PETALING JAYA: The country’s main association for tour and travel agents has lamented the requirement for incoming travellers to undergo a professionally administered RTK-Antigen (RTK-Ag) test within 24 hours of their arrival, describing it as “unnecessary”. Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) president Tan Kok Liang said as…
PETALING JAYA: The mother of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, who is scheduled to be hanged in Singapore on Wednesday for drug trafficking, has made an impassioned plea to save her son. “Nagaenthran. Save him. Only then will there be some relief. Sorry he has done wrong. Everyone please help,” Panchalai Supermaniam…
TOKYO: The yen’s recent declines are driven by fundamentals and would be no reason for Japan to change economic policy, including the central bank’s ultra-low interest rates, a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said. “What we’re seeing so far on the yen is driven by fundamentals,” Sanjaya Panth, deputy…
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) has defended its children’s commissioner, Noor Aziah Mohd Awal, against allegations made in Utusan Malaysia regarding the abuse case involving a disabled teenager at a welfare home. Suhakam’s Office of the Children’s Commissioner (OCC) said it was shocked by the article published…
KUALA LUMPUR: Asian buyout firm Navis Capital Partners has selected Rothschild & Co to help with a potential sale of its premium supermarket chains in Malaysia, which could be worth more than RM1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Kuala Lumpur-based private equity firm and its…
SUNGAI PETANI: An increase in water usage in an area surrounding Kampung Sungkap Para in Bedong near here has contributed to dry taps there for the past two years, said the Kedah water concessionaire. Syarikat Air Darul Aman (Sada) said broken and old pipes had also contributed to the water…
KUALA LUMPUR: Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad has posed three questions to federal territories minister Shahidan Kassim and Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) on taxpayer money being used for legal cases against residents of Kuala Lumpur. One of the cases involved Taman Tiara Titiwangsa residents who were against a…
KUALA LUMPUR: The immigration department (JIM) busted a syndicate allegedly making money fraudulently from the government’s migrant labour recalibration (RTK) programme. The syndicate is believed to have earned RM2 million through its fraudulent activities. The department arrested three foreigners and a local man at a tourism company office in Kuala…
PETALING JAYA: Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim has called for child protection laws, such as the Child Act 2001, to be enhanced immediately. “The enhancements should include aspects of childcare centre registration, accreditation, assessment, funding and monitoring to ensure all operators are operating legally with a sense of…
PETALING JAYA: Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members who have had their Account 2 wiped out following the special withdrawals will have to wait much longer before they are eligible to take out their savings to use for housing, medical or studies. This involves those who were forced to take their…
PETALING JAYA: Rafizi Ramli has been told by a Selangor PKR leader to focus on his campaign for the party deputy president’s post instead of spending his time “predicting” Pakatan Harapan’s future in the state. Selangor PKR information chief Halimey Abu Bakar said Rafizi’s recent warning to PH and PKR…
PETALING JAYA: The boss of Mydin hypermarkets has questioned why importers were being penalised for port congestion by having to bear the cost of shipment delays during the Hari Raya period. Mydin’s managing director, Ameer Ali Mydin, raised the question in the wake of a notice by the hauliers’ association…
PETALING JAYA: Umno’s decision to name Ismail Sabri Yaakob as its prime minister candidate for the next general election will allow him to woo fence-sitters to support the party, say two analysts. Azmi Hassan of Akademi Nusantara said Ismail had been fair in his current tenure as prime minister, after…
PETALING JAYA: A defamation suit is looming over PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli amid his political spat with former prime minister Najib Razak over the financial problems of Sapura Energy Berhad. Rafizi had been issued a letter of demand for an apology and retraction of three articles containing allegedly libellous statements…
PETALING JAYA: In April 2020, a social media post falsely claiming that Rohingya activist Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani had demanded Malaysian citizenship for refugees led to a wave of hate speech and death threats against him and his family. Two years on, the “fake news” continues to haunt Zafar, his…
PETALING JAYA: Findings of a special task force on allegations made in the memoirs of former Attorney-General Tommy Thomas will be presented to the Cabinet by the end of June, law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said today. He said a monitoring committee had agreed with the initial findings of…
PETALING JAYA: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Roland Sagah has defended the Puncak Borneo parliamentary seat as being a PBB seat. He said the party had “more than enough” capable members in the state seats of Serumbu, Mambong and Tarat who could challenge for the parliamentary seat at the…
KUALA LUMPUR: High-risk senior citizens will not be forced to take a second booster shot, health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today. “This is a choice, the ministry of health can only recommend (taking a second booster shot),” he said today in an online video clip. “Don’t say I am forcing…
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will go ahead and implement the new minimum monthly wage of RM1,500 a month from May 1, said human resources minister M Saravanan. He said the government has provided some leeway by deferring the implementation date for some economic sectors. However, as the prime minister had…
LABUAN: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) is investigating the alleged indiscriminate domestic flight fare increases during the coming Aidilfitri festive season. Its minister, Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said if the alleged indiscriminate airfare increases that had gone viral or reported by the newspapers were found…
