LONDON: The Malaysian Government will continue to support the Palestinian cause and will not yield to pressure from foreign powers on this issue, says the Deputy Prime Minister. Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) said Malaysia's stance should be respected as a sovereign nation. Malaysia need not worry about potential pressure from foreign powers to...
LONDON: Malaysia is exploring opportunities to send lecturers and trainers, especially in the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), to South Korea and Turkiye, for Training of Trainers (ToT). Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamid (pic) said that these two countries are among the new sources which have the best...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will discuss with Singapore to allow the KTMB Shuttle Tebrau train service to continue even after the completion of the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link project, Parliament was told. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that under the previous bilateral agreement between the two countries, one of the agreed-upon conditions is to...
KUCHING: Primary and secondary schools should not be involved in activism relating to wars in other countries, says Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) women's chief Kho Teck Wan (pic). Kho said she was shocked and concerned to learn that all schools under the Education Ministry were instructed to organise a "Solidarity with Palestine Week" in the...
KOTA KINABALU: Schools and any educational institutions should be spared from being involved in any political agendas, movements or activities including efforts to promote support for Palestine in the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri president Datuk Henrynus Amin (pic) said discussions of such nature would disrupt learning in class and potentially create a...
JOHOR BARU: A pawnshop owner claims that a former employee stole more than RM100,000 in jewellery and cash. The owner of the shop located in Gelang Patah, who only wanted to be known as May, said she hired the then 18-year-old girl in July 2022 to man the front counter. The 58-year-old said she shrugged off constant...
SIBU: The Federal Government is obligated to accept letters that are written in English in official communications from Sarawak, says state Deputy Public Health, Housing and Local Government Minister Michael Tiang (pic). "The federal government in fact has a duty to entertain English letters from Sarawak for official communications as the National Language Act 1963/67 was...
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Dewan Rakyat Speaker Alice Lau told off a Perikatan Nasional lawmaker for refusing to sit despite being ordered to do so. Citing the lower House’s standing orders, Mohd Misbahul Munir Masduki (PN-Parit Buntar) said he was dissatisfied with RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong) who questioned how Harakah, the official media organ for PAS, had allegedly...
KOTA KINABALU: Two gold miners have been charged with cheating the state government of over RM1.3mil in royalties between 2019 and 2023. Lo Fui Ming and his son Lo Teck Yong were slapped with a total of 24 charges allegedly committed during this period, and both pleaded not guilty to the charges before Sessions Court Judge...
PETALING JAYA: The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has fixed Nov 23 to hear the application of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to have his passport released to him permanently. This date was fixed by Judge Azura Alwi after objections were raised by the prosecution on Wednesday (Oct 25). In proceedings, Deputy Public Prosecutor Nor Asma Ahmad told the...
