PETALING JAYA: PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has seemingly contradicted his deputy on the Timah whisky controversy, stating that the name of the liquor resembles that of the Prophet Muhammad’s daughter. “Whatever the reason given, the use of the name ‘Timah’ in the Malay language is close to the name…
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) may lose out if it accepts the former Umno and Bersatu assemblymen who triggered a political crisis resulting in the collapse of the Melaka state assembly, as this would give a negative perception to voters, an analyst said. Former academic Azmi Hassan told FMT they…
JOHOR BAHRU: A monthly salary of RM3,000, a 3% commission for each score and bungalow stays – these were the perks offered to members of a scam syndicate that had been operating here. However, Johor police got wind of the scammers and smashed their operations within a week even before…
KOTA KINABALU: The quiet atmosphere at Minurod Campsite in Kiulu is lively again with people starting to visit rural tourist destinations since the inter-district travel ban was lifted in Sabah. With the reopening of tourism activities, many have planned outings with their family, such as going off-grid to explore Kiulu,…
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today upheld the death sentence of a former security guard for the murder of a woman in confinement six years ago. Mohd Azmirul Shamsuddin’s final appeal against his murder conviction and death sentence was unanimously dismissed by a three-member bench today. The bench led by Federal…
PETALING JAYA: Hospitals in the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia and also Sarawak have been reporting an increase in Category 3, 4 and 5 Covid-19 cases since the ban on interstate and inter-district travel was lifted, health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said. “This is especially so in Negeri Sembilan as seen…
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has reported 6,210 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 7,562 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 2,303,583. Noor Hisham said the total number of infections now stands at 2,413,592.…
PETALING JAYA: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu vice-president Abdul Karim Rahman does not rule out the possibility of the Sarawak state assembly being dissolved in a few days. He said the dissolution of the assembly would pave the way for the 12th state election to be held. The Sarawak state assembly’s…
PETALING JAYA: Former Melaka chief minister Idris Haron said he and three other state assemblymen, whose withdrawal of support led to the collapse of the state government, will not rush into making a decision to formally join Pakatan Harapan (PH). He told FMT that they had met party leaders from…
KUALA LUMPUR: A joint task force of the works and the health ministries will be set up to facilitate the completion of delayed health facility projects nationwide. Senior works minister Fadillah Yusof said that although the number of uncompleted projects under the health ministry was small, his ministry took the…
PETALING JAYA: The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) will leave it to the police to investigate and charge their enforcement officer if he is found guilty of sexually harassing cosmetics entrepreneur Nur Sajat. Jais director Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad said the department lodged a police report on Sajat’s allegations in January.…
PETALING JAYA: Property sales during the Covid-19 period were better than in 2019 in terms of the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) for primary markets. Real Estate & Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) president Soam Heng Choon said sales had moderated in the last year and a half, and the industry…
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah today said that a wise Ruler does not need any additional power if the three rights as a constitutional monarch are handled wisely and prudently. He said the three rights of a constitutional monarchy were the right to give advice…
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan must not let the “Melaka 4” to contest under its banner or risk seeing them defect again if they win in the upcoming state elections, a DAP MP has warned. Klang MP Charles Santiago said that politics is not always about winning but also about maintaining…
PETALING JAYA: Thousands of passengers who have credits with AirAsia X (AAX) are likely to get back only 0.5% of the amount owed to them under the carrier’s proposed debt restructuring exercise which will be put to vote on Nov 12. The airline said if it is approved, the exercise…
PETALING JAYA: PAS and its splinter party Amanah are likely to try and outdo each other by being more conservative to attract rural voters, a socio-political analyst says. Awang Azman Pawi of Universiti Malaya said that although Amanah had split from PAS claiming to be more progressive, the difference between…
KUALA LUMPUR: Supermax Corp shares sank after the US Customs and Border Protection ordered personnel at US ports of entry to seize its latex gloves made in Malaysia. The stock slid as much as 9.8% to RM2.03 in the local bourse here today to the lowest level since May last…
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today allowed former prime minister Najib Razak and his son Nazifuddin’s bid to halt a summary judgment order that ordered them to pay more than RM1.7 billion in tax arrears. Judge Azizah Nawawi granted an interim stay for Najib and his son Nazifuddin’s tax cases, pending…
PETALING JAYA: The Klang Valley has seen a 22% increase in hospital admissions over the last seven days. In a Twitter post, health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the ministry has included a snapshot view on its CovidNow portal to “quickly highlight trends” — with the rising hospital admissions in the…
PETALING JAYA: Singapore recorded 18 Covid-19-related deaths yesterday, the highest in a single day since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. In a statement, Singapore’s health ministry said the 18 were aged between 55 and 96 years. Nine of them were fully vaccinated, eight were unvaccinated and one…