KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has fixed Sept 18 to hear an application to initiate judicial review by the owner of Ilham Tower over its second seizure by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in June. The hearing was initially scheduled for Wednesday (July 23). However, it was postponed after Senior Federal Counsel Nurhafizza Azizan informed Justice Amarjeet...
KUANTAN: A 62-year-old man died from wounds believed to have been caused by a homemade firearm while hunting with friends in the Tebu Hitam forest area in Rompin on Sunday (May 4). Pahang police chief Comm Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman (pic) said a report on the incident was received the same day. The victim was reportedly hunting with six friends when...
KUALA LUMPUR: Some RM177mil worth of assets were seized in the first quarter of this year, says Tan Sri Azam Baki. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner said this was its biggest asset seizure to date, with it also involving the cash and gold bars related to investigations into former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail...
KUCHING: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry seized over 11 tons of controlled commodities believed to be misappropriated at a premises in Kampung Stungkor, Lundu, some 50km from here. The ministry's Sarawak director Matthew Dominic Barin said the seizure on Monday (Nov 13) involved 9,864kg of raw sugar and 2,078kg of cooking oil, valued...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have taken down 193 drug syndicates and arrested 612 members between January and September this year under the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said that this represents a decrease compared to the same period in 2023 when 245 syndicates were dismantled, and 791 members were arrested. "In terms...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have seized a wide variety of items from Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) during Ops Global, including almost RM900,000 cash; animals including horses, rabbit and peacocks, as well as multiple vehicles, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. The Inspector-General of Police said a total of 138 GSIB bank accounts with funds totalling...
SEPANG: A luxury car was among the vehicles seized under special operations to get rid of airport touts by the Road Transport Department (JPJ). JPJ deputy director-general (Planning and Operations) Aedy Fadly Ramli said a luxury MPV was among the 10 cars seized during the department’s latest three-day operation against airport touts at Kuala Lumpur International...
PUTRAJAYA: Eight luxury cars valued at about RM6mil has been seized by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in their probe into a syndicate believed to have smuggled tobacco, cigarettes and liquor into the country. It is learnt that the cars belong to several individuals who own companies involved or acted as middlemen who bribed officers of...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians should not speculate on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) seizure of the 60-storey Menara Ilham owned by the family of former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar said it was MACC’s duty to investigate, and they must be brave in acting against the corrupt, even if...
GEORGE TOWN: Penang police have seized RM2.06mil worth of drugs and equipment in a series of six raids conducted over a span of four days. Penang police chief Datuk Khaw Kok Chin also said four local men aged 27 to 33 were arrested in various locations. Most of the drugs were seized from a double storey house...
