AKPS probes allegations of ‘phantom travel’ syndicate at KLIA

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) is conducting an investigation into allegations of "phantom travel" syndicate activities at the KL International Airport (KLIA). AKPS, in a statement Tuesday (June 24), announced that the investigation is looking into the involvement of officers who are in cahoots with a syndicate that uses a modus operandi...

Police reports filed as customers claim RM15mil loss to watch reseller

KUALA LUMPUR: Multiple police reports have been lodged after at least 20 individuals claimed to have lost over RM15mil in luxury timepieces to a watch reseller. MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong said clients had entrusted their watches to a shop operated by a woman, who would earn a commission once...

Police reports filed as customers claim RM15mil loss to watch reseller

KUALA LUMPUR: Multiple police reports have been lodged after at least 20 individuals claimed to have lost over RM15mil in luxury timepieces to a watch reseller. MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong said clients had entrusted their watches to a shop operated by a woman, who would earn a commission once...

Sabah Energy Commission lodges report against news portal over IPP approval claims

KOTA KINABALU: A police report has been lodged over a defamatory article by news portal Sabahkini2, which accused the Energy Commission of Sabah (Ecos) chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Nasser Abdul Wahid of approving a power project without state cabinet approval. Published on Thursday (April 17), Abdul Nasser said the article contained false and baseless allegations. He...

Kim Seri denies fleeing to Japan, says ready to cooperate with authorities

SHAH ALAM: Social media influencer Kim Seri has denied fleeing to Japan over allegations of a fraudulent travel package she managed. Kim Seri, whose real name is Seri Azlina, said she is ready to cooperate with the authorities following police reports and almost half a million ringgit in losses linked to the Kim Seri tour package...

As more ‘whistleblower’ videos surface, Masidi slams them as character assassination

KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun says the latest videos implicating him and other Sabah assemblymen in an alleged mining scandal are specifically intended as character assassination. “I am shocked how some people can go all out to malign others with lies and character assassination,” the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) secretary-general said on Tuesday (Dec 3)...

Bukit Aman denies claims of inaction in document fraud case

PETALING JAYA: Bukit Aman has refuted allegations of inaction in their investigation into a case involving the falsification of documents. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said in a statement on Thursday (Nov 7) that the department had been informed of the claim made in a TikTok video...

Ex-GISB member speaks out, urges boycott of group

SHAH ALAM: Sabrina Bolivar, the daughter of a former high-ranking official of Al-Arqam, now known as Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB), is urging the public to stop supporting the group. In a series of TikTok videos, she claims that the stories surrounding GISB are the truth and expressed concern over the group's increasing online...

Nizar Najib denies trying to topple Pahang Govt

KUANTAN: Pahang Investment, Industries, Science, Technology and Innovation Committee chairman Datuk Mohamad Nizar Najib denied claims that he is attempting to overthrow the Pahang government through meetings with opposition leaders. The Peramu Jaya assemblyman stated he would never defect or betray the state government led by Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail. "He (Wan Rosdy)...

Selangor speaker tells Mohamed Azmin to retract unsubstantiated claims

SHAH ALAM: Selangor speaker Lau Weng San has called on Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali to retract his allegations of him (Lau) being unprofessional, unfair and biased in his decisions regarding the status of Selat Klang assemblyman in last week’s state assembly sittings. Lau dismissed claims by the Selangor opposition leader and Hulu Kelang assemblyman that...