KUALA LUMPUR: The installation of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim as the 17th King of Malaysia is set to take place tomorrow in a ceremony steeped in royal Malay customs and tradition at Istana Negara. To be held at the Balairung Seri of Istana Negara, the event will formally mark the beginning of the five-year reign of...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Police are offering traffic offenders a discount rate of up to 50% in payment of traffic summonses in conjunction with the launch of the 2024 National Month and Fly the Jalur Gemilang campaign at Cyber Event Hall Cyberjaya, Selangor, this Sunday (July 21). The Information Department posted on Facebook that the discount offer...
PEKAN: The body of the late Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah was buried at 5.20pm at the Kampung Nyiur Manis Cemetery, here on Thursday (July 18). The van carrying the body of the former Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) student arrived at the cemetery at 4.55pm after being brought from the Forensic Department of Sungai Buloh Hospital,...
SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong is among a select group of foreign leaders invited by Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar to attend his installation ceremony as the 17th King of Malaysia. Lee will thus be visiting Malaysia from July 19 to 22 for the installation ceremony at the Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur, which is set to...
KUALA LUMPUR: Harsher legal actions are needed for cyberbullying, said Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. “Harsher legal actions are needed to convey the government's serious stance on cyberbullying,” he said. Saifuddin added that legislators must look beyond the Minor Offences Act and consider stricter laws. "Lenient penalties send the wrong message to the public and hurt the victims'...
AMPANG: The police are looking for 33-year-old e-hailing driver Syahrul Asyraf Dahlan as he has been missing since last week. Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Azam Ismail said a police report was lodged at about 4.17pm last Sunday (July 14) over his disappearance. "The last time his family members managed to contact him was on July...
MELAKA: The wife of the suspect implicated in the murder of 25-year-old Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah cries every day, says her elder brother. "My sister cries every day, her emotions have been in turmoil ever since she learned about the incident," says the man in his 40s who declined to be named. Sinar Harian reported in an...
SHAH ALAM: A handbag, believed to have belonged to Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah was discovered by police divers in Sungai Trolak Kampung Batu, Perak. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Kah said the handbag was discovered in the river on Thursday (July 18). "Yes, the handbag, believed to be that of the victim's was found," he...
HULU SELANGOR: DNA samples from family members of Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah have been collected for forensic identification of the victim, says Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan. The Selangor police chief said police are resorting to forensic identification as visual identification could not be done. "We have taken samples from the victim's mother and siblings. "The forensic identification...
KUALA LUMPUR: Calling it a “historic” day, the medical fraternity has come together to laud the amendments to the Medical Act (Act 50) that was passed in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (July 17). “A historic day - the Dewan Rakyat has passed the Medical Act amendments without any changes,” said former Health director-general Tan Sri...
