PETALING JAYA: Two-term DAP MP Ong Kian Ming has announced a break from politics to “regroup and recharge”. Ong, who was elected the MP for Bangi in May 2018 and was previously MP for Serdang from 2013 to 2018, said he would not offer himself as a candidate for the…
PETALING JAYA: Two economists have called for underperforming government-linked companies that are not publicly listed to be closed down. Policy centre chief Tricia Yeoh said thousands of these companies were not publicly listed but were completely or partially owned by government ministries. “They are very poorly monitored and very loosely…
KUCHING, 8 Mei (Bernama) -- Pengamal media konvensional tidak harus berasa terancam dengan kemunculan media baharu sebaliknya perlu belajar untuk mengadaptasi seiring dengan perkembangan semasa. Penasihat Editorial (Politik) Utusan Sarawak William Chan berkata buat masa ini, media konvensional seperti akhbar sedang diasak dengan begitu hebat oleh perubahan yang dibawa oleh…
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has ruled that a businessman did not establish a trust for his family members when he drew up an agreement about 41 years ago to apportion his shares in a company that held his properties. Judge Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal said the trust did not exist as…
PETALING JAYA: Eight ransom demands have been received from human trafficking syndicates in Myanmar since early April, says MCA public services and complaints department chief Michael Chong. “The families involved have been asked to pay between RM50,000 and RM100,000 each for their release,” he said at a press conference. Chong…
KOTA KINABALU: Despite being the only Kadazan Dusun Murut (KDM) party in Barisan Nasional (BN), an analyst says Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) is not strong enough to match the likes of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) and Upko. PBRS, which is more popular in the interior, is understood to have…
PETALING JAYA: There is no need for Putrajaya to wait for the Sabah government to lodge a complaint over not returning the 40% tax revenue collected from the state, a Warisan MP said. Darell Leiking, the Penampang MP, said Maximus Ongkili can do it himself. He said the minister in…
PETALING JAYA: The Sabah government should lodge a complaint over the 40% tax revenue collected by the federal government that it says should be returned to the state, according to a federal minister. Sabah and Sarawak affairs minister Maximus Ongkili said he could only facilitate a meeting over the issue…
SHANGHAI: China stocks fell on Friday, tracking a slump in global equity markets on inflation fears, after the country's top leaders said they would stick with the dynamic "zero-COVID" policy, stoking worries of a further economic downturn. The CSI300 index fell 2.6% to 3,906.44 points at the end of the…
JOHOR BAHRU: The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar today bestowed the state’s highest Order of Chivalry on Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a special investiture ceremony held at Istana Besar, here this morning. According to the Sultan of Johor’s official Facebook post, Lee, 70, received The…
PETALING JAYA: The plantation industries and commodities ministry intends to leverage on the political tension in Europe and the shortage of global edible oil to promote Malaysian palm oil. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two months ago has significantly affected the global vegetable oil supplies, its minister, Zuraida Kamaruddin, said. In…
PETALING JAYA: The High Court in Seremban has dismissed a suit by a descendant of Raja Daud Raja Husin over ownership of land known as Sungai Raya in Port Dickson which was purportedly gifted by the sultan of Selangor in 1872. Judge Azizul Azmi Adnan said historical records showed that…
GEORGE TOWN: Malaysia needs to rapidly embrace emerging technologies and loosen regulations that hinder innovations for its economy to grow, a local technology leader said. For instance, the government needs to relax aviation regulations to allow the drone industry to grow and incentivise the development of full stack companies so…
PETALING JAYA: A Warisan leader has questioned why emergency calls in Sabah to the Malaysian Emergency Response Services (MERS999) system are still being diverted to authorities in the peninsula. This comes after a 54-year-old man died in Kolombong, Kota Kinabalu yesterday due to a heart attack. Daily Express reported that…
PETALING JAYA: Police are still investigating the death of a Penang Hospital houseman last month and are expected to take statements from family members this week. Acting Penang northeast district police chief V Saravanan said police were still waiting for the autopsy report and laboratory tests of the 25-year-old trainee…
SEREMBAN: The police have opened an investigation paper over a fighting incident in which a woman voiced her dissatisfaction over the price of food at a nasi kandar restaurant in Bahau near here early yesterday morning. Jempol district police chief Hoo Chang Hock said the incident occurred at about 1am…
PETALING JAYA: There is no need for any disciplinary action against Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah over a recent meeting with some Kelantan Amanah leaders, says an Umno leader. Supreme Council member Jalaluddin Alias dismissed Tengku Razaleigh’s meeting as something “normal”, adding that there was no specific agenda behind it.…
PETALING JAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad has questioned why Putrajaya decided to reach a settlement with former attorney-general Apandi Ali in his suit against the government and Mahathir over his alleged “unlawful sacking” in 2018. Mahathir said that when he was giving his statement to current Attorney-General Idrus Harun over the…
SINGAPORE: Malaysians Soh Chee Wen and Quah Su-Ling were convicted by the Singapore High Court today for market manipulation and cheating offences involving an elaborate scheme to manipulate the shares of Blumont Group Ltd, Asiasons Capital Ltd and LionGold Corp Ltd. In a joint statement today, Singapore Police Force and…
SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will receive Johor’s highest state honour from Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, while his wife, Ho Ching, will receive a state award, at an investiture ceremony in Johor tomorrow, The Straits Times reported. Quoting a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the report said…