PETALING JAYA: Ain Husniza, the teen who spearheaded the #MakeSchoolASaferPlace movement, was called in by police to give a more detailed statement regarding explicit comments made online about her. This follows a report lodged by her and her father, Saiful Nizam, at the Kajang district police headquarters recently in relation…
PETALING JAYA: The death of an Indonesian construction worker yesterday could have been avoided if his employers had carried out a comprehensive risk assessment, the department of occupational safety and health for Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya said. The worker was killed at the construction site at the Kuchai Lama Entrepreneurs…
PETALING JAYA: From Jan 15, vehicles using highways may use radio frequency identification stickers, known as RFID tags, for toll transactions – but a cybersecurity expert is questioning if the data of the road users will be secure. SL Rajesh of the International Association for Counter-Terrorism and Security Professionals said…
PETALING JAYA: A political scientist has suggested a change in Malaysia’s governing system so that public interest will be the foremost consideration in policy making. Azmil Tayeb of Universiti Sains Malaysia said he would advocate the kind of social democracy practised in Scandinavia and Germany. The Scandinavian countries and Germany…
PETALING JAYA: Those employed under the Malaysia Short-term Employment Programme (MySTEP) will not be placed in sensitive departments or have access to classified documents, the Public Services Department (PSD) has said. It said these employees, who will be offered temporary employment for up to a year from Jan 1, will…
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry reported 36 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, according to its GitHub database, up from 23 previously. Two were classified as brought-in-dead (BID). The death toll now stands at 31,428. Selangor topped the latest list of fatalities with 12, followed by Kuala Lumpur (5), Kelantan and Perak (4…
TAMBUNAN: The government will ensure that hawkers and small traders in the region continue to thrive as they did before the COVID-19 strikes. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said he recognised that the past two years have been difficult for small businesses with many forced to…
PETALING JAYA: A unionist has urged the government to allow the Social Security Organisation (Socso) to give cash assistance to workers affected by the floods. Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) council member A Sivanathan pointed to provisions in the Socso Act enabling the government to make new regulations. The preamble…
PETALING JAYA: An aerial check using a drone found no illegal logging activity in the Lentang Forest Reserve (HS) near Jalan Bentong-Karak and Sri Telemong Bridge in Bentong. In a statement today, the Pahang state forestry department (JPNP) said a check at both locations found wood waste scattered on the…
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government has denied allegations that a construction project near the sluice gate in Taman Sri Muda in Section 25 here was the cause of severe floods in the area. “The construction has nothing to do with the floods,” state infrastructure and agriculture exco Izham Hashim told…
Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) kini siap siaga untuk menghadapi kemungkinan gelombang kedua bencana banjir berikutan laporan Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia yang meramalkan hujan lebat di beberapa negeri.Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga Dan Masyarakat (KPWKM) dalam kenyataan hari ini memaklumkan menterinya Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun telah mengarahkan agar lapan Depoh Simpanan Keperluan…
PETALING JAYA: Klang Valley residents across the religious spectrum, including Muslims, have banded together at a Sikh house of worship to prepare food for flood victims, casting aside doubts spread online over whether the food prepared at Gurdwaras is halal or not. Among those who visited Gurdwara Sahib Petaling Jaya…
PETALING JAYA: The Melaka state government has ordered the Ayer Keroh Country Club (AKCC) to stop selling alcoholic beverages anywhere on its premises. In a statement posted on the club’s Facebook page today, the AKCC management said the new ruling was to be enforced with immediate effect. The same message…
KUALA LUMPUR: Former 1MDB chairman Mohd Bakke Salleh told the trial of Najib Razak and Arul Kanda Kandasamy that the former prime minister did not respond to his concern that US$700 million in funds had been transferred to a company with no links to 1MDB. Bakke said he sent an…
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has instructed the energy and natural resources minister Takiyuddin Hassan to restore power supply to the Klang Valley as soon as it is safe to do so. “Flood victims need electricity for lighting, to clean their houses, to pump out floodwater and for…
KUALA LUMPUR: Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik today disputed several media reports by political and civil society leaders critical of him after his alleged inflammatory public speech in Kota Bharu two years ago, the High Court heard today. Naik also disagreed with a media report that he was barred from…
KUALA LUMPUR: Transport minister Wee Ka Siong has clarified why China Railway Construction Company (CRCC) was awarded the Gemas-Johor Bahru ETS project when it was among the three companies that did not pass the financial and technical evaluation during the initial open tender. Wee said one of the reasons was…
PETALING JAYA: The US’ comprehensive Indo-Pacific economic framework will boost trade and economy and build resilient global supply chains with countries like Malaysia. Speaking to the press after an official meeting with foreign affairs minister Saifuddin Abdullah today, US secretary of state Antony John Blinken said they had been identifying…
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy finance minister Yamani Hafez Musa today said the controversy surrounding the role of Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) in the 5G rollout is not like the 1MDB scandal, after the opposition said the cost of the network was “shrouded in secrecy”. He said independent accounting firm Ernst and…
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian firm is developing a harvesting tool for palm oil that could accelerate automation in an industry that is known not only for its gruelling conditions, but is also suffering from a chronic labour shortage. Production of palm oil, the world’s most-consumed edible oil, is set for…