KUALA LUMPUR: Teenagers caught playing with 'basikal lajak' in the capital were not issued summonses by the police or Road Transport Department (JPJ) but were instead made to do "ketuk-ketampi" (squats). A viral video shared by Majoriti on Instagram on Wednesday (Jan 1) shows a group of teenagers, believed to be underage, being punished by traffic...
PETALING JAYA: Individual taxpayers need to submit their income tax returns via e-filing beginning from the assessment year 2024, says the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRB). It said this also applies to those in the categories of partnerships, Hindu joint families, associations and deceased persons' estates. "Consequently, IRB will no longer accept submissions manually or via...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar has urged Malaysian Muslims to remain vigilant against attempts by certain parties to create religious polemics for their own interests. The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) expressed regret over the actions of some political leaders who, he said, deliberately politicise the concept and approach of Madani,...
PETALING JAYA: Police have detained an individual to assist in the investigation of the discovery of a local man's body in a bedroom at a private treatment centre in Pasir Puteh, Ipoh, on Tuesday (Dec 31). Ipoh District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad, said his team received information regarding the 25-year-old victim...
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A Ryanair flight bound for the Austrian capital Vienna had to land in the neighbouring Czech Republic late on Monday after encountering GPS problems and poor visibility, the company said. The Irish airline was responding to an Austrian media report that the flight from Riga had diverted to the Czech city of Brno...
JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Commercial aviation has suffered its deadliest year since 2018 after the Jeju Air Co. disaster in South Korea and last week’s downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane. Onboard passenger plane fatalities this year jumped to 318 with the two recent crashes, data compiled by Cirium shows. That’s by far the highest death toll since...
THE constituents of Kota Kemuning have been urged to alert the authorities if they spot illegal dumping activities. In a media statement, Kota Kemuning assemblyman Preakas Sampunathan said the public should be the eyes and ears of the authorities and inform them of any suspicious activity. “If you notice any suspicious activity or individuals dumping waste illegally,...
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit emerged as the best-performing currency in Asia in 2024, standing out among major regional peers amid a challenging global economic landscape. By the end of the year, it had appreciated over 2.73 per cent to RM4.47 against the US dollar, an impressive feat compared to the decline or stagnation of Asian currencies. As...
Scammers are getting more creative with their attempts these days, including manipulating famous faces in video calls. On Dec 29, Hong Kong actor Sammy Leung shared an Instagram Reel documenting a video call from someone claiming to be actress-director Sandra Ng. The scammer, likely using a deepfake or face filter, told Leung that she had been "sold...
CHUKAI: A ten-year-old boy has drowned in a hotel swimming pool in the Kemaman district. Kemaman district acting police chief DSP Wan Muhamad Wan Ja'far said the boy was found at the bottom of the pool on Monday (Dec 30) by his father, 47, adding that the family had come from Pahang for a holiday. "At 5.30pm,...
