KOTA KINABALU: AirAsia has maintained that it has offered affordable ticket prices to its customers amid public complaints that the low-cost carrier was among the airlines that have jacked up airfares for the coming festive period. AirAsia airlines chief commercial officer Tan Mai Yin said more than 50% of the…
PETALING JAYA: Nurul Izzah Anwar’s recent comments over Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) slim chances of winning the next general election (GE15) reflect a lack of confidence in her father’s leadership, says a political analyst. Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid of Universiti Sains Malaysia said Nurul Izzah’s comments, while bitter to swallow, reflected…
PETALING JAYA: A 16-year-old girl has been arrested by the police on suspicion of having slashed the throat of an e-hailing driver over a RM400 fare for a journey from Tangkak, Johor, to Kuala Lumpur. Sentul district police chief Beh Eng Lai said the driver, aged 63, had picked up…
PETALING JAYA: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has urged Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to reveal more details on decisions by his government that “involve billions of ringgit but which were not presented transparently to the people”. Anwar, who is also PKR president, urged Ismail to reveal more details about several…
PETALING JAYA: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has been slapped with two legal suits over the Covid-19 immunisation programme for children (PICKids). Khairy told a press conference today that one of these suits named him and health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah as respondents. “The woman sued Tan Sri (Noor Hisham)…
KOTA KINABALU: Umno wants the general election to be held this year so that it can obtain a fresh mandate to form a solid government, said Sabah Umno chief Bung Moktar Radin. Bung, who is also an Umno Supreme Council member, said a new mandate from the people was needed…
PETALING JAYA: The cops are on the hunt for a man who is suspected of slashing four family members with a parang while breaking fast at a house in Johor. Kota Tinggi district police chief Hussin Zamora identified the man as 38-year-old Adi Hashim, who worked at a pineapple farm…
PETALING JAYA: Graphic artist and activist Fahmi Reza, held overnight in a sedition investigation, has given police a tongue-in-cheek “four-star” rating for the treatment he received at Dang Wangi district police headquarters. Fahmi was arrested on Thursday after being summoned over a satirical cartoon he posted on social media showing…
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Covid-19 Omicron variant is still considered a serious threat, especially for high-risk groups, says health minister Khairy Jamaluddin. Therefore, he said, optimal protection should be given especially to the groups comprising the elderly, patients with diseases like high blood pressure and diabetes and others with immune system…
PETALING JAYA: Prominent lawyer Shafee Abdullah has joined a string of lawyers who are offering their services free of charge to defend clerk Sam Ke Ting, who was jailed recently over the Johor Bahru “basikal lajak” (modified bicycle) case. Shafee, who emphasised that this should not be turned into a…
KOTA KINABALU: Huziah Siwis fought back her tears as she finally managed to return home today after three long years away from her home state. Touching down on an AirAsia flight here from Singapore at 2.19pm today, the 35-year-old said she had yearned to return to Kampung Entilibon, a village…
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan is likely to raise its inflation forecast for the current fiscal year to near 2% at this month's policy meeting as global commodity inflation drives up energy and food costs, said three sources familiar with its thinking. While the upgrade will bring inflation closer to…
PETALING JAYA: Police should also investigate the parents of teenagers in the “basikal lajak” (modified bicycle) case for negligence under the Child Act 2001, said Johor DAP leader Dr Boo Cheng Hau. “Police should investigate whether allowing underaged children to ride ‘basikal lajak’ on expressways in the wee hours amounts…
KOTA KINABALU: The Federal Government should put a cap on domestic airfares to a maximum of RM500 one way immediately, said Sabah Economic Advisory Council (SEAC) Chairman, Tan Sri David Chu. “It is ridiculous that one-way economy flight ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu is selling about RM1,900 during…
KOTA KINABALU: The preliminary report on the undocumented foreign workers and foreign nationals in Sabah will be presented to the cabinet next month. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey Kitingan who heads a special committee on the issue said the report will include proposed solutions to Sabah’s illegal…
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has urged symptomatic close contacts of Covid-19 positive cases to get tested. MMA president Dr Koh Kar Chai said while there was no longer a requirement for asymptomatic close contacts to undergo quarantine, the association hoped symptomatic close contacts would not skip testing.…
PETALING JAYA: The High Court convicted Sam Ke Ting for reckless driving that resulted in the deaths of eight teenagers on modified bicycles, or “basikal lajak”, because she failed to put up her defence at the prosecution stage of her trial. Judge Abu Bakar Katar said the 27-year-old clerk’s unsworn…
PUTRAJAYA: Ismail Sabri Yaakob has brushed off claims that there are camps within Umno, saying the decision to nominate him as prime minister candidate for GE15 shows it remains united. He said the Umno Supreme Council’s decision yesterday to nominate him as prime minister candidate showed that claims that the…
PETALING JAYA: Wisma Putra has identified the voices in a leaked audio clip which alleged, among others, that Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was not on good terms with foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah. The foreign ministry said the person involved had made an admission and was assisting in an internal…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Indonesian embassy has urged the police to continue their probe into missing couple Joshua Hilmy and his wife, Ruth Sitepu. It said the Malaysian government must adhere to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia’s (Suhakam) public inquiry recommendations, “particularly in conducting a thorough investigation and bringing the…