KUALA LUMPUR: The widow of Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin has submitted a representation seeking to drop charges of conspiring with her late husband to receive RM2.8mil in bribes. The bribes were allegedly for securing approval for Felcra Berhad to invest RM150mil in Public Mutual Berhad unit trust products. Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad's lawyer, Datuk...
PETALING JAYA: Selangor's Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has decreed for firm action to be taken against any activities in the state with lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender (LGBT) elements. In a joint statement on Monday (Jan 12), Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) chairman Datuk Salehuddin Saidin and Selangor Mufti Datuk Dr Anhar Opir said the Selangor Ruler...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court has heard that Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad demanded a RM19mil 'lump sum' payment from Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd (NSB) after it secured a maintenance and spare parts tender for the police. NSB chief operating officer Azman Kamaruddin, 45, testified that the company's managing director, Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof, informed him...
PETALING JAYA: Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has decreed that there should be no more pig farming operations in Tanjong Sepat, Kuala Langat, with existing farms to be shut down in stages and fully relocated to Bukit Tagar. In a statement issued by Istana Alam Shah on Monday (Jan 12), His Royal Highness said he...
KULAI: Police have detained a Chinese national believed to have installed the Jalur Gemilang upside down at a premises in Taman Eko Perniagaan 2, Senai Airport City, here on Sunday (Jan 12). Johor police chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said that the 38-year-old man was arrested at approximately 4pm and later remanded. "We also seized one Malaysian...
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, has firmly advised newly-appointed Army Chief General Datuk Azhan Md Othman to ensure that all personnel of the Malaysian Army (TDM) uphold the highest standards of integrity and trust in the discharge of their duties. His Majesty stressed that corruption is the main enemy of the strength...
IPOH: An oil palm plantation worker was freed by the High Court here on two counts of trafficking 77.7kg of methamphetamine. Leong Hoi Aw, 52, was discharged and acquitted without being called up by Justice Abdul Wahab Mohamed after the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against him. However, trader Liew Wan Wah, 46, who...
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a warning of thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds across multiple divisions in Sarawak, effective until 1pm on Thursday (Jan 8). MetMalaysia, in a statement at 9am, said the severe weather is expected to affect Kuching (Kuching), Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman (Sri Aman), Betong, Sarikei (Sarikei), Sibu...
ANKARA: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was on Wednesday (Jan 7) conferred the Order of the Republic, Turkiye’s highest state honour, in recognition of his role in strengthening bilateral ties between Malaysia and the republic. The decoration was presented by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a ceremony held at the Presidential Complex here,...
MELAKA: A RM1.8bil modern shipyard to be developed here will be named after Panglima Awang, also known as "Enrique de Malacca", the famed navigator believed to have circumnavigated the globe in the 1500s, under a strategic collaboration with Turkiye. Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh said he lobbied for the shipyard to be named...
