KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 120,615 officers and personnel in the armed forces as well as about 200,000 veterans will receive the special Aidilfitri financial assistance as announced by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob yesterday. Defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the Cabinet meeting today confirmed the special financial aid covers…
KUALA LUMPUR: Four men have been detained to assist in the investigation into the murder of a man at Taman Bukit Serdang, Seri Kembangan, Selangor on Sunday. Serdang district police chief AA Anbalagan said the suspects, aged in their 30s and 40s, were detained together along Jalan Songket, Taman Maznah,…
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry is ready to collaborate with industry players or academia to research the medicinal use of marijuana, health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today. He said there have been many discussions and social media advocacy on the use of medical marijuana but there have yet to be…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here was told that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, was invited by the 1MDB management to a special board meeting held at the Royale Bintang Damansara on Sept 26, 2009. Former 1MDB director Ismee Ismail, 58, said either former CEO Shahrol Azral…
BUTTERWORTH: A teacher at a government secondary school in Tasek Gelugor, who was charged last year with sexual assault of a Form Five student, was today ordered to enter his defence at the sessions court here today. Aiyob Che Meh, who is also the school counsellor, was accused of sexually…
JOHOR BAHRU: The authorities can only take action against petrol station operators and not individuals who fill foreign-registered vehicles with RON95 petrol. Johor domestic trade and consumer affairs director Hairul Anuar Bohro said as such, petrol station operators needed to prevent such incidents from happening at their premises. “The matter…
KUALA LUMPUR: A former Felcra chief financial officer took instructions from company chairman Bung Moktar Radin on investing in a unit trust as his appointment to the position was approved by him, the sessions court heard today. Testifying in the corruption trial of Bung and his wife, Zizie Izette Abdul…
IPOH: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has launched an investigation into the sale of land proposed for the development of an international airport in Seri Iskandar. Perak MACC chief Fauzi Mohamad said this was following a report received from Manjoi assemblyman Asmuni Awi yesterday. “We have started an investigation to…
KUALA LUMPUR: Former 1MDB director Ismee Ismail told the High Court in Najib Razak’s money laundering and corruption trial that he was given the “impression” the former prime minister wanted the board to proceed with a US$1 billion joint venture with PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI). He said former 1MDB chairman…
PETALING JAYA: Bersatu says it has given its political bureau, led by party president Muhyiddin Yassin, the “full mandate” to discuss cooperation with other parties ahead of the next general election (GE15). Bersatu secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin said the party’s Supreme Council decided on this at a meeting yesterday. In a…
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak has urged the finance ministry to explain the interest rate of Touch ‘n Go Group’s (TNG) newly launched micro loan scheme, with interest rates said to run as high as 36% per annum. He said if the interest rates were as high as…
PETALING JAYA: More than 10,000 Malaysians are reportedly stranded in southern Thailand after their travel documents expired. They were believed to have entered the country before the first movement control order in March 2020 and were left stranded following the closure of the border with Thailand. To compound matters, the…
PETALING JAYA: The government’s toll restructuring exercise on four highways in the Klang Valley is different and better than Pakatan Harapan’s plan, according to works minister Fadillah Yusof. In a statement, he said under PH’s plan, toll charges would continue to be collected even after the concession agreements end, as…
PETALING JAYA: PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli says he had disagreed with the Pakatan Harapan government’s decision to bail out Sapura Energy Bhd through the injection of funds from Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) in 2019. The former Pandan MP said he had no influence or position in the PH government but…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court will hear on April 27 Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s injunction application to restrain Muhyiddin Yassin or his agents from repeating alleged defamatory words on social media platforms that the Umno president sought the former prime minister’s assistance to drop his corruption cases. Zahid’s lawyer, Shahrul Fazli…
PETALING JAYA: An analyst has described Bersatu as being in a “very desperate” situation and in need of someone to take over its leadership from Muhyiddin Yassin. Azmi Hassan of Akademi Nusantara said the outlook for Bersatu, and even Perikatan Nasional, looked gloomy, especially after the failure of attempts to…
PETALING JAYA: Police are on the hunt for a man who groped a woman at the parking lot of Tamarind Square in Cyberjaya yesterday. Sepang district police chief Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said the complainant, a 27-year-old woman, was walking towards her car with a trolley of items when…
PETALING JAYA: Two activist groups and a Suhakam commissioner have called for the early education of children on sexual harassment so they can avoid becoming victims. Hartini Zainudin of the Voice of the Children said most children did not know how to protect themselves against sexual harassment or even recognise…
NEW YORK: A US jury began deliberations on Tuesday in the trial of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng accused of helping loot billions of dollars from 1MDB. Prosecutors say Ng, Goldman’s former top investment banker for Malaysia, helped his former boss Tim Leissner embezzle money from 1MDB, launder the…
NEW YORK: The jury in the 1MDB conspiracy case against former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng has asked to review testimony from his wife that the defence says is key to its case. After seven weeks of testimony in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the jurors deciding the fate…