KUALA LUMPUR: Two victims of criminal syndicates in Cambodia have shared the horrifying conditions they live in while being held under duress there. One victim, who secretly contacted MCA public services and complaints department head Michael Chong, revealed that about 50 people were being locked up in a building by…
KUALA LUMPUR: A former 1MDB director concurred with the prosecution today that a total of RM2.28 billion in funds that belonged to the government-linked company finally landed into the private bank accounts of Najib Razak between 2011 and 2014. Ismee Ismail, who was re-examined by ad hoc prosecutor Gopal Sri…
PETALING JAYA: Perak Pakatan Harapan (PH) has urged menteri besar Saarani Mohamad, to give the public more details on the sale of land for a proposed airport in Seri Iskandar. Apart from asking him to reveal when the sale of the land, which belonged to the Perak State Development Corporation…
PETALING JAYA: A former aide to Muhyiddin Yassin has dismissed an analyst’s call for the Bersatu president to be replaced following the failure to forge some form of cooperation with opposition parties. Muhyiddin’s former principal private secretary, Marzuki Mohamad, also said Perikatan Nasional’s heavy loss in the Johor elections was…
PETALING JAYA: Amanah communications director Khalid Samad has hit back at former prime minister Najib Razak for saying that the previous Pakatan Harapan administration had planned to collect tolls “forever”. Khalid said PH’s proposal was to relieve the public of the financial burden placed on them by the earlier Barisan…
PETALING JAYA: Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching has called on the education ministry to expand its special education preschool classes in all primary schools. “While some of the students with special needs will be receiving their preschool education in private education institutions, the fees charged by these institutions are rather…
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 252,730 travellers were recorded to have entered or left Malaysia through the main entry points over the first four days since the reopening of the nation’s borders on April 1. Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud said 126,392 arrivals and 28,301 departures involved Malaysians, while 55,121 arrivals…
PETALING JAYA: An analyst foresees a split in PKR as a result of the battle for the deputy president’s post between secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and vice-president Rafizi Ramli. James Chin of the University of Tasmania’s Asia Institute said this would be reminiscent of PKR’s last party polls in 2018,…
MERSING: The four foreign divers reported missing at Pulau Tokong Sanggol yesterday have been identified. Johor menteri besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi said they were Norwegian diving coach Kristine Grodem, 35, Alexia Alexandra, 18, (France), Adrian Peter, 46, (British), and his 14-year-old son, Nathen Renze, from the Netherlands. “It was not…
PETALING JAYA: The Bukit Aman counter-terrorism chief’s claim that PAS is banking on the Taliban to improve its Islamic image has been dismissed by PAS spiritual leader Hashim Jasin as an attempt to tarnish the party’s image. In denying the claim by Normah Ishak, Hashim maintained there was no proof…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is paying the price for Covid-19 fearmongering, says an economist in offering an explanation for the sluggishness of the country’s economic recovery. MARC Ratings Bhd’s chief economist Firdaos Rosli told FMT he believed that narratives about the virus, as well as prolonged lockdowns and restrictions, had caused…
PETALING JAYA: Touch ‘n Go (TNG) has sought to allay concerns over its newly launched micro loan scheme, saying it adheres to Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) responsible lending guidelines. This comes after former prime minister Najib Razak questioned how the interest rate of the scheme, known as GOpinjam, could run…
PETALING JAYA: Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim has urged Pakatan Harapan to review its commitment to its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government following the deferment of the anti-hopping bill. Hassan said this was the “moment of truth” for PH’s presidential council since it had previously said the MoU…
PETALING JAYA: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has warned party members in the Cabinet to take a stronger stand on the anti-hopping bill which has been delayed further, or risk inciting anger from the people. In a Facebook post, Zahid said there seemed to be a lack of assertiveness and…
TAWAU: The State Government announced a RM18.2 million allocation for the reconstruction of homes and infrastructures damaged in the 17 March fires here and in Semporna in 2015. More then 1,000 heads of households (KIR) affected in both places will benefit from this. Hajiji said of the RM18.2 million allocation,…
PETALING JAYA: The tabling of the anti-hopping bill, which was scheduled to take place on April 11 has been deferred again. Law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said that the bill has to be deferred as the Cabinet had not agreed to table the bill, The Star reported. The bill,…
PETALING JAYA: Homeless Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA) were plunged deeper in the mire today after the government insisted it was game over for them at Kinrara Oval. The National Sports Council (NSC) insisted that neither they nor the sports ministry could help MCA and asked the national cricket body to…
IPOH: “I will not dance to someone else’s tune,” Perak menteri besar Saarani Mohamad said with reference to several police reports lodged by politicians and state assemblymen on the issue of the sale of a plot of land that had previously been identified to be developed as an international airport…
GEORGE TOWN: The son of missing Australian grandmother Anna Jenkins lodged a police report today against a retired policeman for making a slanderous claim against his mother during last week’s inquest into her disappearance five years ago. Greg Jenkins, 43, said he felt strongly about retired policeman Zali Hanapi’s testimony…
KUALA LUMPUR: Four European divers went missing off the Johor coast and authorities have launched a search, the coastguard said. A British man, 46, a 14-year-old Dutchman, an 18-year-old Frenchwoman, and a 35-year-old Norwegian woman disappeared after going diving near a small island, they said. A search involving vessels from…