PETALING JAYA: An Air Force Hawk fighter jet suffered landing gear issues while landing at the Sultan Abdul Halim Airport in Alor Setar, Kedah. In a statement, the Air Force said the incident occurred at 5pm on Tuesday (May 6) when the pilot was carrying out an exercise for the "opening gambit" of the Langkawi International...
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia-China Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement inked last month to enable hassle-free travel of citizens from both nations will usher ties of both countries into another “Golden 50 Years”, says the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China here on Tuesday (May 6). The embassy said that it was confident that the agreement would...
PETALING JAYA: A proposal for Nurul Izzah Anwar to contest the PKR deputy presidency has received support from a party youth leader who sees it as a catalyst for more open, healthy competition for top leadership positions. Johor PKR Youth vice-chief Muhammad Faezuddin Mohd Puad said Nurul Izzah's candidacy would offer the grassroots a fresh choice...
JOHOR BARU: Police are looking for two women linked to an alleged scam involving cheap travel packages to China. Johor police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar said the two women, Low Siew Hwa of Taman Nusajaya Mas, and Lim Zhi Xuan of Bukit Indah, were wanted for allegedly collecting payments from customers but failed to fulfil...
ALOR SETAR: The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has announced a temporary closure of the Langkawi airspace in conjunction with the upcoming Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2025 (LIMA’25). In a posting on CAAM social media on Tuesday (May 6), the closure will occur in stages, beginning with airshow exercises from May 6 to...
KLANG: Police have confirmed that the deaths of a woman and her nephew at a house in Semenyih last April were caused by suffocation involving plastic bags. Selangor deputy police chief DCP Mohd Zaini Abu Hassan said the conclusion was based on post-mortem results conducted on both victims. "The post-mortem, carried out at Sultan Idris Shah Hospital...
MELAKA: Melaka police have summoned a popular YouTuber to assist in the investigation after a video of him allegedly riding a modified micromobility vehicle went viral on social media. Melaka Police Chief, Deputy Comm Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar, said the 27-year-old was called in for questioning after authorities came across a 22-second video uploaded on TikTok at...
TARIFF shocks pose a major threat to Malaysia’s sovereign credit rating, given the potential disruption to economic growth and fiscal consolidation, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The ratings firm sees downside risks to its initial projection of 5% growth for Malaysia this year due to exposure to global trade tensions. There’s also a possibility that the...
KOTA KINABALU: The number of flood evacuees in Sabah remained unchanged at 695, comprising 217 families, as of 8am Tuesday. The Sabah Disaster Management Committee Secretariat, in a statement on Tuesday (May 6), said that 325 individuals from 103 families are currently sheltering at two temporary evacuation centres in the Sook district. The temporary evacuation centres are...
JOHOR BARU: The current Malaysian Battalion (Malbatt) 850-12 force in Lebanon will come home in phases by November, says Army Chief General Tan Sri Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan. He added that they would be replaced by Malbatt 850-13, and the selected personnel would be called up for training soon before being deployed. “It will be the same number...
