PUTRAJAYA: Between 2021 and 2024, civil servants accounted for approximately 10 to 13% of new bankruptcy cases, says the Malaysian Department of Insolvency (MDI) director-general Datuk M. Bakri Abd Majid. He expressed concern over the rising trend of bankruptcies among civil servants, noting that this increase contrasts with the overall decline in national bankruptcy statistics. Based on...
IPOH: Firemen here were roped in to help cut a metal ring that was stuck on a man's genitals at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital. A Perak Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the hospital had requested their assistance after medical staff had trouble removing the ring from the 37-year-old man's genitals. The spokesman said they received...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s largest home-grown mini-market chain retailer 99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings Bhd made its debut on the Main Market today, opening at RM1.85 sen per share, 12.12% up from its initial public offering (IPO) price of RM1.65. Listed under the retailers sub-sector of Bursa Malaysia’s consumer products and services sector, the convenience store operator...
LIANYUNGANG: With most crimes today often committed by international syndicates, countries must recognise this as a common threat and work hand-in-hand to combat it, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that national efforts alone would not be enough to combat transnational crime; it demands strong international collaboration. Law enforcement agencies,...
MELAKA: A 34-year-old childminder has been detained for the alleged murder of an infant at Taman Kelamak Utama in Alor Gajah. Alor Gajah OCPD Supt Ashari Abu Samah said the mother of three was detained at a nursery in Alor Gajah on Friday evening (Sept 6) to assist in the investigation under Section 302 of the...
IPOH: A 20-year-old woman was killed in a four-vehicle accident at KM 363.0 of the North-South Expressway near here on Saturday (Sept 7). Perak Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said that a car, two motorcycles and a five-ton lorry carrying furniture were involved in the 6.16am accident. "There were seven victims, with...
PETALING JAYA: The Supreme Court in the Netherlands has decided in favour of Malaysia in a final landmark judgment, thereby throwing out the compensation claims by the self-proclaimed heirs of the defunct Sulu sultanate, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. According to the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform), the decision by...
KUALA TERENGGANU: Former national weightlifter Che Mohd Azrol Che Mat died last night at Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital here. He was 45. His younger sister, Suraya Che Mat, 39, said Che Mohd Azrol, who remained unmarried, succumbed to a heart attack at 7.09 pm after spending 10 days in the hospital. She explained that her brother had...
GEORGE TOWN: Kamal (not his real name), 54, has been working for more than 30 years mainly doing maintenance work at a government agency. Sometime at the end of last year, he suffered a hand injury while operating a machine and sought treatment at a public hospital in Bukit Mertajam. “I fractured two of my fingers that...
MELAKA: A 34-year-old childminder has been remanded for seven days in connection to the alleged murder of an infant at Taman Kelamak Utama in Alor Gajah. The remand order was issued by Magistrate Nor Syaliati Mohd Sobri on Saturday (Sept 7) when the suspect wearing a lock-up attire was produced at the Alor Gajah Magistrate's Court...
