KUALA LUMPUR: Former MCA secretary-general Kam Woon Wah has filed a suit against his son, granddaughter and prominent senior lawyer Shafee Abdullah for conspiracy to injure his reputation and causing mental distress. The 92-year-old millionaire businessman, who filed the suit at the High Court here two weeks ago through Messrs…
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), a Perikatan Nasional (PN) component party, will submit a motion on the Sabah identity card (Sabah IC) at the state assembly sitting next month. SAPP deputy president Edward Dagul said party president and former chief minister Yong Teck Lee would table the motion.…
PETALING JAYA: Police are investigating several Islamic NGOs, political parties, and individuals who held a protest at the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex yesterday. The gathering, which took place in the morning, was held in solidarity with Loh Siew Hong’s children, according to Gerakan Pembela Ummah (Ummah)’s Facebook post. Other than…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here turned down Najib Razak’s attempt to stay SRC International’s US$1.18 billion lawsuit against him pending the disposal of his corruption appeal. Judge Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin said the suit should continue as there was no issue of prejudice. “It is the view of the…
SABAK BERNAM: PAS Dewan Ulamak chief, Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh today confirmed that he has been appointed the new secretary of the PAS Syura Council, effective Feb 20. Zawawi, who is also deputy agriculture and food industries minister, said his appointment took effect after the PAS Syura Council meeting on…
KOTA KINABALU: A Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) senior leader wants the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition to strengthen existing ties between the founding parties first before admitting new members. PBS secretary-general Joniston Bangkuai said GRS was still being formalised following the victory of its founding parties in the 16th state…
JOHOR BAHRU: MIC intends to contest its four traditional state seats in Johor in the state polls slated for March 12. Party deputy president M Saravanan said the intention will be conveyed to Johor Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Hasni Mohammad at their meeting tomorrow. “The meeting is to finalise the…
PETALING JAYA: Cosmetics entrepreneur Nur Sajat has legally changed her gender status to female in Australia. In a post on Instagram live, Nur Sajat, 35, said she felt as if she was “reborn” and was happy because the process of changing her gender status in Australia was easy. “I am…
PETALING JAYA: Khairuddin Aman Razali said his resignation as the secretary of the PAS Syura Council was aimed at preventing a crisis and maintaining harmony within the party. The Kuala Nerus MP said he had to step down as the PAS central committee’s decision to sack him from the council…
PETALING JAYA: A group dedicated to seeking justice for former political aide Teoh Beng Hock has asked for the award of Seri Mahkota Wilayah conferred on MACC senior director of investigations Hishamuddin Hashim to be withdrawn. The group’s chairman, Ng Yap Hwa, said such a noble award, which carries the…
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak has applied to set aside the Mareva injunction imposed by the Kuala Lumpur High Court freezing assets worth US$681 million (RM2.8 billion) in relation to 1MDB. The Pekan MP filed the application on Feb 18 through his solicitors Messrs Shafee & Co. According…
PETALING JAYA: A family support group has urged Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to look into the numerous cases of stateless children which have not been resolved, saying there are many long-standing cases. In thanking him for his intervention last month into the case of Rohana Abdullah after her plight…
NEW DELHI: Malaysia and India are mulling a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on labour intake for the plantation sector, said plantation industries and commodities minister Zuraida Kamaruddin. She said in her discussions with Indian minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan yesterday, she had spoken of the high demand…
PETALING JAYA: PAS has proposed a constitutional amendment to allow shariah courts to have judicial review powers for cases involving religious conversions. In a statement, the party’s Ulama wing also called on religious authorities in all states to amend the terms for conversions, so that children can be converted unilaterally…
KUALA LUMPUR: A publisher and an author have won their legal challenge in the High Court here to revoke the government’s ban against their book, “Gay is OK! A Christian Perspective”. Judge Noorin Badaruddin granted Gerakbudaya’s Chong Ton Sin and writer Ngeo Boon Lin’s judicial review today. The home ministry…
PUTRAJAYA: The government will announce the reopening of Malaysia’s borders soon, says National Recovery Council (MPN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin. He said the health ministry is finalising the SOPs for the full reopening of the borders since the first lockdown on March 18, 2020. Muhyiddin said the council had previously proposed…
PETALING JAYA: There are employers already paying their workers the proposed minimum salary of RM1,500 despite it not being mandatory yet, according to human resources minister M Saravanan. He said while the government is still reviewing and finalising the new minimum wage, Aeon Co (M) Bhd and Westports Holdings Bhd…
PUTRAJAYA: Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin says he has evidence that his Umno counterpart, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, had asked him to intervene in his ongoing court case when he was the prime minister. The Perikatan Nasional chairman said Zahid had the right to take a “sumpah laknat”, or religious oath, to…
KOTA KINABALU: The Borneo States must retain and hold at least 35 per cent of the Parliamentary seats to protect the rights and special privileges of both Sabah and Sarawak. Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) President Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said the percentage of the seats allocated to…
GEORGE TOWN: After reuniting with her three children, Loh Siew Hong plans to start a food truck business to save money for their education. While she loves her assistant chef’s job at a hotel in Genting Highlands, she has long wanted to buy a food truck so she can serve…