Two killed, 13 injured as tour bus overturns on Karak Highway

PETALING JAYA: A foreign man and a local woman died while 13 others were injured after a tour bus overturned on the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway on Friday (March 29). Bentong OCPD Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar said the police received a distress call on the incident at 8am Friday. Ketua Polis Daerah Bentong Supt Zaiham Mohd Kah He said...

Bank officers among 16 nabbed for selling accounts and ATM cards

SHAH ALAM: Two bank officers are among 16 people arrested for alleged involvement in a syndicate that buys and sells bank accounts and ATM cards for fraudulent activities. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects were arrested in several raids around Gombak between March 20 and 22. "One of those arrested was a...

Anwar visits Mohd Na’im in Putrajaya Hospital

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visits Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na'im Mokhtar, who is undergoing treatment following a minor surgery at the Putrajaya Hospital. Anwar, through posts and two photographs on Facebook and X on Friday (March 29), said Mohd Na’im had just undergone a minor surgical...

High Court orders Isa Samad, Mohd Emir to pay FGV RM3.31mil over condo purchase

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here ordered FGV Holdings Bhd's former chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad and former chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah to pay more than RM3.31mil to the company. Judge Datuk Mohd Arief Emran Arifin made the order after allowing a suit filed by FGV against Mohd Isa and...

Remand of 13 students in Lahad Datu dorm murder case extended by a week

KOTA KINABALU: Police have obtained a further seven-day remand order for 13 vocational school students in connection with investigations into the murder of their dormitory mate in Lahad Datu on March 22. Magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani granted the application by police after the suspects were brought to the Lahad Datu courthouse at 9.20am on Friday (March...

Other senior cops likely to be involved in KL graft case, says MACC chief

PUTRAJAYA: Graft investigators are not ruling out the possibility of the involvement of other senior police officers in the case of a police officer arrested for allegedly taking bribes to overlook certain illegal activities, says Tan Sri Azam Baki. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner said this was being looked into as investigators are combing...

IDEX surges 33%, investors interest skyrockets

IDEX, the native token of the hybrid decentralized exchange (DEX) and market-making protocol of the same name, has increased 33% over the past 24 hours as it records a surge in investor interest. The crypto asset, often leveraged for gas fees and liquidity provision on the Idex exchange, had witnessed a generally bearish trend over the...

NFT Price Floor co-founder predicts quality NFTs comeback despite market retreat

NFT Price Floor co-founder Nicolás Lallement anticipates a quality NFT comeback thanks to the bullish sentiment and cheap layer-2 solutions. As the craze around meme coins keeps unfolding, the spotlight now shifts to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a sector experiencing renewed interest following a period of subdued activity. NFT Price Floor co-founder Nicolás Lallement shared with crypto.news his perspective on...

ParaSwap resolves Augustus V6 contract bug, begins returning crypto to users

ParaSwap, a decentralized finance aggregator, has started returning crypto to users after fixing a critical vulnerability in its Augustus v6 smart contract identified last week. The smart contract bug emerged shortly after the contract’s introduction on March 18, aimed at improving swapping efficiency and reducing gas fees. However, the contract contained a critical vulnerability, allowing hackers...

Detained Binance executive reportedly escapes from custody in Nigeria

Nadeem Anjarwalla, a detained Binance executive in Nigeria, reportedly escaped custody after being taken for prayer. On Mar. 22, Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan who is Binance‘s regional manager for Africa, reportedly fled Nigeria after being detained upon arrival in the country as part of an investigation into the exchange. Anjarwalla, who was detained in Nigeria, reportedly departed from Abuja via...