PETALING JAYA: After a woman tweeted a complaint about how a policeman at a roadblock attempted “to get to know her better,” several others have taken to social media to detail their encounters. In the latest incident, a woman lodged a police report claiming she was sexually harassed by a…
KUALA LUMPUR: All training activities at police training centres (Pulapol) nationwide have been temporarily halted as positive Covid-19 cases have been detected among trainees. Bukit Aman’s Management Department director Ramli Din said currently 41 trainees were still positive and were undergoing quarantine at the centre here. “Earlier, 78 police trainees…
PETALING JAYA: Normally one of the busiest periods of the year, Chinese New Year will be uncharacteristically quiet for Chinese restaurants in Malaysia this year. With dine-in still banned and no large family gatherings allowed, celebrations to ring in the year of the Ox will be far more muted than…
PETALING JAYA: The prime minister must play a minimal role in the appointment of judges, in keeping with the strict adherence of the doctrine of separation of powers, the Malaysian Bar says. Its president Salim Bashir said the prime minister, as executive head of the government, was now vested with…
PETALING JAYA: Although the number of new Covid-19 cases have fallen to under 4,000 from the more than 5,000 peak a little over a week ago, health experts have warned Malaysians not to be complacent. They say the fall in numbers comes in conjunction with reduced testing. Data obtained from…
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine when the national vaccination programme is implemented in the country later this month. This has been confirmed by science, technology and innovation minister Khairy Jamaluddin, who is also the coordinating minister for the National…
SHAH ALAM: Ujang Mormin was in tears as he sat in his wheelchair on Bukit Chermin overlooking Singapore harbour on a sunny day in 2015. He had been there, some 74 years earlier, fighting in the Battle of Pasir Panjang against invading Japanese forces. It was always going to be…
PETALING JAYA: Whenever Petaling Street is mentioned, one would instantly think of the fiesta-like atmosphere of the lively bustling lane which hosts more than 700 stalls selling various merchandise and goods. The tourist-hotspot is usually teeming with visitors on weekends and public holidays, and since it’s Chinatown, whenever the lunar…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will deport 1,200 detained Myanmar nationals after the Myanmar military government, which took over in a Feb 1 coup, offered to send three navy ships to pick them up, officials from both countries and two sources told Reuters. Myanmar, via its embassy in Kuala Lumpur, made the…
PETALING JAYA: With extended partial lockdowns and movement restrictions nationwide, more and more people, especially from the lower-income group, are on the verge of extreme poverty in the urban areas. Unemployment among heads of low-income urban families in Kuala Lumpur’s low-cost flats has doubled, according to the United Nations Children’s…
PETALING JAYA: Foreigners living in Malaysia will be vaccinated for free under the National Immunisation Programme, which includes undocumented foreign workers. “The Cabinet has decided that foreign citizens residing in Malaysia will receive Covid-19 vaccines for free under the National Immunisation Programme,” said science, technology and innovation minister Khairy Jamaluddin…
KOTA KINABALU: The United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) welcomes the RM100,000 allocation in COVID aid from the state government for each of the 31 opposition assemblymen in Sabah. UPKO in a statement here today congratulated Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor for making the reform, saying that the allocation was a good start towards…
PETALING JAYA: Business groups have voiced disappointment over health minister Dr Adham Baba’s proposal to maintain the ban on interstate and inter-district travel after the current movement control order (MCO) is no longer in force. Michael Kang, president of the Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia, said it was…
PETALING JAYA: Lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla has slammed a proposal by a PPBM senator to enact laws to punish those found insulting the prime minister, saying it is worse than the Anti-Fake News Act introduced by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government. He told FMT that although former prime minister Najib…
PETALING JAYA: A trade group’s proposal for another economic stimulus package from the government has been criticised as having the potential to create greater burden on the people. Two economists said the federal government would need to borrow to finance a new package, which could lead to higher taxes in…
KOTA KINABALU: Analysts believe the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) government has scored some plus points after giving a RM100,000 special allocation to opposition assemblymen despite the relatively small amount. Political economist Firdausi Suffian said this was the first time opposition MPs have been afforded any such allocation in Sabah. He…
PETALING JAYA: Politicians and an activist have derided a proposal outlawing insults of the prime minister, saying the people have the right to praise or criticise elected leaders. Subang MP Wong Chen of PKR said the proposal will further push Malaysia into authoritarianism and also weaken the economy. “The government…
KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan bersetuju untuk menetapkan had harga siling bagi petrol RON95 dan diesel, masing-masing pada paras RM2.05 dan RM2.15 seliter. Menteri Kewangan, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz dalam satu kenyataan hari ini berkata langkah itu dibuat bagi melindungi pengguna daripada kesan kenaikan harga minyak yang ketara apabila harga sebenar…
KOTA KINABALU: Warisan Plus leaders are grateful for the RM100,000 special allocation to opposition assemblymen by the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) government although they say the amount is hardly sufficient. Warisan vice-president Jaujan Sambakong, who is Sulabayan assemblyman, said any allocation no matter how big the amount will never be…
PETALING JAYA: In the wake of the government announcing ceiling prices for RON95 petrol and diesel, Putrajaya has been urged to consider a floor price as well. Petrol Dealers Association president Khairul Annuar Abdul Aziz said oil companies will have to pay the government if fuel prices fall below a…