PETALING JAYA: There will be fewer restrictions on Chinese New Year celebrations this year, though reunion dinners are still limited to family members while gatherings will only be allowed on an invitation-only basis. Last year, reunion dinners were allowed, but only for 15 family members living within a 10km radius.…
PETALING JAYA: Nine retail associations have urged the government to consult all stakeholders over the controversial amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342). They feel most of the proposed amendments are unnecessary. “While we are relieved that the bill is being withheld for further…
PETALING JAYA: Electoral watchdog Bersih has called for a redelineation exercise to correct voter discrimination which it says will affect new voters under Undi18 and automatic voter registration (AVR). In a statement, Bersih said with 5.8 million new voters being added, the weightage of an urban vote would be just…
KUALA LUMPUR: A police investigation officer was cleared of a charge of committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature on a 23-woman suspect in his room last year. Sessions court judge Nor Hasnah Abdul Rahman in acquitting Insp K Kumaran said the prosecution had failed to establish a prima…
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak was saddened that Malaysia has been overlooked by leading universities for the setting up of a university campus locally. In a Facebook post, Najib expressed his disappointment that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (ranked number one in the world) from the US…
PETALING JAYA: The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Agencies under the Prime Minister’s Department will not meet today as the Parliament’s legal adviser’s office needs more time to study the case involving Azam Baki, says the PSC’s chairman. This is despite four PSC members from the opposition calling for the…
HONG KONG: Troubled cruise operator Genting Hong Kong Ltd has filed to wind up the company, putting the spotlight on what support its lead shareholder, Lim Kok Thay, may provide. The Hong Kong-based firm has been pummelled by the plunge in travel demand due to Covid-19 that has led to…
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has struck out a bid by Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) residents to adduce new evidence in their legal challenge against the proposed development of Taman Rimba Kiara. Judge Nallini Pathmanathan said the application — to include the 2019 Auditor-General’s (A-G) Report and KL Structure Plan…
PETALING JAYA: Edmund Terence Gomez, a former member of the Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), has urged Putrajaya to set up an independent committee to look into MACC chief Azam Baki’s ownership of shares. Gomez said in a statement this was all the more…
GEORGE TOWN: Warisan is expected to bring in at least eight “heavyweight” politicians from Pakatan Harapan into its fold in the next few weeks. A source said senior DAP politician Danny Law, who quit the party yesterday, was expected to lead the Penang chapter of Warisan, with the likes of…
PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet should make its stance clear on the Securities Commission of Malaysia’s (SC) inability to determine whether top graft buster Azam Baki broke the law over his ownership of shares, said DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang. In a statement today, the Iskandar Puteri MP said the Cabinet…
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal, in a split ruling, today held that a 27-year-old odd-job worker, who was born to a Malaysian father and to a mother believed to be from Indonesia, is a citizen of this country. Judge Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali said Wong Kueng Hui had taken reasonable…
PETALING JAYA: Flood victim Loganathan Asaithandy is still waiting for government aid to arrive although it has been nearly a month since floodwaters in his Taman Klang Utama neighbourhood receded. The rain that fell on Dec 17 was heavy and unrelenting, beginning in the afternoon and continuing through the night.…
PETALING JAYA: An elderly cab driver sits at the taxi stand in the heat outside Bangsar Village I in his crisp white shirt, looking around for passengers. He waves at his fellow taxi drivers. Some join him on the bench but others remain in their cabs with the engines switched…
PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet should make its stance clear on the Securities Commission of Malaysia’s (SC) inability to determine whether anti-graft buster Azam Baki broke the law over his ownership of shares, said DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang. In a statement today, the Iskandar Puteri MP said the Cabinet should…
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Highway Authority is set to meet PLUS Malaysia Berhad and Touch ‘n Go, apparently to discuss reducing the price of RFID stickers. A well-placed source told FMT the government was seeking to placate an outraged public. The RM35 stickers cannot be installed inside the car. “So…
PETALING JAYA: The case of a top shariah court judge who had allegedly sexually harassed a woman will be left to the police to probe, says religious affairs minister Idris Ahmad. In a statement, he pledged that the religious affairs unit under the Prime Minister’s Department will not be interfering…
GEORGE TOWN: Penangite Jeffrey Kang has been performing his Thaipusam vow since the age of 13 at the Balathandayuthapani Temple in Penang. This year, however, due to the ban on kavadi-carrying, he is unable to do so. But that, he said, won’t stop him from celebrating Thaipusam and offering prayers…
KOTA KINABALU: Chief minister Hajiji Noor said the state government will investigate whether a board member of the state government-linked company (GLC) Sawit Kinabalu is the same person who claimed that he had entered Malaysia in 1984 and later obtained citizenship via dubious means. Hajiji said although he had only…
PETALING JAYA: Sedili assemblyman Rasman Ithnain was called in by the police yesterday to have his statement recorded following a sexual harassment report made against him by a woman. According to a report in Kosmo, the woman, 26, was a committee member of the Kota Tinggi Bersatu Women’s Division. Kota…