Muda should not attack PH, says Sg Buloh MP’s aide

KUALA LUMPUR: Muda has been advised to be patient and not attack Pakatan Harapan. "Muda was supportive of Pakatan but six months later, it is now attacking Pakatan," said Aidi Ahmad Yazid, the political secretary to Sungai Buloh MP Datuk R Ramanan. ALSO READ: Anwar's 'clean government' claim gives perception ongoing corruption cases will be dropped, says Syed...

Spirit of togetherness must be a part of nation-building, says King

KUALA LUMPUR: The spirit of togetherness and unity irrespective of religion, race or culture must be translated towards nation-building, says Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. The call by the King comes as Muslims in the country mark the Maal Hijrah 1445H/2023M celebration this year, which is focused on unity as the core...

Geely to invest US$10bil to make Tanjung Malim the region’s largest auto city – Anwar

SEKINCHAN: Chinese automobile manufacturer Geely will invest US$10 billion to turn Tanjung Malim, Perak, into the region’s largest auto city. (US$1=RM4.54) Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the aspiration, conveyed by the company in a letter to him last night, would create thousands of job opportunities for Malaysians. "I am mentioning this for the first time....

Maid in Malaysia takes lewd images of employer’s baby, sends them to boyfriend

As a parent it takes a lot having to entrust their child to someone else, including their helper. So, you can imagine one mother's horror after she realised that her child, a boy, was allegedly sexually assaulted by their helper. In a five-minute clip that went viral online, the Indonesian maid, who was then employed in Malaysia, allegedly made the child touch her private parts...

Michelle Yeoh visits dad’s grave in Malaysia for Qing Ming with ‘Mr O’

Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh visited her father’s grave for Qing Ming with the Best Actress Oscar statuette she won for the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once. The grave is at Paradise Memorial Park, Tanjung Rambutan in Perak, Malaysia. Qing Ming, also called Tomb Sweeping Day, was on April 5 this year. On Wednesday (April 12), Yeoh shared on...

Malaysia says it will protect its rights in South China Sea

Malaysia said on Saturday (April 8) it was firmly committed to protecting its sovereign rights and interests in the South China Sea after China expressed concern about Malaysian energy projects in a part of the sea that China also claims. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday China was worried about activity by the state energy...

Malaysian woman pulls out eyelash extensions ‘one by one’ after being told they’re not allowed for passport photo

A woman in Malaysia had to pull out her freshly-done eyelash extensions "one by one" after being told she could not have them on when having her passport photo taken. Facebook user Shakira Mamii said in a post on Wednesday (April 5) that an immigration officer at the Urban Transformation Centre in Johor told her she...

Malaysia woman scoops $4.9m jackpot after she kept dreaming of winning numbers

A Malaysian store owner who won RM16.3 million (S$4.9 million) in a lottery said the winning numbers came to her in a dream — repeatedly. The 54-year-old woman said she kept seeing two four-digit numbers, 3887 and 5785, in her dreams as well as in reality, according to the Malay Mail. Her numbers were two out of...

Malaysia seeks to decriminalise suicide attempts

Malaysia is seeking to decriminalise suicide attempts, its law minister said on Tuesday (April 4), the latest in a recent slew of legal reforms pursued by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government. The announcement comes a day after Malaysia's parliament on Monday voted to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim the number of offences punishable by death,...

Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib loses final bid to review 1MDB graft conviction

Malaysia's top court on Friday (March 31) dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, ending Najib's judicial efforts to challenge the guilty verdict. Najib was jailed last year after Malaysia's Federal Court upheld a guilty verdict and 12-year prison...