PUTRAJAYA: A group of Hindu NGOs have slammed the government for issuing Thaipusam SOPs banning kavadis five days before the festival, claiming devotees had started their preparations long before that. The group also questioned the decision by the National Security Council (MKN) to prohibit stalls from being set up during…
PETALING JAYA: An MP has taken the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee to task for misleading the public by claiming that the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat has the power to make parliamentary select committee (PSC) hearings public. Puncak Borneo MP Willie Mongin urged PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh…
KUALA LUMPUR: A briefing to decide the date for the transition to the endemic phase will be held next week during the Covid-19 quartet ministerial meeting. Senior defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the briefing will be given by the health and foreign affairs ministries and other agencies. “We postponed the…
PETALING JAYA: The parliamentary select committee (PSC) meeting scheduled for Wednesday to discuss the controversial share dealings of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki has been postponed. In a statement, parliament secretary Nizam Mydin Bacha Mydin said the meeting, which involved the PSC on Agencies under the Prime Minister’s…
PUTRAJAYA: A Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) officer today won his final appeal to quash his conviction and sentence of four years’ prison and RM117,000 fine for allegedly submitting false claims in 2013. A three-member Court of Appeal bench, chaired by Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, said the trial judge…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has allowed an application by controversial preacher Muhammad Zamri Vinoth Kalimuthu to annul a suit filed against him and the government over its alleged failure to act on his statements that purportedly insulted other races and religions. Judicial commissioner Mohd Arief Emran Arifin also…
IPOH: Four people have been issued compound fines for violating SOPs in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebrations. Perak police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the SOP violations were committed at the Sri Subramaniar Temple at Gunung Cheroh near here yesterday. The individuals concerned did not wear face masks and had…
PUTRAJAYA: The e-testing system, which measures a candidate’s performance via an electronic driving test and generates the test result in real-time, will be launched in April. Road Transport Department (JPJ) director-general Zailani Hashim said the automated driving test and training system was now at the proof of concept (POC) stage…
PETALING JAYA: More than 5,600 names of people believed to have been fraudulently registered on the MySejahtera system were found in laptops confiscated by Selangor police last week. Selangor police chief Arjunaidi Mohamed said four men and three women were arrested after a raid on a clinic last Friday following…
PETALING JAYA: The man who beheaded his mother in Kampung Baru Pasir Penambang, Kuala Selangor, is said to have been high on drugs when he committed the gruesome act. The suspect, who was nabbed on Saturday evening, is being investigated for murder. Selangor police chief Arjunaidi Mohamed said the suspect…
PUTRAJAYA: Former Umno Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin had defamed Anwar Ibrahim in front of a Malay crowd by depicting him as a homosexual and a person of low morals, the Court of Appeal heard. Lawyer Gopal Sri Ram said Khairy’s “main belakang” statement was made before a Malay and Umno…
KOTA KINABALU: Music Rights Sabah Berhad (MRS) has been officially designated as an authorised music licensing body by the government effective Jan 7. Domestic trade and consumer affairs minister Alexander Nanta Linggi said MRS would carry out royalty collection activities on behalf of local singers, musicians, music video makers and…
PETALING JAYA: The government is introducing an integrity pact for all civil servants who are directly or indirectly involved in dealing with procurement or offer of projects and contracts, a move which requires them to make anti-graft declarations. In this serious effort to fight corruption, officials appointed to committees that…
PETALING JAYA: The floods that hit the country recently resulted in losses amounting to between RM5.3 billion and RM6.5 billion, said economic affairs minister Mustapa Mohamed. He said losses to property amounted to between RM1.2 billion and RM1.4 billion, followed by damage to vehicles, estimated at RM1 billion to RM1.3…
PETALING JAYA: Najib Razak has hit back at former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s claims that declaring an emergency was necessary to combat Covid-19, citing the protracted lockdown that ensued and the high case numbers that persisted during the emergency. Najib, himself a former prime minister, pointed out that the emergency…
PUTRAJAYA: Former Umno Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin had defamed Anwar Ibrahim for depicting him as a homosexual and a person of low morals from the perspective of a Malay crowd, the Court of Appeal heard. Lawyer Gopal Sri Ram said Khairy’s “main belakang” statement was made before a Malay and…
PUTRAJAYA: Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president Hamidin Mohd Amin will answer all questions pertaining to the national football team’s poor performance, especially in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 held in Singapore last month. He said he would hold a press conference on Friday to address issues and queries regarding…
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has reported 2,342 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. It is the lowest number of daily cases since April 21 last year, when 2,340 were reported. In a Twitter post, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the total number of infections now stands…
PETALING JAYA: Former PAS central committee member Khairuddin Aman Razali has declined to comment on the reason for his removal. This follows reports that party secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan had confirmed the move was not due to differences of opinion on Muafakat Nasional (MN) and Perikatan Nasional. “In PAS, there has…
PUTRAJAYA: The Blues fan Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob wants Chelsea-like football development for Malaysia and said local teams can emulate the English Premier League team. He said a talented football player needs to be guided by a good coach from young while a coach needs guidance from an expert…