Home Ministry finalises app for Singapore entry and exit via QR code

SINGAPORE: The Home Ministry (KDN) has selected a single application to facilitate immigration procedures for Malaysians at the Sultan Iskandar Building (BSI) and the Sultan Abu Bakar Complex (KSAB) in Johor for entry and exit to Singapore, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. Three applications - MyTrip, MyRENTAS, and MyBorderPass - are currently undergoing...

Muhyiddin can celebrate wedding anniversary in M’sia, not Uzbekistan, rules judge

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and his wife can celebrate their wedding anniversary in Malaysia but not overseas, says Sessions Court Judge Azura Alwi. The former prime minister on Thursday (Oct 3) failed in his bid for the temporary release of his passport to go to Uzbekistan with his wife to celebrate their 52nd wedding...

QuickCheck: Did a foreign teen pose as a child to get a Malaysian passport in Penang?

WITH the Malaysian passport being one of the most valuable in Asia in terms of the countries it can give a person access to, it would seem natural that there would be those who would try to get their hands on one by hook or by crook. It was claimed recently that a Sri Lankan teenager...

Alice Guo may have left Philippines using Chinese passport: Senator Gatchalian

MANILA: It is possible that suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo had already left the country using her Chinese passport. This possibility was raised on Wednesday (July 17) by Sen Sherwin Gatchalian. “Based on our information from the Bureau of Immigration is that she’s still here because we checked if Guo Hua Ping has already left the Philippines,...

Na’imah gets temporary release of passport for overseas trips

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here has allowed Toh Puan Na'imah Khalid, the wife of Tun Daim Zainuddin, the temporary release of her passport for travel to Singapore and Switzerland. Judge Azura Alwi allowed the application made by Na'imah's lawyer M Puravalen for the release of her travel documents after Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin...

Syed Saddiq applies for temporary release of passport to go to Singapore and Taiwan

PUTRAJAYA: Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has filed an application to temporarily release his passport so that he can travel to Singapore and Taiwan. In his supporting affidavit, which was attached to the notice of motion filed on May 8, Syed Saddiq said he wanted to go to Singapore on May 18...

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...

Prosecution objects to release of Muhyiddin’s passport to attend restaurant opening in Bangkok

KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's money laundering case has once again objected to the former prime minister's application for a temporary release of his passport, this time to travel to Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 15. In the prosecution's counter affidavit to the application obtained by the media, deputy public prosecutor Zander Lim...

Muhyiddin’s bid for passport release fixed for Nov 23

PETALING JAYA: The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has fixed Nov 23 to hear the application of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to have his passport released to him permanently. This date was fixed by Judge Azura Alwi after objections were raised by the prosecution on Wednesday (Oct 25). In proceedings, Deputy Public Prosecutor Nor Asma Ahmad told the...

Court releases Rosmah’s passport

PUTRAJAYA: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has succeeded in getting the temporary release of her passport to visit her pregnant daughter in Singapore. A three-judge bench of the Court of Appeal chaired by Justice Hadhariah Syed Ismail allowed Rosmah's application here on Thursday (Aug 17). The court was earlier informed by Rosmah's lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh that the...