PETALING JAYA: PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has lamented the interpretation of the Federal Constitution in English, saying it affects Muslims in the country. This comes in the wake of the unilateral conversion of single mother Loh Siew Hong’s three children without her permission. The conversion by the Perlis religious…
PETALING JAYA: Johor Pejuang chief Shahruddin Salleh is among the party’s 42 candidates to contest in the upcoming state elections. Pejuang president Mukhriz Mahathir, who announced the party’s candidates today, said Shahruddin will contest in the Machap state seat. In a press conference, Mukhriz said most of Pejuang’s candidates were…
KOTA KINABALU: Newly appointed director of Sabah Fire and Rescue Department, Abdul Razak Muda paid a courtesy call on Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor at Menara Kinabalu near here on Thursday.Abdul Razak replaced former director Mohd Ali Ismail who will take up his new posting as…
PETALING JAYA: American investors will “continue to be wary” about investing in Malaysia unless they see stability in the local political arena, says the US-Asean Business Council. Speaking at a webinar today, the council’s senior vice-president of policy, Mark Mealy, said Malaysia had world-class economic institutions like Bank Negara Malaysia…
MOSCOW: Russian forces fired missiles at several cities in Ukraine and landed troops on its coast today, officials and media said, after president Vladimir Putin authorised what he called a special military operation in the east. Shortly after Putin spoke in a televised address on Russian state TV, explosions could…
PETALING JAYA: Muda and PKR are set to go head-to-head for the Larkin seat in the Johor state elections. This comes after Muda unveiled Rasid Abu Bakar as its candidate. PKR had announced on Feb 14 that Dr Zamil Najwah Arbain, who vied for Tanjung Surat in GE14 but lost,…
SEREMBAN: Negeri Sembilan menteri besar Aminuddin Harun has tested positive for Covid-19, a statement by his office confirmed today. Aminuddin, who has already received his booster dose, is currently on home quarantine for the isolation period set by the health ministry. “He has been going for regular Covid-19 RT-PCR tests,…
PETALING JAYA: A teenager accused of murdering her son earlier this month is seeking bail pending the disposal of her trial. On Feb 15, the teenager, who is being represented by lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo, was denied bail by the Kemaman magistrates’ court. The girl, 15, was charged with murdering…
PETALING JAYA: Tawfiq Ayman, the husband of former Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz, has denied an allegation by former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner that he received “bribes” to facilitate the transfer of US$1 billion out from Malaysia. Tawfiq said he was shocked by Leissner’s claim against him,…
KUALA LUMPUR: A foreign woman has turned to the civil courts here to seek a declaration that she is not a Muslim. In her lawsuit filed this month in the High Court, the 43-year-old contended that she had never recited the affirmation of faith (kalima shahada) to convert to Islam.…
KUALA LUMPUR: Thirteen men, including a private school teacher, a gym instructor and an insurance agent, were fined a total of RM142,000 after they pleaded guilty for driving under the influence of alcohol. The 13, aged between 30 and 60, were each fined between RM10,000 and RM13,000 and were imposed…
PETALING JAYA: Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) will field four candidates in the coming Johor elections, including Tebrau MP Steven Choong. Choong, who is a PBM senior vice-president, will contest the Puteri Wangsa seat. This sets up a four-cornered clash with Muda’s Amira Aisya Abd Aziz as well as candidates from…
PETALING JAYA: A newly launched portal, called Young Inventors Journal (YIJ), is set to help youths who want to write research papers on current issues. The portal, launched by the Association of Science, Technology and Innovation (Asti), a non-governmental organisation, is open to all looking to contribute to the discourse…
PETALING JAYA: MCA has yet to finalise its lineup of candidates for the upcoming Johor elections, state Barisan Nasional chairman Hasni Mohammad said in announcing the coalition’s candidates for the polls. Umno will be contesting 37 seats, MCA 15 and MIC four. Hasni, BN’s menteri besar candidate, said MCA wanted…
SHAH ALAM: The Taman Sri Muda Zone D residents’ association is appealing for help from water management consultants to stop water from other housing estates flooding their area. The association’s president, Andrew De Silva, said all their efforts to solve the drainage problem in their area had hit a dead…
PETALING JAYA: A DAP MP has asked the government whether it has investigated the claims made by former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner during Roger Ng’s 1MDB trial in the US. Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng said the agencies involved should have launched investigations following the court testimony and a…
PETALING JAYA: Close contacts of Covid-19 cases should still undergo quarantine, health experts say, as Putrajaya considers a plan to exempt the public from such requirements. Former deputy health minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said it was still too early to recommend this as a protocol for the public as…
PETALING JAYA: Mohamed Khairuzzaman was out for his usual morning jog at his condominium’s grounds on Feb 9 when a man approached him and asked for confirmation of his identity. The former Bangladeshi high commissioner to Malaysia was startled, but he gave the confirmation. Moments later, several others alighted from…
PHNOM PENH: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has assured Malaysians in Cambodia that the country will reopen its borders soon. He said the Omicron variant had delayed Malaysia’s plan to move into the endemic stage, delaying the reopening of the borders as well. “We almost announced that Malaysia had entered…
PETALING JAYA: There were 1,804 new hospital admissions involving Covid-19 cases yesterday, the health ministry said. Of this, 1,183 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 621 were in Category 3, 4 and 5. Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 251, followed by Sabah (239) and…