KUALA LUMPUR: Mohamad Sabu (PH-Kota Raja) has again urged the government to table the anti-hopping bill in today’s Dewan Rakyat meeting, warning that opposition members will take to the streets if Putrajaya fails to do so. In debating the Supplementary Supply Bill (2021) 2022, the Amanah president said the nation’s…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has dismissed a legal attempt by a woman to question her conversion to Islam, carried out unilaterally by her father when she was a child. Judge Noorin Badaruddin said the woman, now 42, should have gone to the shariah courts to seek a declaration that…
PETALING JAYA: Vietnam has been told to take concrete action against “aggressive” fishermen encroaching into Malaysian waters, says Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Ismail said of late, Vietnamese boat crews had been “aggressive” when facing off with maritime officers or fishermen in the country’s waters. “I have expressed Malaysia’s concern…
PETALING JAYA: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin says a compound notice has been issued to DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang, and that Najib Razak has also yet to settle a fine slapped against him during the Johor state elections. Khairy also hoped that the former prime minister will accept four more…
KUALA LUMPUR: A defamation suit brought by shariah chief judge Mohd Na’im Mokhtar against Lokman Noor Adam, who had allegedly made disparaging remarks against him in connection with a sexual harassment case, has been settled out of court. This follows a consent judgment recorded before High Court judge Rozana Ali…
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government clearly states that an anti-hopping law must be tabled and passed in Parliament by the first meeting of the year, says DAP national chairman Lim Guan Eng. Responding to communications and multimedia minister Annuar Musa, Lim said this meant…
PETALING JAYA: Former Johor Corporation (JCorp) president and CEO Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim has been charged with deceiving its board of directors over RM9.46 million in investments made three years ago. He pleaded not guilty before sessions court judge Wan Mohd Norisham Wan Yaakob in Johor Bahru today, according to Berita…
PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Langkawi International Airport (LIA) have been named as among the world’s best airports for 2021. They emerged tops in their categories in a global airport service quality (ASQ) survey by Airports Council International (ACI). Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad said KLIA and LIA…
PETALING JAYA: There were 1,260 new hospital admissions involving Covid-19 cases yesterday, the health ministry said. Of this, 737 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 523 were in Category 3, 4 and 5. Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 205, followed by Johor (161) and…
PETALING JAYA: The government does not have any plans to ban underage marriages, but women, family and community development minister Rina Harun says it remains committed to preventing such unions. Responding to a question from Nurul Izzah Anwar (PH-Permatang Pauh), Rina said there were different aspects that needed to be…
PETALING JAYA: A European mobile network trade body has urged Malaysia to reconsider the single wholesale model for 5G technology. The group said there is time to shift to more flexible delivery options as 5G technology is still new. Julian Gorman, Asia-Pacific head for the UK-based Global System for Mobile…
NEW YORK: Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Roger Ng’s wife created a shell company and opened a bank account that prosecutors say she used to help launder tens of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks from fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low. Jurors at Ng’s bribery trial…
PETALING JAYA: An academic has questioned Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s proposal to make the Malay language a compulsory subject for foreign university students, saying it sounded like an “ad hoc” and “politically-inspired” announcement. University of Nottingham Malaysia’s Zaharom Nain described Ismail’s proposal, which was announced in Umno’s annual general…
KUALA LUMPUR: The police reporting system is being upgraded, and any problems encountered by the public was due to maintenance work since Saturday, Bukit Aman said today. Bukit Aman logistics and technology department deputy director Shukri Abdullah said police reports were not affected and all stations had been briefed about…
PETALING JAYA: After a disastrous outing at the Johor elections, Pakatan Harapan allies Amanah and DAP have a choice of forming a new relationship or sticking by their old partner PKR. Political analyst Azmi Hassan says Amanah and DAP should join forces with Muda, the new youth-based party formed by…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Convidecia single-dose Covid-19 vaccine produced by CanSino has been approved for use as a booster. The health ministry said applications for the CanSino-type booster dose would be available on the MySejahtera app soon. Those who took the Sinovac or CanSino Bio vaccines as the primary dose could…
PETALING JAYA: A lawyer’s group has spoken against government plans to freeze the bank accounts of men who fail to pay alimony to their former wives. Instead, the Malaysian Muslim Lawyers Association (PPMM) says the money owed should be deducted from the men’s bank accounts. PPMM president Zainul Rijal Abu…
KUALA LUMPUR: A former Election Commission (EC) chairman has suggested compulsory voting to address low voter turnout. Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman said while the recently implemented automatic voter registration was a positive move, the low voter turnout at the Johor elections proved more must be done. “Of course, further dialogue…
KUALA LUMPUR: Najib Razak (BN-Pekan) has explained his controversial remarks about 1MDB made in the lower house recently, Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Harun said today. Responding to a query from RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong), Azhar said Najib got back to him by the set time - 10am last Tuesday – and…
KUALA LUMPUR: The human resources ministry has been urged to consider the needs of working mothers who are breastfeeding their babies in its proposed amendments of the Employment Act 1955. Teo Nie Ching (PH-Kulai) said the proposed amendments failed to address the needs of working breastfeeding mothers. She cited the…