KOTA BHARU: A government department director has been remanded for two days from Thursday (June 6) to assist in investigations into allegations of soliciting and accepting bribes amounting to hundreds of thousands of ringgit. The remand order on the 58-year-old man was issued by Magistrate Rais Imran Hamid. Earlier, the man, wearing an orange lock-up shirt and...
KOTA BHARU: The Kelantan government has approved the draft of the Entertainment and Places of Entertainment Enactment Bill, which is set to be tabled in the next state legislative assembly session. Kelantan Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Dr Mohamed Fadzli Hassan said that following a comprehensive review by a committee, the proposed bill aimed to repeal and...
KOTA BARU: Police have arrested a man and seized 823 yaba pills, estimated to be worth RM12,345 in Kampung Taman Wira, Kampung Kedap, Rantau Panjang. Pasir Mas district police chief Kama Azural Mohamed said the man was detained during a midnight raid on a wooden shed in the village. "The police also seized a car and a...
PETALING JAYA: Lawyer Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid has lodged three police reports following recent death threats, Sinar Harian reports. The threats were following the Federal Court challenge that nullified 16 provisions in Kelantan's syariah criminal laws. Nik Elin said it was important for the people to read every provision in order to better understand the...
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood victims in the four flood-affected states in the country increased to 3,323 people from 1,016 families as of 6am Friday (Jan 26), compared to 3,128 people from 958 families on Thursday (Jan 25) night. Based on a report by the National Disaster Control Centre of the National Disaster Management Agency...
KOTA BHARU: Air Kelantan Sdn Bhd (AKSB) will use the revenue obtained from the water tariff adjustment to solve issues regarding leaking pipes and improve the quality of water supply services to consumers in the state. AKSB acting general manager Izani Ismail said that with the average increase of 23 sen per cubic metre following the...
PETALING JAYA: The house of the Kelantan Mentri Besar has been flooded as the situation worsens in the state, but this has not stopped Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud from carrying out his duties. "The water level rose quite rapidly. Last night (Dec 26), my residence and the surrounding area of Kampung Meranti were also flooded. "Thank God,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Kelantan's Sultan Muhammad V conferred the state's highest award, the Darjah Kerabat Yang Amat Dihormati (Al-Yunusi) D.K (Kelantan), on Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Kelantan here. According to a post on Istana Negara's official Instagram acount, Al-Sultan Abdullah also conferred the Darjah Kerabat Sri Indera Mahkota Pahang Yang...
GUA MUSANG: Tiger pug marks found near some homes have struck fear into the hearts of villagers in Kampung Seberang Lembaga and the Kesedar Sungai Terah Land Rehabilitation Scheme here. Many villagers said they are afraid to be out in the open and preferred to be indoors in the safety of their houses. One smallholder, Raja Azmi...
PETALING JAYA: The public should not provoke wild animals as they can pose a threat to safety, says Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) Director-General Datuk Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim. Abdul Kadir was commenting on a recent discovery in Gua Musang, Kelantan last Friday (Sept 8) of a cow's carcass with wounds believed to be caused...
