A young and handsome idol messages you on Facebook and asks to continue a personal relationship online. Dream — or scam — come true? Unfortunately, a Malaysian woman living in Johor Bahru took it for real and is now left broken-hearted and RM60,000 ($20,000) poorer. The woman, a 50-year-old marketing manager who identified herself as Kai Li, told local Chinese newspaper...
If you’ve been following Tunku Mahkota Johor (TMJ) Tunku Ismail Idris on Instagram, you will surely notice the significant difference in his physic recently. In speaking to Harian Metro about the impressive achievement of losing up to 22kgs, TMJ revealed that the key to his success is to practise proper diet as well as diligent exercise. Interestingly, he...
What do a cheesy crunchy snack food and a global financial scandal have in common? In Malaysia, it boils down to one man: Najib Razak, the former premier convicted of corruption and abuse of power – and aficionado of the local snack Super Ring, a bright orange cheese powder-dusted snack popular among schoolchildren. Super Ring became strongly...
Najib Razak ’s first 1MDB -linked criminal trial may be done and dusted, but the former Malaysian prime minister faces another cliffhanger. Now he has been convicted and sentenced to jail, albeit with bail pending appeal, the next big question is this: will his long-time allies in the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) stand by him...
Just last week, we saw a couple of irresponsible Malaysians with Covid-19 wristbands breaking home quarantine rules. Earlier today (Wednesday, 29th July), another woman with the pink tag on her wrist was seen queueing in line to enter a bank in Raja Uda, Bagan, Penang. An admin on the Penang Kini Facebook page uploaded a few pictures of...
A day after saying social media users would need to obtain a license before posting videos, Malaysia’s government abruptly abandoned the move, which critics said could have undermined freedom of expression. Expanding a decades old-law on video production, Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said on Thursday that licenses were needed for videos to be published...
Yesterday morning (Sunday, 26th July), 310 individuals were caught partying at a club in Jalan PJU 7/3 Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya. As a result, the 110 women and 200 men – 10 of which were foreigners – were slapped with RM1,000 compound each after the venue was raided by police. Source: Facebook “10 officers and 19 personnel from...
Malaysians were left baffled after the government on Thursday appeared to walk back an earlier announcement that all video producers – including media agencies and users of social media platforms such as TikTok and Facebook – must obtain official licences. Communications and multimedia minister Saifuddin Abdullah clarified the government did not intend to use the existing Film Act to stifle personal...
A Malaysian court on Wednesday ordered former Prime Minister Najib Razak to settle 1.69 billion ringgit (S$550 million) in unpaid taxes over seven years while he was still in office, according to a report by national newswire Bernama. Defeated in the 2018 general election amid widespread outrage over allegedly rampant graft in his government, Najib is...
It appears that more and more individuals are having trouble adhering to home quarantine rules. Earlier on Tuesday (21st July), an elderly woman in Ipoh and a man in Sri Hartamas went viral on the internet after netizens called them out over their irresponsible behaviour. Source: Twitter The woman in the pink headscarf was wearing a pink tag...
