PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has agreed to take in 10,000 domestic workers from Indonesia in mid-February. Human resources minister M Saravanan said the workers will be brought into the country as part of a pioneer project after the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Recruitment of Placement of Domestic Workers that…
PETALING JAYA: An online petition has been set up in support of national badminton stars Lee Zii Jia and Goh Jin Wei, following their two-year ban from representing the country in international tournaments. The online petition hosted by Avaaz was started by a user named Badminton M on Jan 21,…
PETALING JAYA: The decision on whether Umno will work with PAS in the upcoming Johor elections will be made at a special meeting of the party’s Supreme Council soon. Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan said the party leadership had taken note of Johor Barisan Nasional’s (BN) stand on contesting in…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has adjourned Rosmah Mansor’s applications to disqualify Gopal Sri Ram as a lead prosecutor and trial judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan from presiding over her money laundering and tax evasion case as she has come in close contact with a Covid-19 patient. Lawyer Azrul Zulkifli Stork…
HONG KONG: Genting Hong Kong chairman and chief executive officer Lim Kok Thay has resigned, days after the company filed to wind up its business in one of the biggest stumbles by a cruise operator since the pandemic began. Lim, who owns 76% of Genting Hong Kong, stepped down with…
KUALA LUMPUR: Two individuals, including a nephew of Sungai Buloh MP Sivarasa Rasiah, were charged in the sessions court today with three counts of soliciting and accepting bribes from a foreigner to “close a case” regarding abuse of academic credentials for the admission of foreign workers by a company. Naveen…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has ordered former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to enter his defence on all 47 of his corruption, criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering charges. Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah ruled that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against Zahid. “After…
PETALING JAYA: Two fires broke out at two different branches of Maahad Tahfiz Assyatirie within 24 hours last weekend. Yesterday, 240 students escaped from a fire at the hostel of the school’s Sungai Dedap branch in Yan, Kedah, at about 4.50pm. It followed a fire which broke out at the…
GEORGE TOWN: Walking across a swamp in Sungai Acheh, retired fisherman Ilias Shafie and a small group of villagers plant mangrove saplings on Malaysia’s west coast, one tree at a time. They have put in some 400,000 mangrove trees since a restoration initiative started two decades ago, in what was…
KUALA LUMPUR: The public has been urged not to spread any news regarding the health condition of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad unless it is based on official sources such as the family or hospital.Instead, Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa asked the public to pray for the former…
PETALING JAYA: The people who seek to delay a fresh general election are those who fear the will of the people and are trying to cling to power, according to Zaid Ibrahim, a former law minister. He said Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and former prime minister Najib Razak had…
PETALING JAYA: The increasing reports of private clinics selling fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates will create doubt among the public on the high vaccination rate in the country, say experts. Malaysia’s vaccination programme has been a bright spot in the two-year pandemic, with the government easing restrictions as the rate rose…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia needs a ministerial code of conduct by which ministers will be kept in check and be required to behave with the highest standards of propriety, says former law minister Zaid Ibrahim. The code would require ministers to be professional in their statements, precise in their answers, and…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia needs a fresh general election to get out from under the “double whammy” of a weak government and a weak opposition, says former law minister Zaid Ibrahim. Although the opposition had been “barking and yelling” on issues such as the government’s poor handling of the recent floods…
SEREMBAN: A man has died after being stabbed in the chest and waist by a woman at his bungalow home at Rasah Kemayan, in the Seremban 2 neighbourhood. The victim, aged 55, died at the scene, police said. Seremban district police chief Nanda Maarof said one of the victim’s children…
Kerajaan yang memimpin Johor perlu mendapat mandat lebih kukuh dan bukannya atas ihsan pembangkang, kata menteri besar Hasni Mohammad mempertahankan keputusan untuk memohon pembubaran DUN, hari ini.Hasni berkata, dengan kelebihan satu kerusi sahaja, tiada pihak yang boleh menafikan bahawa kerajaan negeri dalam keadaan tidak stabil."Saya beranggapan kerajaan yang ada perlu…
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — Police will investigate the involvement of several Members of Parliament, state assemblymen and non-governmental organisations (NGO) in the People’s Solidarity Secretariat’s (SSR) rally in Bangsar today. Brickfields district police chief ACP Amihizam Abdul Shukor said the investigations would be conducted under the Public Assembly Act…
KOTA KINABALU, 22 Jan -- Sabah merekodkan satu lagi kluster baharu COVID-19 melibatkan institusi pendidikan dengan kes indeks seorang pelajar perempuan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Kundasang dan tujuh kes positif yang dilaporkan daripada kluster itu setakat hari ini. Menteri Kerajaan Tempatan dan Perumahan Sabah Datuk Masidi Manjun berkata Kluster Bypass Kologon-Ranau adalah kluster…
（亚庇22日讯）3名前行动党议员今晚在民兴党同心兴国之夜上宣布加入民兴党。 3名前行动党议员包括莲花苑州议员黎潍裮，槟城前行政议员罗兴强与日落洞前国会议员黄泉安。 其中，黎潍裮表示他以后将会在民兴党的旗下继续执行身为民选雪州议员的责任与工作。 “ 我深深的知道脫下了火箭的外套，加入民兴党的大家庭来捍卫我原有的州席，是项极大且艰难的挑战。” “但是莲花苑团队坚持以民为本的服务精神，继续以服务至上的态度坚守莲花苑，下一屆我的去留就留给莲花苑的选民作出选择。” 他强调，尽管他的团队沒有了市议员的身份，但他们还是会全力以赴以人民市议员的身份继续提供更优质的服务。 Previous article草率处理美丽园半独立式后山土崩问题 邱文正批市议会罔顾市民生命
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Jan -- Ikatan Setiakawan Wartawan Malaysia dan Indonesia (ISWAMI) menganjurkan bacaan doa selamat dan Yasin bagi kesihatan bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yang diadakan secara maya malam ini. Seramai 50 peserta terdiri daripada warga media tempatan dan juga dari negara jiran itu menyertai majlis berkenaan yang bermula pada 9.15…