NEW YORK: Tim Leissner had a side job working for the family office of David Bonderman, the billionaire co-founder of TPG Inc, while he was still a partner at Goldman Sachs, the former star banker told a jury on Wednesday. Leissner, the key witness in the money laundering trial of…
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has allowed former Felda chairman Isa Samad’s application for the return of his passport to attend his daughter’s convocation at a university in the UK at the end of the month. The High Court convicted him for corruption last year and he has appealed against…
GEORGE TOWN: Penang’s answer to meeting water supply demands in the decades to come lies in the sea, not neighbouring states, a water expert said. Chan Ngai Weng, a water resources professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia, said although the state had plans to ramp up water from land, the sea…
PETALING JAYA: There were 2,048 new hospital admissions involving Covid-19 cases yesterday, the health ministry said. Of this, 1,277 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 771 were in Category 3, 4 and 5. Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 302, followed by Perak (259) and…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Mobile Technology Association (MMTA) president Shawn Ng Chee Heung and his business partner suffered a significant defeat in the Singapore High Court yesterday after its appellate division rejected their application for leave to appeal to the republic’s court of appeal. Ng, 48, and Jerald Wong Thai Hian,…
JOHOR BAHRU: Johor’s caretaker menteri besar Hasni Mohammad said he was unhappy that his previous administration comprised mostly Malay elected representatives and that it did not reflect the racial makeup of the state. Hasni said this was among the reasons why he had pushed for the snap polls, as he…
PETALING JAYA: The bodies of the third and fourth victims of the landslide at Taman Bukit Permai 2 in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, were found this morning. Earlier, an elderly woman and a man were confirmed dead, while another man was found injured. According to Bernama, Ampang Jaya police chief Mohamad…
JOHOR BAHRU: Thirteen days into the campaign for the Johor polls, the various parties contesting to form the state government, or win some seats, will make the final sprint today as campaigning ends at midnight. One thing that has stood out about this election is how many of the parties,…
PAGOH: Former menteri besar Dr Sahruddin Jamal claims that every one of the 56 Perikatan Nasional candidates in the Johor polls is qualified for the position. “Every one of them is good. Every one of them is qualified to be the menteri besar. So we leave it to the top…
JOHOR BAHRU: Johor will hold the first elections tomorrow since the country lowered its voting age to 18, with 750,000 new ballots added to the state polls seen as a litmus test for a general election that could be called this year. Political parties are fielding younger candidates, promising jobs,…
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MARCH 10 — Wars teach us difficult lessons. And different ones too. A detour to human convergences in Slavic Europe before coming back to Kuala Lumpur. Within a fortnight of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, up to 25,000 Russians have arrived at neighbouring Georgia whose capital Tblisi is over 1,800 kilometres away from…
KOTA KINABALU: It is puzzling to think that former DAP state party secretary Chan Foong Hin, who was defeated during its party polls, appointed “through the backdoor” as a committee after the party faced the departure of its assemblymen due to its internal power struggle, was so concerned about the…
KOTA KINABALU: Pisol Bakun from Kampung Kaiduan Papar was all smiles when he received the keys to the PPRT home for him and his family. Their new house will be more comfortable for Pisol and his nine children aged between 5 and 24-years-old. Limbahau Community Development Leader Datuk Johnny Mositun…
KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah would stand to greatly benefit from the much awaited reopening of the country’s border beginning April 1 as announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Tuesday.Welcoming the announcement, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor said Sabah’s economy had been badly affected…
PETALING JAYA: The government must be careful and thorough when it comes to selecting contractors for any of its development projects to avoid having problems in future. This advice from former auditor-general Ambrin Buang comes in the wake of the Dewan Rakyat being told that nearly 200 projects were classified…
PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Plantation’s (SDP) palm oil and related products are still banned from entering the United States over claims of forced labour practices. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reiterated the continued restriction on SDP following remarks by plantation industries and commodities minister Zuraida Kamaruddin earlier today…
PETALING JAYA: Tycoon Lee Kim Yew has written to the Election Commission (EC) to complain over how former prime minister Najib Razak has been campaigning for Barisan Nasional (BN) in the Johor state elections. According to a report by Nanyang Siang Pau, Lee said the “Malu Apa Bossku” tagline that…
PETALING JAYA: The education ministry has announced a special four-week transitioning programme for pupils entering Primary 1 to assess their level of competence and see if they are ready to start formal education. In a circular to schools, education director-general Nor Zamani Abdol Hamid said this was necessary because these…
PETALING JAYA: A senior PAS leader has drawn comparisons between Malaysia and Singapore, saying the latter was more developed because it was never ruled by Umno and its allies in Barisan Nasional (BN). “Which is more developed, Singapore or Malaysia? Surely it is Singapore. I’m sorry to be so direct…