KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister's wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was conferred the Honorary Fellowship in Surgery by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) on Friday (Aug 22), in recognition of her decades of service in medicine and public life, including her advocacy for marginalised communities. Dr Wan Azizah, who is also...
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has directed the Defence Ministry to ensure that national security has not been compromised after the arrest of senior army officers by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Government spokesperson and Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said this on Friday (Aug 22) during his weekly post-Cabinet briefing. He was referring to...
MELAKA: A 32-year-old man believed to be part of an infant formula shoplifting ring has claimed trial to two counts of theft involving over RM1,800 worth of the product. Mohd Safri Jilji entered a plea of not guilty after the charges were read to him before Magistrate N. Sivashangari in Ayer Keroh here on Friday (Aug...
KUALA LUMPUR: A company director pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here Friday (Aug 22) to fraud involving the supply of 10 containers of Palm Olein CP10 cooking oil last year. Nuruliman Haidi Che Mansor, 44, is charged with deceiving Global Foods and Confectionaries KFZE (Nigeria) through its representatives Abdulrahman Muhammad Garba and Sani Abdullahi...
KUANTAN: Two people have been killed while travelling to a gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts taking place in Terengganu. In the first incident, a bank sales executive was killed after the motorcycle he was riding skidded and crashed on Jalan Palong 8 here. Bera police chief Supt Zulkiflee Nazir said that the incident occurred at about 6.30am on...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara’s international reserves rose to US$122bil as at Aug 15, up from US$121.3bil as at July 31. “The reserves position is sufficient to finance 4.8 months of imports of goods and services, and is 0.9 times the total short-term external debt,” Bank Negara said in a statement. The main components of the reserves were...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has fixed Oct 31 to deliver its decision in an attempt by Toh Puan Na'imah Abdul Khalid to intervene in an application by the public prosecutor involving offshore assets in the British Crown dependency of Jersey. Justice Muhammad Jamil Hussin fixed the date for the hearing as well as to deliver...
ALOR GAJAH: A father of five has been remanded for four days at a Magistrate's Court here after allegedly attacking his teenage daughter simply because she was late in reheating a meal for her mother. The remand order, until Aug 25, was issued by Magistrate Dr Teoh Shu Yee against the 40-year-old suspect to assist investigations...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman's Integrity and Standards Compliance Department (Jips) will take appropriate action on the initial investigating team for the death of Form One student Zara Qairina Mahathir, says Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail. The Inspector-General of Police, during a press conference at Bukit Aman Friday (Aug 22), was asked to comment on updates to...
KUANTAN: The two Royal Malaysian Air Force officers piloting the F/A-18D Hornet fighter jet successfully executed emergency ejection procedures before the aircraft crashed at Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport (Kuantan Air Base) late Thursday (Aug 21) night. According to Air Force chief General Datuk Seri Muhamad Norazlan Aris, the pilot, Major Mohamad Azhar Alang Kamarudin, 34,...
