PETALING JAYA: Most Malaysians who opted in for Employees Provident Fund's (EPF) Account 3 withdrew the funds to settle debts and outstanding loans, according to a poll by The Star. The online poll, which was held in the week before the last day of the opt-in on Aug 31, saw 1,300 people responded. Around 288 people (42.11%)...
PETALING JAYA: A foreigner who claimed to have been sodomised by a workout partner has withdrawn his police report. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulnizam Ja'afar said the suspect, a local, was released after the 25-year-old victim withdrew his report. "We have submitted the investigation paper to the DPP and (the instruction received was) for the case...
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has withdrawn its challenge against the position of the Sabah Law Society (SLS) in its 40% special grant court case against the Federal Government in the Court of Appeal. State Attorney-General Datuk Nor Asiah Mohd Yusof said she and her team which included the special legal advisor to the Chief Minister,...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Lee Zii Jia has withdrawn from the men's singles competition in the Korean Masters which starts on Tuesday (Nov 7) in Gwangju. Team LZJ announced the news via social media on Monday (Nov 6). "After consultation with doctors and physical experts, Team LZJ agrees that it's best for Lee Zii Jia to take a...
KOTA KINABALU: Sarawak businessman Datuk Seri Thomas Hah Tiing Siu, who was linked to a controversial land deal on an island in Sabah's northern Kudat district, has backed out of the deal. Hah said the decision took into account the controversy stirred by certain groups over his company's plan to invest in an agro-development project in...
PUTRAJAYA: Single mother Loh Siew Hong has filed a notice of discontinuance of her application to get leave to appeal against a Court of Appeal decision allowing the Perlis Islamic Religion and Malay Customs Council (MAIPs) to intervene in her divorce proceedings. This was confirmed by her lead counsel A. Srimurugan and MAIPs lawyer Daniel Farhan...
IPOH: An unemployed man's wife informed the Magistrate's Court here of her intention to retract a police report against her husband, who had threatened her earlier this month, for the sake of their young family. S. Premlata, 36, told Magistrate Jesseca Daimis that they still have two young children to care for and she would post...
