PETALING JAYA: A train on the Kelana Jaya LRT line experienced technical issues at the Ampang Park station, leaving commuters stranded at different stations this evening. Around 5.50pm, commuters took to social media to complain of trains stopping for long periods at each station. In a Twitter post at 5.56pm,…
KUALA LUMPUR: The 2020 National Risk Assessment (NRA) report has identified five types of major crimes that contribute to the high threat of money laundering activities in Malaysia. The five are fraud, including fraud in an illegal investment scheme; trafficking of illicit drugs; corruption and smuggling offences; customs and excise…
GEORGE TOWN: The defence in the T Nhaveen murder trial contends that the prosecution has “hit the nail in the coffin” in its own case after the prime prosecution witness admitted that a police report he made last year was “false”. Arguing that the credibility of witness T Previin, 23,…
KUALA LUMPUR: A witness told the High Court she knew of the existence of a stamp with a replica of former home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s signature. It was under the custody of a former executive secretary to Zahid, Fadzlette Othman Merican added. Fadzlette, a former press secretary to Zahid,…
PETALING JAYA: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) hopes that the upcoming political financing bill will incorporate public funding in order to “level the playing field” for all political parties. The think tank’s CEO Tricia Yeoh said by allowing parties to accept funds from the public, it would…
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) has formed a committee to hold talks with Muda on its application to be a part of the coalition. PH’s presidential council said the committee would also hold negotiations with Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) over its desire to officially work with the coalition in the…
KUCHING: Sarawak’s disaster management committee has made preparations to face the northeast monsoon season which is predicted to occur between December this year to January 2023. In a statement, its chairman Douglas Uggah Embas said the Sarawak fire and rescue department will have 1,590 personnel on duty during that period,…
PETALING JAYA: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has denied allegations circulating on social media that Najib Razak, who is currently serving time in prison for corruption, is being given special treatment. “(There is) no special treatment. There was a request by the deputy public prosecutor for proceedings to be adjourned so…
IPOH: Bone fragments belonging to the second victim of the quarry rockfall incident in Keramat Pulai, Jalan Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands here in March have been found this afternoon. A spokesman for the Perak fire and rescue department said the bone fragments were found by a search and rescue team at…
TAWAU: Tawau MP Datuk Christina Liew rushed to the scene of the fire outbreak at Batu 2, Lorong Haji Sundu, Jalan Apas after officiating at the Peka B40 health screening programme at 10am at the Community Centre here. Firemen were still fighting the fire before the operation ended at 11am.…
KUCHING – The Sarawak Modernisation of Agriculture and Regional Development Ministry has been renamed as the Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Ministry with effect from today, said Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. He said the renaming of the ministry helmed by Datuk Seri Stephen Rundi Utom…
SIBU – The Sarawak chapter of the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has called on the government to consider increasing the Regional Incentive Payment (BIW) for all civil servants in Sabah and Sarawak under Budget 2023. Its chairman Omar Bahrain Unin said the…
KUALA LUMPUR – The high court here today gave Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin 14 days to decide on an appeal by a military veteran-based party on their official registration. According to FMT, lawyer Lim Wei Jiet, who is the legal representative for Parti Kemakmuran Negara, said the party…
KUALA LUMPUR– The Federal Court has granted a stay of execution to Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his son Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin Najib from immediately paying RM1.7 billion in tax arrears to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) pending the outcome of their appeals before the apex court. In reading her…
PETALING JAYA: Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) is seeking an electoral pact with Pakatan Harapan (PH) to allow “four or five” of its candidates to contest state and parliamentary seats under the PH banner in the 15th general election (GE15). PSM chairman Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj told FMT the party’s members…
PETALING JAYA: The concessionaire of the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) has been instructed to instal speakers and electronic boards on road shoulders to warn motorists against stopping in the emergency lane to enjoy the scenic view of Kuala Lumpur. The directive from works minister Fadillah Yusof comes in…
KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is investing RM21 billion in its Grid of the Future programme from 2022 to 2024 to enhance its transmission and distribution network readiness and reliability. Its president and CEO, Baharin Din, said that on a regional level, TNB is proactively identifying transmission grid locations…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court hearing Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s corruption trial has dismissed the prosecution’s attempt to expunge 15 paragraphs in a witness statement tendered by a defence witness. Trial judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah, however, only ordered the removal of the whole of paragraph 18 and the last sentence in…
PETALING JAYA: Putrajaya has agreed to bring in 10,000 migrant workers from Sri Lanka in view of the South Asian country’s economic crisis. Human resources minister M Saravanan said the Sri Lankan government had made an official request to supply migrant workers to Malaysia. He said the decision to accept…
PETALING JAYA: Several Kuala Lumpur residents will take Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and federal territories minister Shahidan Kassim to court in five days if information on its flood mitigation plans are not forthcoming. Led by former Bersih chief Ambiga Sreenevasan, the residents served a letter through their lawyers to…