KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia continues to practice a pragmatic and friendly foreign policy with all parties without compromising the country's sovereignty or becoming a puppet of any foreign power, said Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and international) Prof Dr Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani. Commenting on the criticism made in a recent issue of The Economist...
PETALING JAYA: The government is taking decisive action against cyberbullying as the number of cybercrimes continues to increase at an alarming rate. Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said the government has established a dedicated task force comprising experts from four key ministries, including the Ministry in the Prime Minister's Office for Law and Institutional Reform,...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Cheah Liek Hou is unstoppable. Liek Hou brought much joy to the Malaysian contingent when he captured the country's first gold in the Paris Paralympics by defending his gold medal in the men's singles SU5 (upper body impairment) on Monday (Sept 2). Liek Hou celebrated wildly with his coach Nova Armada after securing a...
PATTANI: A total of 20,000 tourists from Malaysia vacationed in Thailand's southern provinces, contributing over 100mil Baht (RM12.71mil) to the local economy during the long weekend for the National Day celebration last Saturday (Aug 31). Most Malaysian visitors reportedly used the Bukit Kayu Hitam and Pengkalan Hulu entry points in Malaysia to travel to Sadao and...
BANGI: The Kedah government will seek compensation from Penang for raw water usage from its Sungai Muda through legal action, said its Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor. He said given that the Penang government had insisted on bringing the matter to court, he had no choice but to do so. "They said if we...
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysia Airlines(MAS) flight headed for Incheon Airport in Seoul, South Korea was forced to turn back shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) According to data obtained from flight tracking website FlightRadar24, Malaysia Airlines flight MH66 departed from KLIA just after 12am on Sunday (Sept 2) and returned to the...
PETALING JAYA: The government is taking decisive action against cyberbullying as the number of cybercrimes continues to increase at an alarming rate. Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said the government has established a dedicated task force comprising experts from four key ministries, including the Ministry in the Prime Minister's Office for Law and Institutional Reform,...
MUKAH: Swift currents and zero visibility in the river are complicating efforts to look for an elderly man who went missing after two longboats collided in Batang Oya, Dalat on Monday morning (Sept 2). Dalat district police chief DSP Saga Chunggat said he and an independent commercial diver used scuba diving methods from 2pm in Monday’s...
KUALA LUMPUR: A senior police officer pleaded not guilty to two counts of extortion in separate Magistrate’s Courts in Ampang, Monday (Sept 2). Deputy Supt KK Ravindhran, 52, was charged with extorting two electrical contractors, aged 42 and 50 years old, by sending a picture of a brutally murdered man via WhatsApp. The alleged offences took place...
JOHOR BARU: A 22-year-old male escaped unhurt after losing control of his car, which ended up in a big drain along Jalan Dato Onn 1 in Bandar Dato Onn here. Tebrau fire and rescue station operation commander Noor Azhan Ahmad said a distress call notifying about the incident was received at 1.19am in the wee hours...
