KUALA LUMPUR: The Penang government has turned to the High Court here in an attempt to reinstate the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project. In seeking leave to commence a judicial review, the state government wants the court to quash the decision of the department of environment’s appeal tribunal to revoke…
PUTRAJAYA: Gombak MP Azmin Ali’s appeal to strike out a lawsuit filed by 10 voters from his constituency for alleged deceit and breach of fiduciary duty as their elected representative is fixed for case management on Monday. This was confirmed by both lawyers, Nizamuddin Hamid representing Azmin and N Yohendra…
KUALA LUMPUR: A 70-year-old landlord was slapped with a RM695,000 fine by Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) after his tenant was suspected of tampering with the electricity meter for bitcoin mining activities. Wu Tuan Chiang said he rented his shoplot at Bandar Puteri Puchong to an “IT system solution company” for…
KUALA LUMPUR: After beating the odds at disrupting the airline industry in Southeast Asia two decades ago, AirAsia is now attempting a similar coup in the regional ride-hailing industry, dominated by Singapore’s Grab and Indonesia’s Gojek. AirAsia Ride is positioning itself to take on the giants and emerge as the…
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian study on Covid-19 deaths found that unvaccinated Malaysians had a 43.2 times higher mortality rate than individuals fully vaccinated with Pfizer and 12.5 times higher than those given Sinovac doses. According to health news portal CodeBlue, the study analysed Covid-19 deaths by vaccination types and status…
PETALING JAYA: After a fire killed 21 students and two teachers and injured eight others at a tahfiz centre in 2017, donations amounting to at least RM8 million poured in for the grief-stricken family members. However, the father of one of the victims claims the beneficiaries have yet to see…
PUTRAJAYA: An Iranian mother and her daughter, who came as tourists nine years ago, today escaped the gallows for trafficking in methamphetamine due to a misdirection by a trial judge. Abbas Zadehaghdahloo Sholeh and Azadegan Golara were instead found guilty by the Federal Court of possession of the drugs .…
PETALING JAYA: The flooded and landslip-hit portions of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway (KLK) have been reopened to traffic. The concessionaire for the highway, Anih Berhad, said cleaning and repair works at the Km77 and Km78 stretch had been completed. Anih Berhad is also the concessionaire for the East Coast Expressway…
PETALING JAYA: Workers will be left in the lurch if they are allowed further withdrawals of their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) savings, the National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) said. It hoped that Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob “will not succumb to short-term popular political pressure and leave the workers…
PETALING JAYA: The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) is probing 18 cases of adverse vaccination effects in Kajang prison, which also involve the deaths of two prisoners who were recently vaccinated against Covid-19. Commenting on a social media post which has gone viral, NPRA director Dr Roshayati Mohamad Sani confirmed…
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer pleaded not guilty in the sessions court here today to misappropriating US$6.94 million (about RM29 million) seized by the agency. Shahrum Nizam Baharuddin was slapped with one charge under Section 409 of the Penal Code for criminal breach of trust (CBT). He…
PETALING JAYA: Tension is mounting in Umno over Putrajaya’s refusal to accede to the party’s demands to allow EPF contributors to make further withdrawals from their retirement savings, says a source in the know. The issue has pitted Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and his predecessor, Najib Razak, who is…
PETALING JAYA: The country’s main medical association has spoken against closing international borders as a way to stop the spread of Covid-19 after a high number of cases involving the Omicron virus variant were discovered among returning Muslim pilgrims. Malaysian Medical Association president Dr Koh Kar Chai said only immunisation…
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 15,000 flood evacuees remained in 188 relief shelters in Johor, Pahang, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Sabah and Terengganu last night. In Johor, the number of evacuees rose to 4,737 as of 8pm compared with 4,278 in the evening. State health and environment committee chairman R Vidyananthan…
PETALING JAYA: The heat is on in Umno as members jostle for seats and party positions as well as trying to pick the “right horse” as they clamour for a general election to be held this year, according to party insiders. Two Supreme Council members told FMT that there are…
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 113 educational institutions under the education ministry (MoE) are not ready to resume operations because they have been affected by floods or are being used as temporary evacuation centres (PPS). In a statement today, the ministry said 18 schools were still inundated, eight had recovered…
PETALING JAYA: A political reform group, Gerak Independent Movement, has called for Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner Azam Baki to go on “garden leave” immediately until he is cleared of an alleged conflict of interest over his share-holdings. The group has also urged Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to launch…
PETALING JAYA: A former minister wondered tonight if the federal and state governments were adopting an approach of “see, hear, say and do nothing” in administering the country in light of the recent devastating floods and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Rafidah Aziz said the “see, hear, say and do nothing”…
KOTA MARUDU: The Sabah state government has the ability and capability to face threats like floods that are currently affecting the state, Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs) Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili said.The Kota Marudu MP said that this was the result of close inter-agency ties,…
KOTA KINABALU: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob assured that financial assistance for flood victims in Sabah will be channeled promptly.“We will send the assistance in the next few days. What is important the situation there is under control,” he said.The Prime Minister gave the assurance in response to…