BATU KAWAN: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Penang on Friday (Aug 11). "I have a busy schedule, and I told the Minister, but he insisted he wanted to meet me, although I told him I will not be in Putrajaya. "I will come to Kedah or Penang to meet you,...
GEORGE TOWN: Penang has decided not to declare Aug 12 as a special state holiday for the state election. "However, employers are reminded to give priority and opportunity for employees who are working to go out and vote," said caretaker chief minister Chow Kon Yeow in a Facebook post Tuesday (Aug 8). Earlier, Bagan MP Lim Guan...
NIBONG TEBAL: Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional candidates still have an edge in terms of support in the state polls, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Pakatan chairman said that polling day is drawing nearer and such support can only be judged based on the decision of the people. "So far, I can see that there is a wave...
ALOR SETAR: Police will record the statement of several individuals, including a lawmaker, in connection with a statement alleging that caretaker Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor “was in danger” following his no-show at a mega ceramah in Sungai Petani. Kedah police chief Comm Datuk Fisol Salleh said these individuals will be summoned...
IPOH: A mother and her boyfriend have claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to a charge of abandoning her son. The accused, a 23-year-old woman and 26-year-old S. Uthayakumar pleaded not guilty after the charges against them were read together in Tamil before Judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad at the court on Tuesday (Aug 8). Both allegedly...
NIBONG TEBAL: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has told his detractors not to run from the authorities and face alleged corruption probes to prove their innocence. Referring to the statement made by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Anwar said that the anti-graft agency is trying to locate Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's son-in-law. ALSO...
JOHOR BARU: A 29-year-old housewife has died after allegedly undergoing a breast enhancement procedure at a residential area in Skudai here. The woman, identified as Tan Wei Shan, was said to have undergone the procedure at a double-storey house in Taman Mutiara Rini, Skudai on July 29 evening. Her husband, a 35-year-old businessman who only wanted to...
GOPENG: A 26-year-old man has entered his fourth year at the Langkap Immigration Detention Centre despite being born in Malaysia and having a birth certificate. Mohd Farid Abdullah, who was born a Hindu and converted to become a Muslim when he was 12, was first arrested in September 2019 during an operation in Klebang when he...
KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed Progressive Salary Policy will be brought to the Cabinet for fine-tuning and to study the need to provide funds as incentives for its gradual implementation, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said this would be done according to the country’s financial position and policy needs. ALSO READ: Rafizi: Progressive wage model not...
GEORGE TOWN: Whenever he embarks on his campaign trail for the Kebun Bunga seat, Independent candidate Datuk Razalif Mohamad Zain will make a striking entrance in a vibrant green Lamborghini Urus sports utility vehicle (SUV). His campaign convoy also includes an impressive fleet of four additional luxury vehicles - a Lamborghini Huracan, a Range Rover and...
