Malaysia’s second highest court has upheld a 12-year jail sentence previously handed to former prime minister Najib Razak in the first of several criminal cases linking him to the 1MDB financial scandal. The three-judge Court of Appeal ruled that the High Court’s decision to convict Najib of all seven counts in the trial last July was...
Recently, 1 December, a 16-year-old Malaysian passed away from a heart attack after visiting a ‘haunted house’ attraction in Bentong. According to Utusan Malaysia, the teenager was at a resort with his family for a holiday. While he was in the ‘haunted house’ experience at the resort, he suddenly fell and lost consciousness due to shock. Source: Utusan Malaysia A 3-minute...
Can you already hear the Christmas bells jingling? Because Santa’s sleigh is just around the corner! We absolutely love Christmas here at Hype because we get to see shopping malls around Klang Valley literally bring Santa’s sleigh in the middle of their malls. And when we say literally, we mean it. Remember for the previous years?...
Now that interstate and international travel restrictions have been lifted for fully vaccinated residents, more and more people are eager to travel domestically across the country. Being cooped up at home has taken a toll on so many, and we can’t think of a better way than to reconnect with nature. Are you stoked for your...
An Omicron variant case has been detected in Malaysia as of yesterday, 2 December 2021. Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, shared the worrisome news in a statement. “The Institute for Medical Research (IMR) has conducted PCR Genotyping Assay tests to over 74 Covid-19 positive samples detected at KLIA from 11 November to 28 November.” “As a result of the PCR...
The Omicron variant has spread to all corners of the globe at a rapid rate with seemingly no end in sight. Yesterday, our neighbours reported their first cases. Meanwhile, just today, Malaysia reported its first cases of the “variant of concern“. This has prompted the Health Ministry to restrict and discourage any outbound overseas travel for Malaysians as well as inbound for international tourists...
Malaysia’s former leader Najib Razak has sought to introduce fresh evidence in one of the criminal cases linking him to the 1MDB financial scandal , days before an appellate court was to rule on whether to uphold a guilty verdict that sentenced him to a 12-year jail term. The development ahead of the Dec 8 Court...
As the Omicron variant is spreading across the world, many countries have resorted to tightening their borders over fears of the variant of concern. This has even delayed our transition towards the endemic phase. Apart from the precautionary measures, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in a press conference yesterday (1 December), urged senior citizens in the high risk group to stay away from crowded...
A Malaysian Airlines flight was searched after it landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, following news of a bomb threat. The plane, which was heading to Dhaka, landed at the airport at around 9:40pm, Wednesday night. Based on a report by NewAge Bangladesh, the airport’s group captain, AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, shared that no bomb...
A few weeks back, 28 new stations for LRT in Ipoh had been proposed. As the country develops further, could we be getting more public transportation to ease the lives of the rakyat? Just recently, Bung Mokhtar, member of parliament for Kinabatangan proposed “Jesselton New City” a mixed development project located in Sabah International Convention Centre. Mokhtar is now...
