KUALA LUMPUR: The Madani Government’s legal and institutional reform agenda continues to gain momentum, with five bills and two key motions passed in the first week of the Dewan Rakyat sitting. It included amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 (Act 711) and the introduction of community service penalties for minor littering offences. The Whistleblower Protection (Amendment)...
MUAR: A motoring influencer and his younger brother were jailed for one month and ordered to pay a RM1,500 fine each by the Magistrate’s Court here for lodging a false police report about the former's disappearance. Tengku Nizaruddin Tengku Zainudin, 38, widely known online as Ija, and Tengku Abdul Aziz Tengku Zainudin, 30, both pleaded guilty...
PETALING JAYA: Women’s doubles shuttlers Teoh Mei Xing-Go Pei Kee’s run in the China Open ended in the last eight after they were beaten by world No. 7 home pair Jia Yifan-Zhang Shuxian. Mei Xing-Pei Kee found the Chinese duo too hot to handle and lost out 7-21, 15-21 in 34 minutes at the Olympic Sports...
IPOH: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) has refuted that its Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Kuala Lumpur stations will be closed Saturday (July 26), following an alleged notice circulating on social media. In response to a query by a user on its official Facebook page comment section Frida (July 25), the KTMB admin responded that there...
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Registration Act 1959 (Act 78) will be amended to tackle MyKad forgery, according to Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. He stated that the government is finalising the amendments, which are scheduled to be tabled in the current parliamentary session. "The amendments to the Act will, among other things, include provisions for...
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have identified the six Malaysians who were detained by Cambodian authorities on suspicion of attempting to smuggle nearly 62kg of cannabis to the United Kingdom via Phnom Penh International Airport on July 16. Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects were all men aged between...
MANILA (SCMP): A new trade deal hailed by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr as a “significant achievement” has been slammed by critics at home as the “worst insult” after Manila secured only a one percentage point tariff cut from Washington while granting American goods duty-free access. Marcos, the first South-East Asian leader to be hosted by...
KOTA KINABALU: Two people were killed in an early morning blaze in Kota Belud district. The charred remains of the victims, a 47-year-old couple, were found in the bathroom area of the burnt-down house. Kota Belud Fire Station chief Elgi Bakuk said they found the remains at around 4am. He stated they received the distress call from Kg...
KUALA LUMPUR: Fatwa institutions must operate collectively and ensure that any fatwa or religious edict issued is based on information gathering and in-depth analysis of the issue by qualified experts, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In a Facebook post on Wednesday (July 23) night, Anwar said the matter was among those discussed during his...
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reminded all parties not to belittle the RM100 additional cash aid for Malaysian citizens aged 18 and above under the Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara) programme. The Prime Minister said that while the amount may seem small to high-income earners, it means a lot to rural communities and low-income groups. "(Critics say)...
