KOTA BARU: Police arrested a man and seized 2,000 Yaba pills worth RM20,000 at an eatery in Jalan Cherang, here late Thursday night. District police chief ACP Mohd Rosdi Daud said the suspect, in his 30s, was detained while he was walking out of the restaurant, adding that he had tried to flee upon realising police...
KANGAR: A 4D outlet in Jalan Bukit Lagi here has brought its shutters down for the last time, after its business premises operating licence expired on Monday. It is the first such outlet to close down in the PAS-led state of Perlis. An online portal reported yesterday that the Kangar Municipal Council has notified the six gaming...
KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyer Siti Kasim had been planning a trip to Kelantan to visit the Orang Asli, whose lives she helps to improve. She is now worried about her own life after a makeshift device, believed to be a home-made bomb, was found under her car. The activist was left in shock at the discovery. “I don’t want...
MELAKA: The generous nature of Malaysians is once again evident after a fundraising effort raised about RM30,000 to aid a man and his adopted daughter who has Down syndrome. Nearly RM30,000 has poured in for Teo Hock Teng, 58, and the 16-year-old within two days after their plight was highlighted in The Star on July 19. Tanjung...
KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyer Siti Kasim says she hopes that those responsible for strapping a bomb to her car will be caught soon. In a Facebook Live session, she said police are working hard on the investigation. "Kuala Lumpur police chief (Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain) also went to the scene and assured me that the police...
KUALA LUMPUR: An assistant to a company owner has been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in its probe into rare earth elements (REE) mining in Kedah. Sources said the man, in his 50s, was detained at about 10pm on Thursday (July 20) at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya. The remand application was made on Friday...
PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin did not have time to prepare Felda's annual grant from the government as he had to resign as prime minister in 2021, says his former principal private secretary Datuk Dr Marzuki Mohamad "They said Muhyiddin did not sign Felda's annual grant amounting to RM990mil and that was his mistake. He...
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional will be fielding 108 candidates in the upcoming state polls in six states, says coalition chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. From the figure, he said about 63% of candidates would be new faces. "Only 18% are incumbents, whereas nearly 20% of our candidates are those who had contested before but chose...
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan is expected to contest 44 seats in Selangor while Barisan Nasional will contest 12. The 12 seats speculated to be contested by Barisan candidates are Dusun Tua, Semenyih, Gombak Setia, Batang Kali, Kuang, Jeram, Sijangkang, Dengkil, Jeram, Selat Kelang, Sungai Burong and Sungai Panjang. The Gombak Setia seat was won by Hilman Idham...
HANOI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday (July 21) spent about an hour visiting Hanoi Book Street, the most famous designated book area on 19/12 Street, here. Anwar, who is on a two-day official visit to Vietnam, was accompanied by his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Minh Chinh. During the visit, Anwar also presented his host with...
