GEORGE TOWN: A motorcyclist has been arrested for hitting a car with a helmet during a minor road accident on Jalan Sungai Pinang here. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Razlam Ab Halim said the suspect, in his 30s, was arrested at his house in Sungai Pinang at about 7pm. "The arrest was made after a complainant lodged...
GEORGE TOWN: More than RM400,000 in drugs were seized during police narcotics operations in Ayer Itam on June 7, with a 24-year-old suspected dealer nabbed. The arrest was made at about 7pm by the George Town police narcotic criminal investigation department during the police’s Ops Tapis sweep. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Razlam Ab Hamid said the...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has set June 12 to decide on the judicial review application filed by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in relation to the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s (RCI) proceedings into Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks, and South Ledge. Judge Datuk Amarjeet Singh has fixed 8.30am to deliver his decision, an hour before Dr...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: For the Goh sisters, making bak chang (Chinese rice dumplings) is an annual affair, and their friends and relatives will vouch for this tasty treat every Dragon Boat Festival. Hwee Gim, 60, and Sally, 64, learnt to make the dumplings from their mother when they were teenagers. The younger sibling said her specialty is the...
PETALING JAYA: The Chinese Embassy has unveiled a new song to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Malaysia-China relations. The song titled Sayang-Sayang my Dear Friend is performed by Malaysian singer Ah Niu. The song, which is in sung in Mandarin, also features English and Malay lyrics and speaks of the half-century-long friendship between the two nations. Part of its lyrics...
PETALING JAYA: Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan will be holding a press conference on the diesel subsidy rationalisation on Sunday (June 9). The event is scheduled to be held at 5pm at the Finance Ministry office in Putrajaya. On May 24, Amir Hamzah said that diesel subsidies cost the government RM1bil a month, while...
PUTRAJAYA: Diesel prices will be floated and will retail at RM3.35 per litre in the peninsula starting on Monday (June 10), says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan. The Finance Minister II said the price is based on the Automatic Pricing Mechanism formula for the month of May. The previous price of diesel announced on June 5 was...
PUTRAJAYA: The monthly RM200 Budi Madani cash assistance should be sufficient to off-set the increase in the price of diesel for most Malaysians, says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan. "The RM200 is sufficient to cover 80% of diesel vehicle owners based on consumption patterns from Statistics Department data," said the Finance Minister II at a press...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged the people to improve their command of English without marginalising efforts to make Bahasa Malaysia the lingua franca. The Prime Minister said that Bahasa Malaysia, as the official language in the Federal Constitution, continues to be upheld and implemented, but the importance of mastering English cannot be neglected. "I...
PETALING JAYA: A huge crack at a flyover near Jalan Cheras in Kuala Lumpur has caught the attention of Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi. He said he has instructed the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) and Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway (SPE) concessionaire to immediately inspect the site that night (June 7) to conduct evaluations and checks. "I take...
