PETALING JAYA: The country’s top graft buster Azam Baki is suing a journalist for defamation for articles over his alleged purchase of shares and warrants in two public-listed companies. In a statement, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief’s lawyer, Megat Abdul Munir, said he had filed a claim for defamation against…
PETALING JAYA: Former national defender Serbegeth “Shebby” Singh has passed away. He was 61. According to Iskandar Puteri district police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar, Shebby was believed to have died from a heart attack while out cycling. Shebby leaves behind two children, Natassha Kaur and Sonuljit Singh. In a statement, the…
PETALING JAYA: Doctors are at odds over the effects of Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines on young men with one group, comprising some 113 specialists and GPs, calling for Putrajaya to review its continued push for the public to get their jabs. They have written an open letter to the health…
PETALING JAYA: PKR MP Fahmi Fadzil has welcomed the commitment from the federal territories minister that no more flood retention ponds will be given over for development. The minister, Shahidan Kassim, had earlier assured that existing ponds in Kuala Lumpur would be preserved and protected from commercial project development. However, Fahmi said…
PETALING JAYA: Strict SOPs will be in place for this year’s Thaipusam celebration, including a ban on kavadis. However, chariot processions are allowed with limits on the number of stops that can be made. In a statement, national unity minister Halimah Sadique urged devotees to abide by the rules and…
PETALING JAYA: A pro-Anwar Ibrahim group has called for the opposition leader to intervene and stop the Selangor government from developing the Bukit Cherakah forest reserve and the Shah Alam community forest (SACF) areas. Otai Reformis secretary Abdul Razak Ismail claimed that the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state government was not…
PETALING JAYA: Environmental activist Shariffa Sabrina Syed Akil wants the federal government to be firm in imposing a logging moratorium just like what they did with bauxite mining in Pahang in 2016. She said the federal government cannot afford to be passive in implementing meaningful reforms to stop rampant deforestation…
PETALING JAYA: A senior judge recently accused of sexually harassing a married woman at her home has filed a police report against the complainant. The judged lodged a police report today saying he had filed a report at the Ampang police station on Dec 12 last year against the woman.…
KUALA LUMPUR: Rosmah Mansor has given notice to the High Court that she intends to again challenge the appointment of former Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram to prosecute her – this time in the money laundering and tax evasion trial. Lawyer Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin, who is a member…
PETALING JAYA: Fully vaccinated individuals who were recently infected by Covid-19 need not undergo quarantine when entering Malaysia, the health ministry said. Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said these travellers must have printed or digital laboratory reports that prove they were infected with the virus within 11 to 60 days prior to…
PETALING JAYA: Two days of self-tests are all one needs in the event one gets into close contact with an infected person, the health ministry said today. The ministry said the self-tests should be carried out on the first day after contact with an infected person, with the next test…
GEORGE TOWN: The state government has extended its waiver on hotel fees and entertainment duties for another six months to revive the tourism sector. The waiver on hotel fees has been in effect since June 2020 and the one on entertainment duties since last April. The extension takes effect retroactively…
KOTA KINABALU: Two people are missing after the pump boat they were in was hit by an exploding fish bomb at Pulau Tatagan in Sabah’s east coast Semporna district. The incident is believed to have occurred yesterday but was only reported to the authorities today. State fire and rescue assistant…
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth will be carrying out research on the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) withdrawal schemes as part of its ongoing effort to push the government to approve another one-off withdrawal under the i-Citra scheme for struggling Malaysians. Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the study, to be carried…
PETALING JAYA: Negeri Sembilan police have denied a claim by a whistleblower Twitter account that their personnel were behind the theft of RM600,000 after a cigarette smuggling syndicate was busted in 2020. State police chief Mohamad Mat Yusop said a police report was filed against Edisi Siasat yesterday for making…
SINGAPORE: Consumer spending in Malaysia will post good growth in 2022, with real household spending projected to grow 5.1% year-on-year, according to UK-based Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research. It said the projected improvement follows the 0.5% growth estimated for 2021, when impacts from Covid-19 continued to weigh on…
PETALING JAYA: The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Agencies under the Prime Minister’s Department will meet next Wednesday to discuss Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki’s ownership of shares. Kota Kinabalu MP Chan Foong Hin, one of the PSC members, said he has received a notice from the Dewan…
KUALA LUMPUR: Six men were charged in a magistrates’ court here today with murdering an e-hailing driver last month. The six – Ng Zhang Le, Yohannes Isaac anak Luwang, Chew Jun Seng, Teng Cheng Heng, Ng Zhang Jing and Won Kok Wei – were accused of murdering Mohd Farid Abdullah…
KUALA LUMPUR: HSBC Holdings Plc has hired Omar Siddiq from CIMB Group Holdings Bhd to head its Malaysian unit, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Omar, the head of CIMB Group’s wholesale banking division and deputy chief executive officer of CIMB’s Malaysia business, will join the UK lender…
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has fixed April 13 to hear Azmin Ali’s appeal to strike out a suit by 10 voters from his Gombak parliamentary seat who alleged deceit and breach of fiduciary duty. Lawyer N Yohendra, a member of the legal team representing the voters, said the date…