PETALING JAYA: The holiday travel rush has started to build up ahead of the year-end ‘balik kampung’ for Christmas and New Year celebrations with scores of travellers getting caught in heavy traffic heading out of the city, especially towards the south. There was heavy traffic identified in several areas due to the high volume of vehicles...
PETALING JAYA: Located within Kuala Lumpur’s financial hub, Menara Ilham – seized recently by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission – was designed by a world-renowned architecture firm. The 274m-tall tower, owned by Tun Daim Zainuddin’s family, is one of the tallest buildings in the country. ALSO READ: Daim’s Ilham Tower seized by MACC It was designed by Foster + Partners...
PETALING JAYA: Those paying electricity bills of between RM230 and RM738 will end up paying more from Jan 1. The increase could be between RM12 and RM32 under new electricity tariffs announced by the Energy Commission yesterday for the period of Jan 1 to June 30, 2024. However, the commission said the new rates will only affect...
PUTRAJAYA: Menara Ilham belonging to Tun Daim Zainuddin and his family may not be their only asset to be seized. Several of their other assets may also be confiscated, following what graft investigators claim is a failure to explain the source of funds to buy the real estate. “This (more seizures) is a possibility. If it...
GOMBAK: Three individuals, believed to be foreigners, have been shot dead by police in an early morning shootout in Selayang on Saturday (Dec 23). The incident is believed to have occurred within the Taman Selayang Jaya area. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan is expected to hold a press conference on the incident at the...
Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu Wai received a warm welcome from hundreds of Malaysian fans after making an appearance at The Exchange TRX on Friday (Dec 22). The 61-year-old, along with director Felix Chong and producer Ronald Wong, are currently in town to promote their upcoming film The Goldfinger, which will be hitting cinemas on...
JOHOR BARU: A 19-year-old college student from Kuala Lumpur has lost almost RM15,000 after falling prey to a part-time job scam she found on social media. The woman, who only wanted to be known as Wendy, said she saw an advertisement on Facebook about a job where she could get commissions by simply leaving good reviews...
GEORGE TOWN: Penang Water Supply Corporation proposes to build a new RM5mil pipeline above the Prai River. The "easier-to-maintain", 200m pipeline, set to begin construction in 2024, would be a better solution to the water supply woes in Penang. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the proposal would be a rational long-term solution according to the Penang...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians should not speculate on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) seizure of the 60-storey Menara Ilham owned by the family of former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar said it was MACC’s duty to investigate, and they must be brave in acting against the corrupt, even if...
PETALING JAYA: Police arrest six men believed to be responsible for at least 16 house and school break-in cases in the district. Petaling Jaya deputy OCPD Supt M. Hussin Sollehuddin Zolkifly said the first incident was a house break-in at Damansara Damai at 8.18pm on Dec 14. "A 33-year-old was detained for the offence on Dec 14. "We...
