PETALING JAYA: Malay-language weekly Majoriti 7 has clinched a bronze award at the Putra Aria Brand Awards. The country's first premium weekly Bahasa Malaysia newspaper won the bronze award under the Media Networks category at the Putra Aria Brand Awards 2023, held in One World Hotel on Thursday (Jan 18) night. "Securing this recognition at the Putra Aria Brand...
KUALA TERENGGANU: Plantation and healthcare outfit TDM Bhd, a subsidiary of the Terengganu state government, has invested RM29.1 million to build two hospitals this year. Its executive director, Najman Kamaruddin said the group’s healthcare sector contributes more than 50 per cent to the overall profits and the two new hospitals are expected to increase the profits considerably. "An...
PETALING JAYA: The beginning of 2024 can be seen to mark a year full of challenges, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. "Some are complaining and many are sweating," said Dr Wee in a video posted on TikTok on Wednesday (Jan 17). "I read a summary of the challenges that have to be overcome for the...
JOHOR BARU: Over 4,000 commercial crime cases with losses amounting to RM267mil were recorded last year, says Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat. The state police chief said the number of commercial crime cases Johor cops received last year was about twice that of the previous year. "In 2023, we opened up 4,383 investigation papers related to commercial...
KULAI: The Johor government has set up a technical committee under the Greater Johor Baru agenda to study future flood retention development that will ensure all current and future projects are sustainable. Johor state housing and local government committee chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor said that this was based on the recent flood incident in...
PARIS (Reuters) - France's highest court on Tuesday rejected a request by French cement maker Lafarge to dismiss charges of complicity in crimes against humanity as part of an investigation over how it kept its factory running in Syria after war broke out in 2011. The ruling, which upheld an earlier decision by a lower court,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (pic), who is facing two sedition charges, has applied to transfer his case from the Selayang Sessions Court to the Shah Alam High Court. Lawyer Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud, representing Muhammad Sanusi, said the application was filed yesterday (Jan 15) and was submitted to the...
IPOH: The man who was arrested on suspicion of committing arson at Beruas MP Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham's house in Ayer Tawar will be released on police bail. Manjung OCPD Asst Comm Mohamed Nordin Abdullah said they had received the instruction to release the man from the state Public Prosecutor. ACP Mohamed Nordin said the instruction was...
KUALA SELANGOR: Sixty prisons nationwide are currently housing approximately 75,000 inmates, surpassing the capacity limit of 71,000 prisoners. Prisons Department director-general Datuk Nordin Muhamad said that this indicated overcrowding in prisons, with the number of inmates exceeding 5.6% of the designated capacity. He said that this did not include nearly 4,000 more prisoners undergoing rehabilitation in the...
GEORGE TOWN: The woman who fell into the sea in an incident at KM 2.8 of the Penang Bridge on Monday (Jan 15) claimed her male friend pushed her while they were arguing at the rest area on the bridge. Penang police chief Datuk Khaw Kok Chin said that based on her initial statement, the 40-year-old...
