PETALING JAYA: On the 60th Malaysia Day, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says it is important to look back to history if the nation is to move forward. He said in a social media post on Saturday (Sept 16) that six decades of nationhood is a long time and added that there are many bitter-sweet memories from...
KUALA LUMPUR: A strong police presence has been sighted near the Sogo shopping complex and Dang Wangi police headquarters ahead of the "Save Malaysia" rally here on Saturday (Sept 16). Groups of uniformed police personnel were sighted patrolling the roads on foot near the shopping complex. Traffic police personnel have also been stationed along the major traffic...
KUALA LUMPUR: No rejection letter has been issued for any application of admission of international students at Chinese Private Secondary Schools for the period from June to August 2023 The Education Ministry said that the Private Education Division received as many as 25 applications for the admission of international students in the same period, and the...
KOTA KINABALU: A group of undocumented migrants thought dawn might be the best time to evade the authorities and slip into the country undetected. They could not be more wrong when the group was intercepted by the marine police at the Gelam-Gelam waters off Sabah’s east coast Semporna district on Friday (Sept 15). The group, believed to...
KOTA KINABALU: The Court of Appeal will hear the Federal Government's appeal against a Kota Kinabalu High Court decision to grant Sabah lawyers leave for judicial review on Putrajaya's constitutional duty to pay 40% to the state on May 16, 2024. Sabah Law Society (SLS) president Roger Chin said the appeal filed by the Attorney General's...
KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah-based NGO is challenging the Territorial Sea Act (TSA) 2012, a federal law that limits the state's maritime jurisdiction to up to three nautical miles. The Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights (Sabar) filed an originating summons to challenge the law at the Kota Kinabalu High Court here through the firm Roland Cheng &...
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Pakatan Harapan leaders have expressed shock over a report that former chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman will make a comeback via the coalition. In a joint statement issued three hours after the report appeared Friday (Sept 15), Sabah Pakatan leaders issued a blunt denial, saying that Musa was never discussed in any...
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on Friday (Sept 15) congratulated Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who was sworn in as Singapore’s ninth president on Thursday (Sept 14). In a Facebook post, the king expressed hope that Malaysia and Singapore will continue to work closely to bring progress and prosperity to both countries and...
BALIK PULAU: A Form Five student claims he sustained an eye injury after allegedly being hit by a teacher. In a video on social media, the teenager's 47-year-old father said his son suffered internal bleeding of the right eye after the incident in a Sungai Ara secondary school on Thursday (Sept 14). He expressed his disappointment over...
SEREMBAN: There should not be panic buying for local rice in Negeri Sembilan as there is a sufficient supply of the essential items in the market, says State Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Climate Change, Cooperatives and Consumerism Committee chairman S. Veerapan. "The local supply of rice is sufficient. We are trying to limit the purchase to only...
