KUALA LUMPUR: The distribution of the 'Sumbangan Asas Rahmah' (Sara) aid starting Wednesday will see improvements to the targetted aid resulting from the increase in the Budget 2025 allocations for the Sara and 'Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah' (STR) assistance to their highest historical level of RM13bil compared to RM10bil in 2024. The Sara aid will be increased...
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have confirmed that the Home Minister's son has been married since last September and that the marriage took place in southern Thailand. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the marriage certificate was legitimate based on checks conducted by investigators. "The Home Minister's son and a woman were in love, but they...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former chief executive officer of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Arul Kanda Kandasamy told the High Court here on Tuesday (Jan 14) that he had no personal knowledge that monies from the company’s funds were used to buy jewellery worth US$1.3mil for Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. Arul Kanda said this when 1MDB’s counsel Raphael Kok...
KUALA LUMPUR: There will be zero tolerance for integrity breaches among Road Transport Department (JPJ) officers, following reports that certain lorry owners are using “protection stickers” to evade roadblocks and inspections, warns Anthony Loke. The Transport Minister said since the issue involves integrity, it would need the cooperation of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). “If it involves...
ABU DHABI: Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to enhance strategic cooperation in the fields of politics, economy and investment, defence, renewable energy (RE) and nuclear, tourism, sustainability and artificial intelligence (AI), says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said this was the outcome of his bilateral meetings with UAE President Sheikh...
SHAH ALAM: A manager of a private company in Ampang Jaya lost more than RM1.6 million after falling for a non-existent crypto investment online. Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan, in a statement on Tuesday (Jan 14), said the 61-year-old male complainant was attracted to a cryptocurrency investment advertised on Facebook and made a phone...
JOHOR BARU: Members of the Johor government will meet their Singapore counterparts on Wednesday (Jan 15) to discuss the implementation of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ). State investment, trade, consumer affairs and human resources committee chairman Lee Ting Han (pic, below) said the scheduled meeting comes about a week after the JS-SEZ agreement was signed...
JOHOR BARU: The High Court here has allowed a preliminary objection to the habeas corpus application filed by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and his wife Azura Md Yusof. The application challenges their detention under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) 2012. In delivering his decision on Tuesday (Jan 14), Justice...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s retail sector remained resilient in November 2024, as reflected in the latest distributive trade index (DTI) data, but analysts noted potential headwinds ahead. The Department of Statistics Malaysia reported a 3.9% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in the DTI for November, reaching 158.8 points, although this represented a slowdown from the 5.1% y-o-y growth recorded...
PETALING JAYA: A well-known Kelantanese female singer and five Malaysians who were caught with 6,000 pills of syabu in Golok arrived at the Narathiwat district court on Tuesday. All of them arrived at 9.10am in a truck to face drug charges against them. The family members of the six Malaysians were nowhere to be seen. According to Sinar...
