NEW YORK: Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, was a big man in Las Vegas. He sported gold lame suits, travelled with an entourage and lost tens of millions of dollars, according to testimony on Thursday. He was such a high-roller he lost US$1.75 million in a single…
PETALING JAYA: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has urged senior citizens to get their Covid-19 booster jabs after the country registered 105 deaths yesterday, with the majority of them involving those above 60. Khairy said while the capacity in hospitals and intensive care units (ICU) was under control, he wanted to…
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth has urged the government to immediately table a Political Funding Act to ensure that parties report their financial resources transparently. In a fiery speech at the Umno general assembly at World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur today, youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said having a political funding…
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki has added to the growing calls within the party for a general election to be held as soon as possible. Stating that the numerous changes in government since the last general election have ruined the country’s political stability and stifled economic growth,…
PETALING JAYA: Bersih has urged Johor’s newly appointed menteri besar, Onn Hafiz Ghazi, to table a vote of confidence to prove that he has the support of the majority in the state assembly. The electoral reform group said the vote of confidence was vital as Barisan Nasional had named former…
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian ultramarathon runner has crossed the finish line for a 500km race through extreme cold conditions to raise funds for children living with HIV. Jeff Lau, 31, completed the gruelling Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra race in Överkalix, Sweden, at 10am local time (5pm in Malaysia) yesterday. The…
PETALING JAYA: There were 1,743 new hospital admissions involving Covid-19 cases yesterday, the health ministry said. Of this, 1,000 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 743 were in Category 3, 4 and 5. Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 300, followed by Perak (185) and…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Islamic development department (Jakim) has always been under the purview of the Prime Minister’s Department, the government said today, in clearing confusion that it has come under the Conference of Rulers. Religious affairs minister Idris Ahmad said media reports stating otherwise were inaccurate. “Since the day it…
KUALA LUMPUR: The speech by Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan at the opening of the assemblies of the Wanita, Youth and Puteri wings last night can be used as points for debate, Umno minister Annuar Musa said. Referring to Mohamad’s statement that Umno’s performance in the government was not eliciting…
KUALA LUMPUR: Issues related to the position of the Islamic development department (Jakim) and the total debt repayment of 1MDB and SRC International by the government will be raised in the Dewan Rakyat today. According to the order paper, the question on the position of Jakim will be raised by…
PETALING JAYA: Klang MP Charles Santiago has questioned the police over the excuse given for the delay in probing the Tawfiq Ayman case with the help of their counterparts in Singapore. He asked if there were more than one investigating officer in the police team that was probing the case,…
PETALING JAYA: There was no ulterior motive behind Umno’s decision not to invite PAS representatives to the party’s annual general assembly, its deputy president, Mohamad Hasan, said tonight. The Umno No. 2 said it was simply because there was limited seating due to the SOPs in place to curb the…
PETALING JAYA: A former political aide to Anwar Ibrahim has hit out at Rafizi Ramli after Rafizi claimed that he did not want to “spark chaos” by going for the top post in PKR. Farhash Wafa Salvador also labelled the former Pandan MP, who recently announced his return to active…
NEW YORK: Tim Leissner rebuffed questions about a suspicious shell company associated with 1MDB bond deals by saying due diligence was “not Goldman’s responsibility”, a former banker testified. Former BSI SA banker Kevin Swampillai said on the stand that Leissner dismissed BSI’s questions about why fees paid to the Abu…
KUALA LUMPUR: In the wake of its poor showing in the Johor state election, Pakatan Harapan (PH) has resolved to take certain actions to overcome its weaknesses, including by holding a convention to strengthen its struggle.The PH presidential council, in a statement today, said the outcome of the Johor polls on…
KUALA LUMPUR: Capital A’s e-hailing subsidiary AirAsia Ride will launch services in Thailand next month as the parent holding company expands aggressively despite financial losses. Ride-hailing will commence in the Thai capital Bangkok before expanding to other major cities, said AirAsia Ride regional CEO Lim Chiew Shan. “We are starting…
PETALING JAYA: Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan has called for the general election (GE15) to be held as soon as possible this year. “Winning an election and controlling the government means planning for a GE to be held at the right time. The recent elections show that the time is…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and the Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, have expressed their pride and joy at the success of national athlete Shereen Vallabouy in bringing glory to Malaysia on the world stage. In a post on the…
KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign agencies accusing Malaysian palm oil companies of practising forced labour came under attack from plantation industries and commodities minister Zuraida Kamaruddin. Giving her winding-up speech today on the King’s address in the Dewan Rakyat, the minister said the accusations from NGOs and activists were unfounded. “The people…
ALOR SETAR: A PAS leader says there is no such thing as a “temporary departure” from the party, referring to Khairuddin Aman Razali’s recent resignation. Khairuddin had said his resignation from PAS was to “save the party” and he was leaving “temporarily”. Last month, the former plantation industries and commodities minister…