JOHOR BAHRU: The Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex at Sultan Iskandar Building (BSI) here experienced a power outage for an hour on Wednesday (Feb 21) afternoon. BSI Immigration Office communications and corporate unit in a post on Facebook said the electricity disruption occurred at 4.15pm before it was restored an hour later, after recovery action...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded the highest approved investment in its history, totalling RM329.5bil in 2023, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The investments were approved last year which was 23% higher compared to 2022, added the Prime Minister "From the total investment, foreign investment was the main contributor with a total 57.2% compared to domestic investment amounting 42.8%. "This...
KUALA LUMPUR: A favour of carrying a friend’s luggage at the airport had landed a Malaysian beautician a month-long stint in a Chinese lockup. The bag appeared to contain a large amount of traditional Chinese medicine, which was compressed in pill form. Despite drug-sniffing dogs discovering no signs of narcotics, Lisa Lim, 45, was still detained for...
PETALING JAYA: Mourning for the late Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud, Toh Puan Raghad Kurdi Taib says no words could ever describe how much her husband meant to her. She said this in a heartfelt social media post on Wednesday (Feb 21) following the former Sarawak governor's passing. "No words could describe how much you meant to me. "May...
PUTRAJAYA: The Chinese and Tamil schools are here to stay. The Federal Court had refused an application by two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to seek leave to appeal against an earlier ruling that the use of Chinese and Tamil languages in these schools is constitutional. A three-member panel led by Justice Mary Lim Thiam Suan, in a 2-1...
IPOH: The woman found dead inside a car parked at the parking lot of the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital on Tuesday was sleeping in the backseat without opening the car windows, say police. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said the woman was taking care of her ill father who was warded at the hospital. “She had...
SIBU: Former Sarawak governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud has passed away. In a Facebook post, his daughter Datuk Hanifah Taib said the 87-year-old breathed his last at a private hospital in Kuala Lumpur at 4.40am on Wednesday (Feb 21). She said his remains will be at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur before being brought back to...
KUALA LUMPUR: Not all documents obtained by the prosecution from foreign countries during the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) investigation were turned over to Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s defence team, the High Court has been told. Senior Supt Nur Aida Arifin of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) testified that several documents obtained from other countries through Mutual...
PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is conscious and not in critical condition, says his close aide, refuting claims on social media. "He is still in the IJN (National Heart Institute) and we will issue an update if there is any significant development," said the aide when contacted on Monday (Feb 19). It was reported on Feb...
KUALA TERENGGANU: A construction worker became the first khalwat (close proximity) offender in Terengganu to be sentenced to caning by the Syariah High Court here. Syariah Judge Hamidi Shafie meted out the sentence on Mohd Affendi Awang, 42, who pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 31 (a) of the Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment (Takzir) (Terengganu)...
