PETALING JAYA: A three-year-old boy was killed after he is believed to have fallen from the sixth floor of a condominium here. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulnizam Ja'afar said police were notified of the incident on Aug 21. "The police were informed of the incident which happened at a condominium in Kota Damansara. The body was...
KLUANG: Johor has proposed an increase in the number of pick-up and drop-off points for cross-border passenger transport service vehicles, says state executive councillor Mohd Fazli Mohamad Salleh. The Public Works, Transport, Infrastructure and Communication committee chairman said taxis are currently only allowed to use one designated point each in Johor and Singapore. "The current practice is...
KUALA LUMPUR: Roads around Putrajaya Core Island will be closed to private vehicles from 6 pm on Aug 29 until the conclusion of the National Day parade on Aug 31, says Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil. He said the closure was to facilitate final preparations for the National Day celebration, which would be held at Dataran...
KUALA LUMPUR: Cabinet decisions have never been influenced by external parties and are made collectively by the Cabinet alone, says Datuk Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications Minister said that claims of outside influence on the government’s decision-making are unfounded, adding that he has never witnessed such events during his time in the Cabinet. “I attend almost every Cabinet...
IPOH: A complete working paper on the ban of electronic cigarettes or vape sales in Perak is expected to be presented at the State Executive Council meeting early next month. State Human Resources, Health, Indian Community Affairs, and National Integration Committee chairman A. Sivanesan said the move would focus on restricting local authorities from issuing vape...
KUALA LUMPUR: The spirit of camaraderie was on full display during a friendly football match between the Crime Journalists Association (CiJA) and police officers and personnel from the Sentul police headquarters at Padang Kiara Bay here on Thursday (Aug 21) night. The match, which kicked off at 8pm, ended with Sentul police securing a 6-4 victory...
KUALA LUMPUR: The operating hours of the Masjid Jamek and Pasar Seni LRT stations will be extended until 1am tomorrow (Aug 23) and on Sunday in conjunction with the "Malam Himpunan dan Selawat Malaysiaku Bersama Gaza" programme at Dataran Merdeka here. Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd (Rapid Rail) announced in a statement that additional staff would be...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister's wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was conferred the Honorary Fellowship in Surgery by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) on Friday (Aug 22), in recognition of her decades of service in medicine and public life, including her advocacy for marginalised communities. Dr Wan Azizah, who is also...
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has directed the Defence Ministry to ensure that national security has not been compromised after the arrest of senior army officers by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Government spokesperson and Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said this on Friday (Aug 22) during his weekly post-Cabinet briefing. He was referring to...
MELAKA: A 32-year-old man believed to be part of an infant formula shoplifting ring has claimed trial to two counts of theft involving over RM1,800 worth of the product. Mohd Safri Jilji entered a plea of not guilty after the charges were read to him before Magistrate N. Sivashangari in Ayer Keroh here on Friday (Aug...
