PUTRAJAYA: The Home Ministry has confirmed that the passport of Datuk Seri Muhammad Adlan Berhan has been revoked. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the revocation was carried out following a request made earlier by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to the Immigration Department. “I have been informed by the Immigration Department that the MACC...
KUALA LUMPUR: The failure of a sewer pipe structure, corroded by chemical reactions and affected by soil instability, has been identified as the main cause of the sinkhole incident at Jalan Masjid India in August last year. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa said a special task force led...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 10,170 officers and personnel from the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) have been deployed to maintain security and ensure the smooth running of the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits, making it the force's largest operation this year. Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail said the deployment involves various departments...
PUTRAJAYA: Trade negotiations between Malaysia and United States have reached "some sort of conclusion" with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim saying it is 99.99% comple. The Prime Minister expressed optimism that any remaining issues would be resolved soon. "The 0.01% will be resolved during the Cabinet meeting on Friday (Oct 24)," he said on Wednesday (Oct 22). Speaking at...
PUTRAJAYA: The upcoming inclusion of Timor-Leste into Asean is a major achievement under Malaysia's chairmanship, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. "Timor Leste should be given a place in the Asean fraternity. I am glad that all this is happening while Malaysia holds the Asean chairmanship," he said at a special briefing with top editors here on...
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah police seized over RM1.5mil worth of drugs and arrested seven people in a series of raids in Semporna and around the city over the past week. In the first raid in Semporna, a 29-year unemployed Filipino was arrested when police saw him carting four large boxes using a trolley near a water village...
KOTA KINABALU: The Election Commission (EC) has extended the postal voting application deadline for the 17th Sabah State Election to Oct 27. In a statement on Wednesday (Oct 22), the EC said the postal vote applications apply to Category 1B (Malaysian citizens residing abroad) and Category 1C (Agencies/Organisations). "Any eligible voter under Category 1B and Category 1C...
KOTA BHARU: Kelantan police have opened 25 investigation papers involving bullying offences that occurred in schools in the state for the first nine months of this year. Its police chief, Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat, said that of this number, six cases were reported in Kota Bharu, Pasir Mas (five), Machang and Bachok (four each), Tumpat (three),...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has removed 2,354 deepfake items and 46,966 pieces of false content over a three-year period since Jan 1, 2022, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Wednesday (Oct 22). Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said that from Jan 1, 2022, to Oct 15 this year, the MCMC...
KUALA LUMPUR: A Bangladeshi company manager was fined RM38,000 by the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Oct 22) after pleading guilty to using false documents to provide labourers for construction work at a bridge replacement project site, two years ago. Judge Azura Alwi, in handing down the sentence on Md Nazmul Islam Babul, 58, ordered the...
