KUALA LUMPUR: It is business as usual at the Menara Ilham on Friday after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) seized the 60-storey building owned by the family of former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin. The public and employees of the various companies located in the building were seen entering and exiting the building at the heart...
IPOH: An activist who was injured during an eviction process at a vegetable farm in Kanthan will be charged with obstructing public servants from performing their duties. PSM deputy chairman S. Arutchelvan said Chong Yee Shan, who is also a party central committee member, was notified by police that she would be charged at the Ipoh...
PETALING JAYA: Private credit reporting agency CTOS has detected 335,000 pieces of personal identifiable information on the dark web belonging to over 58,000 Malaysian consumers in the last three years. In a statement released on Dec 21, the company said the data detected include credit card and debit card details, passport information, email addresses and phone numbers. Since...
KOTA KINABALU: A company director ended up paying more than three times he owed the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) after he was found guilty for failing to file his income tax annual returns for two years. The 59-year-old automobile batteries dealer Wee Yung Heow was slapped with a penalty of RM2.6mil and fined RM10,000 by a...
KOTA KINABALU: Yayasan PETRONAS is spreading festive joy to some 100 poor and sick people in Labuan under its "Uplifting Lives" programme in conjunction with Christmas. PETRONAS Sabah and Labuan head Siti Ayu Abdul Wahab said they gave out basic necessities to the people. "Yayasan PETRONAS is committed to doing its part to make the season a...
Come celebrate this holiday month at SplashMania in Selangor, where the waterpark comes alive with a variety of activities, all in the name of spreading the holiday cheer with its “Santa’s Ho-Ho-Holidays” Christmas campaign. Located at Bandar Gamuda Cove in Dengkil, the waterpark welcomes visitors with fun Christmas-themed shows and activities, like carolling, dancing, and a...
TANJUNG MALIM: The issues of teacher placement involving graduates with education degrees will be resolved soon, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. During a "Temu Anwar" (meet Anwar) session here on Thursday (Dec 21), the Prime Minister said approval was granted to the ministry to increase teaching positions by next year. “Minister Fadhlina Sidek had announced there will...
JOHOR BARU: There has been almost a twentyfold increase in reported Covid-19 cases in Johor in the past two weeks, says a state executive council member. State health and unity committee chairman Ling Tian Soon (pic) said a total of 673 positive cases have been recorded in the current week starting Dec 16 (Week 50). "This is...
GEORGE TOWN: Consumers in several parts of Penang are facing a delay in full resumption of water supply as repairs on the burst pipe in the Prai River are not complete. Those who have begun to receive supply are advised to store water as pumping operations will be shut down at 8pm on Thursday (Dec 21)...
PETALING JAYA: Almost 20% of public university student intakes in 2022 consisted of other races, revealed Ayer Hitam MP Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic). According to a parliamentary written reply shared by Dr Wee on Facebook today, he revealed that ethnic Malay and bumiputra students made up 81.9% of public university intakes while other...
