PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has hinted that the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living portfolio in the Cabinet will be filled as soon as possible. Met by reporters after the One Million Al-Quran Waqf Solidarity event here on Friday (Sept 15), he said the post would be filled after several matters were taken...
PETALING JAYA: A proposal to reunify Kuala Lumpur with Selangor has brought mixed reaction, with some lawmakers saying it has potential, while others say it could be very challenging, even impractical. There were also those who felt the focus should instead be on creating a sustainable plan for the Klang Valley. ALSO READ: ‘Returning KL to Selangor not...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have seized 21 motorcycles and a car in a traffic law compliance operation in Ampang. Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Azam Ismail said the operation was conducted from 7pm to 9.30pm Thursday (Sept 14) in the Pandan Mewah and Tasik Tambahan areas. A total of 31 summonses were issued, mostly for driving or...
AFTER repeated offences on various obstructions, 25 motorcycle owners had their wheels confiscated in the city centre by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) on Thursday (Sept 14). DBKL enforcement officers and traffic wardens swooped down to various hot spots in the city centre to nab offenders. Areas targetted were Jalan Ampang, Jalan P. Ramlee and Persiaran...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has set 30 days in June and July next year to hear the criminal breach of trust (CBT) case involving Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah involving RM6.6bil in government funds. Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin fixed the dates following a request by...
PETALING JAYA: The preliminary findings of the investigation into the Aug 17 crash of the Beechcraft Model 390 Premier 1 enroute from Langkawi to Subang state that the pilot was qualified for the flight in accordance with regulations. In a preliminary report released Friday (Sept 15) morning, the Transport Ministry's Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said...
PETALING JAYA: The planned "Red Shirts" gathering in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (Sept 16) has been called off, says Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos (pic). The Sungai Besar Umno division head said this was because Perikatan Nasional Youth moved its gathering to Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur. "We planned to gather after Perikatan Youth said they would be...
SHAH ALAM: A retired private sector employee in Subang Jaya suffered a loss of RM3.839mil after falling victim to a 'phone scam'. Selangor Police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the 70-year-old woman received a phone call from an individual in November 2022 claiming to be an insurance officer, who said there had been an insurance...
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat Datuk Ramli Mohd Noor rapped several MPs on Thursday (Sept 14) for trying to turn the Dewan Rakyat into a fish market during the debate on the 12th Malaysia Plan Mid-Term Review. This came after the MPs engaged in a war of words and used points of Standing Order...
KUALA LUMPUR: An Opposition MP has suggested that Malaysia emulates Singapore’s group representation constituency (GRC) system to enhance the representation of minority ethnicities in Parliament. Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (PN-Arau) said it was time for Malaysia to reform the electoral system, noting how the present one was determined in 1957, when the then Federal Constitution of...
