Crypto exchange Binance recently announced the initiation of a detailed investigation into the claims concerning Book of Meme (BOME), a Solana-based meme coin. This move came in response to allegations and community discussions about possible insider trading linked to the “BOME rat warehouse” incident. The exchange made an official statement on the X platform highlighting its commitment to market fairness...
KUALA LUMPUR: Stern action will be taken against those who take the law into their own hands over the controversial socks issue, says the Bukit Aman CID director. Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said vigilantism is prohibited and stern action awaits those who engage in such acts. ALSO READ: Cops nab man for alleged insult on...
SHAH ALAM: Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari on Friday (March 22) announced a special Aidilfitri aid of one month’s salary or a minimum of RM1,000 for civil servants in the state, to be paid on April 8. He said they include civil servants under the administration of the Selangor State Secretary (SUK) and permanent...
RECENTLY, a notice circulated on WhatsApp claimed that if one of your beneficiaries in the EPF (Employees' Provident Fund) Nominees List dies, it would automatically void the whole arrangement of the list. The message implied that if you only list one nominee, and should he or she die before you, your EPF savings will be surrendered...
BANGKOK: Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's second son has said he wants to return to the kingdom permanently after living abroad for more than two decades, in an interview published on Thursday (March 21). Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse grew up in the United States following his parents' divorce in the 1990s, but he made an unexpected visit to Thailand...
MEULABOH, Indonesia: An Indonesian search and rescue ship on Thursday (March 21) located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety. An AP photographer aboard the rescue ship said 10 people had been taken aboard local fishing boats...
KUALA LUMPUR: Parliament passed several amendments to the Police Act 1967, including a new section that stipulates the Yang di-Pertuan Agong will be the Honorary Commissioner-in-Chief of the police force. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Shamsul Anuar Nasarah said that the amendments were made to recognise the role of the King as the Honorary Commissioner-in-Chief of...
PETALING JAYA: Ten civil servants have been arrested for allegedly taking over RM3mil in bribes from smugglers. According to sources, the suspects, aged in their 30s to 50s, were arrested with five others when they went to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters on Tuesday to have their statements recorded. “The arrests were made following Op Samba...
PETALING JAYA: For five years, a factory the size of four football fields deep in an oil palm estate in Teluk Panglima Garang, Banting, had been turned into an illegal ewaste processing centre. The clandestine factory, estimated to span over five acres, is believed to have raked in tens of millions of ringgit in profits processing...
SUBANG JAYA: Police urge anyone who had misplaced a suitcase packed to the brim with cash to come forward. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan, at a press conference on Thursday (March 21) at the Subang Jaya police district headquarters, said that the suitcase was found by a security guard on Wednesday (March 20). "The...
