MyCert: Scammers impersonating Axiata Digital Labs in WhatsApp job scam

The Malaysia Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCert) is warning members of the public about scammers claiming to be employees from “Axiata Digital Labs International” in a WhatsApp job scam. Based on screenshots of conversations posted by MyCert, the scammers would text individuals via WhatsApp with an offer to join a lucrative project. They claimed that the individuals have been...

Is DAP upholding nation’s interests or its own, asks Takiyuddin

PETALING JAYA: PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan (pic) has urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to curb the “poisonous narrative” peddled by DAP. This narrative has brought DAP's true intentions into question, Takiyuddin added in reference to recent statements by party veterans Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang and Tan Kok Wai. Lim had said last...

Man who stalked, harassed photographer to be sentenced Dec 20

SHAH ALAM: The 37-year-old man who stalked and harassed a female photographer on social media will be sentenced on Wednesday (Dec 20). Mohamad Shafiq Rosli had been charged earlier this year under the newly crafted Section 507A of the Penal Code with stalking 31-year-old Acacia Mardiana Daud through social media platforms. ALSO READ: Accused stalker changes plea to...

200,000 consumers in Penang hit by water cut due to burst pipe in Sg Perai

BUTTERWORTH: Consumers in Penang's south-west district and Seberang Perai experienced water supply disruption on Tuesday (Dec 19)after a section of pipe measuring 1.35m in circumference located at the bottom of Sungai Perai burst on Monday (Dec 18) morning. Penang Water Supply Corporation chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan said that underwater welding works to repair the burst...

King confers ‘Tan Sri’ title to Chief Judge of Malaya

KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah conferred the Darjah Panglima Setia Mahkota award, which carries the title Tan Sri, on the Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah. Mohamad Zabidin headed the list of 298 recipients of federal awards, honours and medals in conjunction with His Majesty’s birthday...

U Mobile expands home broadband coverage, plans now start from RM99

U Mobile has announced that the company will be expanding its U Home Fibre home broadband catering to users in high-rise buildings on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The company said that the U Home Fibre will be made available to over one million homes through a partnership with Time by leveraging on its fibre...

King witnesses preparations for third delivery of Ops Ihsan

SEPANG: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on Monday (Dec 18) witnessed preparations for Malaysia's third delivery of the Ops Ihsan humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) cargo terminal here. His Majesty, who was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi,...

Flip-flopping of DLP guidelines leaves for more confusion, says MCA Youth

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dual Language Programme (DLP) is once again in the spotlight, following the launch of an online petition to maintain the status quo on its existing guidelines by MCA Youth on Monday (Dec 18). MCA Youth secretary-general Saw Yee Fung said the unofficial announcement of the new DLP guidelines raises more questions and confusion...

1MDB trial: Prosecution plans to call Jasmine Loo

KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's trial on Monday (Dec 18) told the High Court here that 1Malaysia Development Berhad's (1MDB) former general counsel Jasmine Loo Ai Swan would be called to testify in the case. Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said the prosecution is planning to call Loo after taking...

Ipoh cops probe viral video of ‘gambling den worker’ being scolded

IPOH: Police here are investigating a viral video said to show a group of men reprimanding a worker at a convenience store suspected of fronting an illegal gambling operation. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said they were made aware of the clip on Sunday (Dec 17). "The video has captured public attention but we have no...