JOHOR BARU: Eight Chinese nationals were charged at the Magistrate Court here for allegedly operating a call centre that offers non-existent investment. The accused are Feng Xiao Wei, 19; Gao Jun Jie, 19; Lin Wen Jie, 22; Hu Zhi Cong, 27; Liu Bo Nan, 27; Zhang Hao, 35; Fan Zi Chao, 33, and Wu Wei Bin,...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission’s (SC) Audit Oversight Board (AOB) has prohibited Sathiea Seelean Manickam from accepting as clients and auditing any public interest entities (PIEs) or schedule funds for a one-year period, starting Oct 22, 2024. In a statement, SC said the AOB imposed a fine of RM87,500 on Sathiea. Sathiea was a partner of Morison...
KUALA LUMPUR: Implementing subsidy rationalisation by redefining the T15 group could end up being unfair to the middle class, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. While taking part in debates on Budget 2025 in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (Oct 23), the Pagoh MP said the government had yet to define the T15 group, but it purportedly...
IPOH: The government should officially explain the cause of the mysterious explosion that occurred here a few days ago, says Perak PAS. Its commissioner Razman Zakaria said the party together with the Ipoh community wanted to know what had caused the explosion. He said such mysterious explosions have occurred before but have not been explained by the...
PUBLIC Bank’s second run of the year - Run For Change 2024 Penang Edition, returned bigger and better with more than 2,300 participants taking part in the event held at Padang Kota Lama, Penang. The event, held in Penang for the first time, was aimed at being the symbol of the perfect synergy between fitness and...
JOHOR BARU: A fire destroyed three double-storey terrace houses along Jalan Putra 18 in Taman Tan Sri Yaakob here during the wee hours of Wednesday (Oct 23). The Johor Fire and Rescue Department said they received a distress call on the incident at 3.04am and immediately deployed 21 firemen from the Larkin and Skudai fire stations...
KUALA LUMPUR: The father of the Ulu Tiram police station attacker last May has claimed trial at the High Court here to three charges of promoting terrorist ideology, providing support, and possessing firearms related to the Daesh terrorist group. Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, 62, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him before...
PETALING JAYA: Seven Vietnamese women were rescued after the Immigration Department busted a human trafficking and sex exploitation syndicate here. The department said that the seven women, aged between 32 and 45 years old, were rescued during a raid at a shoplot in Klang on Oct 21. "Based on complaints received, the women were imprisoned inside the...
ISKANDAR PUTERI: A relative of a kidnap victim was among 13 suspects including three foreigners arrested by a special Johor police task force. “The victim, aged 59, lodged a police report on Oct 13 stating that he had been kidnapped at his house in Johor Baru. Following that, state police together with Bukit Aman, set up...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim expressed great pride in the achievements of seven national athletes who brought honour to Malaysia at the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. Anwar posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday (Oct 22) that he had the opportunity to meet the "Magnificent Seven": Lee Zi Jia, Aaron Chia, Soh Wooi...
