PETALING JAYA: An Indonesian man has been sentenced to two years in jail after being found guilty of human trafficking. Immigration Department director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said that the 31-year-old was sentenced for the smuggling of four Indonesian migrants after a prior operation in August this year. "The operation took place on Aug 29 at Jalan Putra...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has made history on the international stage after being elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) for the 2025-2029 term. Education Minister and Malaysian National Commission for Unesco president Fadhlina Sidek said Malaysia’s election was announced during the 43rd Unesco General Conference held in Samarkand,...
KUCHING: A man who was reported missing and feared to have drowned in the croc-infested Sungai Kuala Tutoh, Baram in Miri on Wednesday (Nov 5), was found dead Friday (Nov 7) morning in a decomposed state. A spokesman for the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department's operations centre said the victim was found while being devoured by a crocodile. The...
IPOH: A man was found dead in a stream near his orchard at Lata Telaga 7, Kampung Repoh, near Batu Kurau, on Wednesday (Nov 5). Perak Fire and Rescue Department acting operations chief Shazlean Mohd Hanafiah said the department received a distress call about the incident at 3.05pm, and a team from the Batu Kurau Fire...
RIYADH: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, expressed his appreciation to the Saudi Arabian government for the good treatment of Malaysian citizens working in the country across various sectors including oil and gas, services, and health. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said Sultan Ibrahim made the remarks during a meeting with the Crown...
KUALA LUMPUR: Tensions flared in the Dewan Rakyat after an Opposition MP compared the allocation of constituency funds to an “apartheid" policy. The heated exchange broke out on Wednesday (Nov 5) after Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim (PN–Arau) had expressed his dissatisfaction over what he claimed was the continued denial of allocations to opposition MPs, saying...
KOTA KINABALU: A teenager has been arrested for allegedly raping his underage girlfriend until she got pregnant. The girl, 15, had been feeling unwell and was taken to a private clinic for medical checkup where the doctor told her that she was six months pregnant. Following this, her 19-year-old boyfriend was identified and hauled in for police...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has granted leave to the family of the late Tun Daim Zainuddin to commence a judicial review against the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) order to freeze their bank accounts and assets. Justice Aliza Sulaiman allowed the application on grounds that it had met the necessary threshold for leave to be granted. She...
SANDAKAN: Sabah is the biggest recipient of federal funds for oil palm replanting this year, receiving RM61mil under a scheme to help smallholders replace ageing trees, says Deputy Plantation and Commodities Minister Chan Foong Hin. The allocation, channelled through the Smallholders Oil Palm Replanting Financing Incentive Scheme (TSBKS 2.0), is nearly double the RM41mil disbursed last...
TENOM: The police Forensic Unit has appointed an expert to review data obtained from LGMS Bhd and stored on a pen drive, a prosecution witness said in the sexual harassment trial involving preacher Ebit Erawan Ibrahim Lew, or Ebit Lew. The 18th prosecution witness, police Investigating Officer Supt Noor Asyikin Shamsuri, 46, told the Tenom Magistrate’s...
