KUALA LUMPUR: Over 8,000 PKR members have submitted their candidacy for branch level posts in the party elections next month. PKR election committee chief Zaliha Mustafa said the online nomination process using a phone app had gone smoothly since Friday despite a few technical difficulties. “Members were unfamiliar with the…
PETALING JAYA: The police are tracking down six detainees from Jelebu prison in Negeri Sembilan who escaped after they were taken to court today. District police chief Maslan Udin said seven men had escaped at 3pm, but one of them, Sohaimi Khalid, 50, was captured in an oil palm plantation…
PETALING JAYA: A former aide to PKR president Anwar Ibrahim is set for a head-to-head clash with Selangor PKR chief Amirudin Shari to head the Gombak division. Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak, a former Perak PKR chief, confirmed that he had submitted his candidacy for the Gombak post in next…
PETALING JAYA: Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has questioned whether tablet computers are to be provided as a gift or on loan to low-income university students. “I thought they were giving out laptops, but it seems like they are only lending them out,” said Syed Saddiq on Twitter.…
KUALA LUMPUR: Any MP who switches parties should resign from the seat and secure a new mandate from the people at a by-election, says constitutional law expert Shad Saleem Faruqi. Shad, who is emeritus professor at Universiti Malaya, said the suggestion was his personal view and was a proposal he…
PUTRAJAYA: A proposed law to ban party-hopping by MPs is to be tabled in Parliament in July, says Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Ismail said a parliamentary select committee will be formed to draft the anti-hopping law which will include representatives from the government, opposition and possibly academicians with expertise…
PETALING JAYA: Johor DAP chief Liew Chin Tong has been appointed the state’s opposition leader by the Johor Pakatan Harapan (PH) leadership. “It is my great honour to lead members of the opposition in the Johor state assembly to play the role of a constructive opposition to ensure the state…
MUAR: A 22-year-old woman was freed of the death penalty here today when the Muar High Court ordered her to be jailed for a period until pardoned by the Sultan of Johor after she was found guilty of killing her husband five years ago. Judicial commissioner Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud…
KUALA LUMPUR: Police detained a foreigner in connection with the death of his son who was believed to have choked on his milk at a house in Bukit Gasing in Petaling Jaya yesterday. Petaling Jaya district police chief Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said the man, in his 20s, was detained when…
PETALING JAYA: The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has identified the cause of the “technical issue” which forced a Malaysia Airlines flight to Tawau to return to KLIA last Sunday after reportedly “diving” at one point. Based on initial analysis of the flight data recorder (FDR), CAAM CEO Chester…
KUALA LUMPUR: The family of a 15-year-old Malaysian teenager lured by a criminal syndicate to Myanmar has forked out RM10,000 in ransom for his release. At a press conference, MCA public services and complaints department head Michael Chong said the teen was released by his captors following pressure from the…
KUALA LUMPUR: Increased flight fares to Sabah and Sarawak during festive seasons is not a surprise to Malaysians as it is an annual experience. With the reopening of the country’s borders and the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration, many who have spent the last two years staying put due to…
Food-and-beverage (F&B) operators told of the troubles they are facing with the ongoing manpower crunch. — TODAY pic SINGAPORE, April 8 — Jeremy Cheok has just two requirements for anyone willing to work in the restaurant he founded: Two hands and two legs. Age, he said, is not a factor.…
GEORGE TOWN: An opposition MP from DAP has defended the government after the latest deferment in the tabling of the anti-hopping bill, saying he does not doubt the commitment from Putrajaya. Klang MP Charles Santiago said he also believes Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is in favour of the bill…
PETALING JAYA: Home improvement retailer Mr DIY Malaysia has denounced the behaviour of an employee who turned away a woman seeking a job based on her race. This comes after a TikTok user, @itsbrownbarbie, alleged that an employee of a Mr DIY branch in Bangi, Selangor, had discriminated against Indians.…
PETALING JAYA: The requirement for non-medical masks to have Sirim approval will only be enforced from January 2023, the domestic trade and consumer affairs ministry announced today. “The government will delay the enforcement of the Trade Descriptions (Certification and Marking) of Non-Medical Face Mask Order 2022 to Jan 1, 2023,”…
PETALING JAYA: A lawsuit has been filed by former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng and his wife Lim Hwee Bin against RHB Bank Bhd (RHB) for being denied access to two joint accounts they have at the bank. RHB filed an application to strike out the couple’s suit on March…
KUALA LUMPUR: A 22-year-old man who lost the head of his penis in a botched circumcision 12 years ago, was awarded damages, totalling RM3.1 million, after the High Court today allowed his suit against the government and four others. The other four defendants are the Kuala Lipis Hospital’s medical officer…
MERSING: The chances of finding three more missing foreign divers alive and safe in the waters of Pulau Tokong Sanggol here are high, Mersing district police chief Cyril Edward Nuing said today. He said his confidence was based on the experience of the three missing divers, apart from them being…
PUTRAJAYA: The health ministry is planning to introduce the Drinking Water Quality Act soon, to further protect against health hazards due to unsafe drinking water, Khairy Jamaluddin said. “Drinking water is a basic human right,” the health minister said at the virtual celebration of World Health Day 2022 today while…