned by the decision of the police and Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) to classify her police report on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki as "no further action" or NFA. The report,...

MIC VP Murugiah injured in Bangi accident

KUALA LUMPUR: MIC vice-president Datuk T. Murugiah was injured in a road accident on the North-South Expressway near the Bangi interchange on Sunday (June 22). In the incident at about 8.30pm, the former Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department was on his way home after officiating the Bakri MIC Division annual general meeting in Johor. According...

Sabah student defends anti-corruption rally, reminds leaders of past protests

KOTA KINABALU: A Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) student has defended the recent anti-corruption protest and symbolic act of burning a caricature of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, pointing out that Anwar once led similar demonstrations during his university days. In a Facebook post, final-year student Fadhil Kasim reminded the public that when Anwar was a...

Pahang police to set up task force to prevent theft at ECRL project sites

KUANTAN: Pahang police will establish a task force to prevent theft at the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project sites here following several reports. State police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said they are keeping an eye out for such activities after receiving 10 police reports related to theft at the project's construction locations since last...

Investment scam ring busted, 10 nabbed in Puchong raid

SERDANG: An investment scam syndicate has been busted in a raid on a call centre in Bandar Puteri Puchong. A total of 10 suspects, seven men and three women, were arrested during the operation. Serdang OCPD Asst Comm Muhamad Farid Ahmad said the raid was conducted at about 2.30pm on Friday (June 20). "We detained the suspects, aged...

17 Malaysians evacuated from Iran return home

SEPANG: Seventeen Malaysians were safely brought home on Sunday (June 22) from the conflict-hit Iran. They were part of a larger group of 24 individuals that included six Iranians with close family ties to Malaysian citizens and one Singaporean national. The evacuees touched down at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 at 11.03pm yesterday via Malaysia...

PM Anwar extends condolences over passing of Sarawak Premier’s wife

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has extended condolences to the Premier of Sarawak Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg on the passing of his wife, Puan Sri Juma’ani Tuanku Haji Bujang early Monday (June 23) morning. In a Facebook post, Anwar said he and his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, were deeply...

ECRL setback linked to site theft

PETALING JAYA: The target to complete the much-touted East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project by December next year is facing an unexpected obstacle – theft of signalling equipment and communication cables. The contractors have a fight on their hands with over 1,200m of signalling cables reported stolen along its alignment, with 81 outdoor transformer units also...

Air India cuts less than 5% of narrowbody jet routes, suspends two international flights

NEW DELHI: Air India said on Sunday (June 22) it is temporarily reducing less than five per cent of its narrowbody jet routes for "operational stability", its second such reduction following a plane crash earlier this month that killed all but one of the 242 people on board. The airline, reeling from the deadliest crash in...