JOHOR BARU: A construction and maintenance company director has been slapped with a RM1.284mil penalty for tax evasion with an additional RM23,000 in fines for failure to file three years of the company's tax returns. The accused, Yusof Ahmad, 38, pleaded guilty when the charges were read before Magistrate Nur Fatin Mohamad Farid at a Magistrate's...
MUMBAI (AFP): Malaysia's Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh was voted onto the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday (Oct 17). The first Asian woman to win an Academy Award - when she scooped best actress for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" earlier this year - was elected by 67 votes to nine, with one abstention. She was one of...
JOHOR BARU: A 33-year-old man was killed after his vehicle crashed into a tree on Jalan Seri Austin 1, Bandar Dato’ Onn, here. Tebrau Fire and Rescue Department operation commander Noor Azhan Ahmad said that the incident occurred at 2.24am on Tuesday (Oct 17). “The vehicle crashed into a tree with the driver stuck inside. The body...
KOTA KINABALU: Sarawak businessman Datuk Seri Thomas Hah Tiing Siu, who was linked to a controversial land deal on an island in Sabah's northern Kudat district, has backed out of the deal. Hah said the decision took into account the controversy stirred by certain groups over his company's plan to invest in an agro-development project in...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has detected entertainment outlets owned by foreigners following raids at four outlets in Kompleks Wilayah on Sunday (Oct 15). Bukit Aman CID deputy director Deputy Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said the outlets offered exotic dances and fully employed foreign workers. "It has something to do with the entry of foreigners into the...
SEREMBAN: The national flag of China seen during a procession here on Saturday (Oct 14) was carried by a citizen from the republic taking part in an international festival, police clarified. Seremban police chief Asst Comm Arifai Tarawe said the flag was seen during the International Guan Gong Cultural Festival which saw the participation of representatives...
KUALA LUMPUR: A Perikatan Nasional MP asked if the Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister had his own “way” of promoting Malaysian tourism by promoting the culture of “intoxication and dancing publicly”. Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin (PN-Masjid Tanah) also said other countries were envious of the "Malaysia Truly Asia" tagline as it promotes polite Malaysian culture. “The previous...
TUARAN: The rehabilitation programme through parole and community services has been very effective, with only one out of 800 prisoners who followed the programme returning to prison, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. He said the 0.125 percentage was considered very low, compared to the 18.6 per cent of those who did not follow...
KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah Convention Bureau will be launched by the end of the year to promote the state as a preferred destination for MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) events, says Datuk Christina Liew. The state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister said the bureau will be placed under her ministry. "We welcome any form of collaborative...
PETALING JAYA: The one-off Bantuan Awal Persekolahan (BAP) schooling assistance cash aid of RM150 will be disbursed from early January, says the Education Ministry. It said in a statement that it took note of concerns among the people about the absence of any mention of BAP during the Budget 2024 announcement on Friday (Oct 13) and...
