Michelle Yeoh honoured as pioneer by Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom

PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Joe Biden for being the first Asian to win an Oscar as Best Actress in 2023. In presenting her with the medal on Friday (May 3), Biden said that for decades Yeoh has "shattered stereotypes and glass ceilings to...

Malaysian students caught up by campus protests across US

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian students in universities in the United States are facing disruption to their campus lives with the eruption of pro-Palestinian protests. Some have even been harassed, with many having names called. Azida Ahmad Azmi, a graduate student at Columbia University, New York, said the escalating situation seemed hard to avoid, especially in her campus where...

Woman Caught On CCTV Urinating Next To Her Car In Carpark In Johor

According to Malaysian netizens, there were public restrooms she could’ve used in the area. How urgent must one be to choose to relieve themselves in public? A woman in Johor has recently gone viral after she was caught peeing in an open-air public carpark. She was seen opening both doors on the driver’s side of her car, forming...

Sabahan in Korea receives RM7,000 in donations for hospital bill

KOTA KINABALU: Help is pouring in for Eddy Laimin, who is hospitalised in Korea and needs help paying the hospital bill and coming home. As of Monday afternoon (April 15), 27-year-old Sabahan received about RM7,000 in donations three days after his family’s call for help was shared by the media. His sister Juitah, who is also in...

Restaurant workers in India steal Malaysian family’s bag with passport and cash

NEW DELHI (Bernama): Two restaurant workers in southern India stole a visiting Malaysian family's bag containing their passports and cash. The Malaysian couple and their daughter were travelling from Trichy city in Tamil Nadu state to Puducherry by car on Sunday when they had stopped to have lunch in the Samayapuram area, according to a report...

Cops looking into claim that Indian drug lord is Malaysian

PETALING JAYA: The Royal Malaysia Police is seeking more information from the Indian authorities regarding allegations by a senior investigative journalist that an "Indian drug kingpin" is a Malaysian citizen. According to Sinar Harian, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said so far, police have not received any information on it. He said checks with...

M’sian Couple With 8 Kids Took 15 Years To Get Marriage Legally Recognised, This Is Their Story

Feel-good story of the week. How long would you wait to get married? For Malaysian Zeng Xueli and Myanmar-born He Zhansheng the answer is 15 years. The heartwarming story of the couple, who have eight (yes, eight) children aged between one and 15, recently swept the internet. According to reports, Zhangsheng and Xueli's marriage application were rejected by Malaysian...

PDRM, Aussie police collaborate in probe of RM1.7bil Melbourne drug haul

KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is collaborating with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in an investigation into the arrest of a Malaysian man in connection with a drug seizure in Melbourne. Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) director Datuk Seri Kamarudin Md Din (pic) said the 34-year-old man was among the four individuals arrested following...

“She Slapped My Niece At Least 3 Times”: Miss Asia Malaysia 2023 Winner Called Out For Being A Bully In Secondary School

Her alleged victims have flooded her celebratory post with recounts of the terrible things she did to them in school. At the ATV Miss Asia Malaysia 2023 Pageant on Tuesday (Sep 26), 23-year-old Malacca native Luwe Xin Hui was named the winner. She walked away with 30K ringgit (S$8.7K) in cash, and an apartment worth 1.5mil ringgit (S$436K). However, Xin...

Claim that 54,000 Chinese nationals will be given citizenship untrue, says Fahmi

KUALA LUMPUR: Claims that the Unity Government will be granting Malaysian citizenship to 54,000 Chinese nationals are not true, says Minister of Communications and Digital Fahmi Fadzil (pic) Through a video shared on his Facebook page on Saturday (Aug 26) night, Fahmi said the figure was actually the total number of applications received from 2017 to...