SYDNEY: Malaysia has temporarily suspended live cattle and buffalo imports from Australia, the Australian government said, days after Indonesia paused some imports after lumpy skin disease (LSD) was detected in a small number of cattle after arrival. Australia was urgently engaging with its Malaysian counterparts to lift the curbs while confirming the country remained free from...
KUALA LUMPUR: Businessman Tan Sri Halim Saad has sued Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and two others over losses he allegedly suffered during the government's takeover of United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) Bhd and Renong Bhd in 2001. The 70-year-old tycoon filed the lawsuit at the High Court registry through Messrs Malik Imtiaz Sarwar on Aug 2. He named...
SIBU: Two individuals have been fined RM10,000 in default one year's jail each by the Magistrate's Court for stealing three units of solar street lamps on Tuesday (Aug 8). The accused, Tan Jin Hua, 32, and Lau Sie Heng, 36, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Flavian Edward Henry for the offence under Section 379 of the Penal...
PETALING JAYA: The Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Aug 9) was told that eight to 10 prosecution witnesses are expected to be called to testify in the drug case trial of nasyid singer and composer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman. Deputy public prosecutor Raja Zaizul Faridah Raja Zaharudin informed the court about the matter during the case management...
PORT DICKSON: A 26-year-old lorry driver has been charged at the Magistrate's Court here for allegedly murdering his father. No plea was recorded from P.Niruben after the charge was read to him before magistrate V.Vanita on Wednesday (Aug 9). He was charged with murdering 49-year-old K.Paramasivan at a house in Taman D'Ambang Kota in Lukut between 12.20am...
WhatsApp has announced that a new screen sharing feature will be added to the messaging platform. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the update via Facebook on Aug 8: “We’re adding the ability to share your screen during video calls on WhatsApp.” The feature will be available on WhatsApp desktop and mobile. The company in a release today (Aug...
GEORGE TOWN: A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here Wednesday (Aug 9) to two charges of attempted murder for causing injury to a 44-day-old infant and three-year-old toddler. Unemployed Mohammad Azmin Hamanullah entered the plea before Sessions judge Mazdi Abdul Hamid. For the first charge, he was said to have attempted to murder the...
ALOR SETAR: The Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional unity pact believes a simple majority to form the new Kedah government is achievable in Saturday's (Aug 12) election, says Datuk Mahfuz Omar. The state Pakatan chairman said this would depend on winning three seats where the margin of victory was still small at the moment. "As of now, God willing,...
SEREMBAN: Former PKR assemblyman Datuk Dr Mohamad Rafie Ab Malek who will be defending the Ampangan seat as an independent in the state polls has expressed sadness for being labelled a traitor. The former state industrialisation, investment, education and entrepreneurship committee chairman said it was not fair to accuse him of being one as he only...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has sent a second representation letter to the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) to drop the criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges he faces with former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah. Najib and Mohd Irwan were charged in 2018 with six counts of CBT amounting to RM6.6bil in...
