PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and 1MDB’s former CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy will remain free of charges of tampering with the Auditor-General’s audit report on 1MDB. Yesterday, their acquittal was retained as the prosecution failed to meet deadlines to continue their appeal. The Court of Appeal said the decision to strike out the appeal...
KLANG: Politicians must ensure that national unity and harmony are upheld at all times and they have no business issuing fatwa (religious edicts) as they wish, Selangor Ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has decreed. The country, said the Sultan, would regress should political leaders harp on propagating racial polarisation and instigating people. The Ruler said politicians must...
KOTA KINABALU: Worry gripped many climbers scaling Mount Kinabalu early yesterday when the fair weather gave way to a heavy downpour. However, as they were led safely down the mountain amid gushes of rainwater that crossed their paths due to the rainfall, the mountain guides’ professionalism helped allay their concerns. Sabah Parks director Maklarin Lakim said prior...
KUCHING: A crowd has been gathering in the vicinity of a hotel here since Tuesday (Sept 12) afternoon, hoping to catch a glimpse of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah. Their Majesties are scheduled to arrive here from Sibu later Tuesday evening on the...
PETALING JAYA: There are no issues affecting egg production in the country, assured the Federation of Livestock Farmers' Association Malaysia (FLFAM). It said the industry is also free from any serious outbreaks from poultry disease. "FLFAM expresses confidence to Malaysians that there are no issues affecting egg production including freedom from serious outbreaks of poultry disease. "Under these...
KOTA TINGGI: Police have arrested five men for trying to smuggle lobster larvae on a boat from a neighbouring country. Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the boat was spotted near a jetty in Legaran Air Gemuruh in Sedili here at around 5.30pm on Monday (Sept 11). "The marine intelligence team in Pengerang received...
KUALA LUMPUR: Award-winning journalist Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai has been appointed the chairman of Bernama, the national news agency. Wong, whose appointment took effect on Sept 1, succeeds Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi. The appointment of Wong is with the consent of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. Digital and Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil...
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Soviet Union's decision to send tanks into Hungary and Czechoslovakia to crush mass protests during the Cold War was a mistake. "It was a mistake," Putin said when asked about perceptions of Russia as a colonial power due to Moscow's decision to send tanks...
KAJANG: Former Umno Youth executive council member Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, who is better known as Papagomo, has been found guilty of injuring Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman as well as hurling disrespectful and insulting words at him. He was fined RM2,100 for the offences by the Magistrate's Court here on Tuesday (Sept...
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine was only likely to start peace talks when it ran out of resources and would use any potential cessation of hostilities to rearm again with Western help. The war has sown devastation across swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine, killed or injured hundreds...
