PETALING JAYA: An Amanah official has filed a police report against Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for allegedly insulting and slandering the judiciary while addressing an Umno special meeting on Saturday. Amanah mobilisation director Sany Hamzan said Zahid had insulted the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, and the Yang…
PULAU INDAH: Customs officers have seized 50 luxury vehicles, including nine motorcycles, with a total value of RM11.4 million, including unpaid duties. The vehicles did not have approved permits for import, customs assistant director Sabri Saad said. Total unpaid duties on the 50 vehicles amounted to RM7.1 million. No arrests…
CHUKAI: Police have arrested 11 teenagers in connection with the assault of three male students of a boarding school here last Thursday. Kemaman police chief Hanyan Ramlan said the suspects, aged between 13 and 16, were picked up from the school hostel and their homes in Kemaman today. Police had…
BANGKOK: Malaysia and Thailand have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further deepen the defence cooperation between both countries. Defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the MoU, expected to be finalised by the end of this year, would cement military-to-military ties, and explore new areas of cooperation in…
PETALING JAYA: The ban on chicken exports will be lifted in October, anti-inflation task force chairman Annuar Musa has announced. However, Annuar said only certain farms would be allowed to rear chickens meant for export, adding that they could begin rearing them now. Annuar, who is also communications and multimedia…
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he was confident that a RM10 million donation to his Yayasan Akalbudi foundation from a Sarawak businessman in 2016 was not from illegal activities. “As a Muslim, I would have rejected the contribution if it was from illegal means,” the former deputy…
PETALING JAYA: PAS Youth chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari has accused former law minister Azalina Othman Said of going back on her own calls for reforms in the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). Fadhli said when Azalina was still a Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker, she had called on Putrajaya to set up a…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has rejected a bid by the Penang state government to reinstate its Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project. Judge Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh dismissed the state government’s leave application to initiate a judicial review after refusing a bid to extend time to allow proceedings…
PETALING JAYA: Sabah chief minister Hajiji Noor has praised the Chinese community in the state for its “significant” role in developing the economy. Lauding their business acumen, he said “it cannot be denied” that they played a big role in the economic development of Sabah. “Known for their business skills,…
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has denied meeting human resources minister M Saravanan to discuss the postponed enforcement of amendments to the Employment Act 1955. “I deny this. There have been no discussions,” said MTUC president Effendy Abdul Ghani. “I am doubly surprised. Firstly, I am surprised…
KUALA LUMPUR: The tourism, arts and culture ministry has set a new target of attracting 9.2 million tourists this year. They are expected to spend RM26.8 billion in the country, said minister Nancy Shukri. She said the new target was set as the country had almost surpassed its target of…
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki has defended party colleague Azalina Othman Said after she drew criticism over her veiled dig at the prime minister for retaining Idrus Harun as the attorney-general (AG). Asyraf said Pakatan Harapan (PH) had also appointed its own attorney-general, Tommy Thomas, when it…
PETALING JAYA: Many employers were left disgruntled after being turned away from the human resources ministry this morning when they were unable to be interviewed for their foreign worker quota applications. Despite having queued for hours from as early as 6am, many were forced to have their interview dates postponed…
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) membuat kejutan pada Sukan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi (SUKIPT) 2022 apabila berjaya memecahkan rekod dalam acara lompat tinggi lelaki serta mendominasi acara larian pecut kategori wanita. UMS menerusi Mohamad Eizlan Dahalan mencatatkan rekod baharu kejohanan dengan lompatan setinggi 2.11 meter (m) sekali gus memadamkan rekod…
KOTA KINABALU: Fakulti Kejuruteraan (FKJ) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) mengadakan Bengkel Bidang Keberhasilan Utama (KRA) dan Wacana Harmoni (Retreat) Pengurusan FKJ 2022, di sini baru-baru ini. Ia bertujuan menilai pencapaian dan membincangkan keberkesanan tindakan yang telah dilaksanakan untuk mencapai sasaran yang dinyatakan dalam Pelan Strategik UMS 2018-2022. Bengkel selama tiga…
KOTA KINABALU: Lebih 200 perserta menyertai Persidangan Antarabangsa Sains Makanan dan Pemakanan (ICFSN) 2022 anjuran Fakulti Sains dan Pemakanan (FSMP) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), di sini, baru-baru ini. Persidangan yang diadakan secara dalam talian itu memberi tumpuan kepada empat topik utama iaitu produk dan pemprosesan makanan inovatif, keselamatan makanan, keselamatan…
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) melalui Fakulti Perubatan dan Sains Kesihatan (FPSK) sedang dalam proses membangunkan Program Kepakaran Pascasiswazah Anestesiologi dan Rawatan Rapi dan beberapa program klinikal yang lain.Ia selaras dengan pewujudan Hospital Universiti Malaysia Sabah (HUMS), di samping keperluan perkhidmatan kepakaran klinikal di hospital-hospital Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM)…
KOTA KINABALU: Sebuah karya Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) yang berkisar tentang pengorbanan dua orang ibu tunggal dalam membesarkan anak-anaknya diangkat sebagai juara Pertandingan Teater Prosenium Pengguna Universiti Awam 2022 yang berlangsung di Panggung Seni Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), baru-baru ini. Skrip ‘Peti Sejuk’ merupakan hasil karya pelajar program pascasiswazah Akademi…
KUALA LUMPUR: Muda secretary-general Amir Hariri Abd Hadi was charged in the magistrates’ court here today in connection with a protest on the littoral combat ships (LCS) issue. Amir, 31, pleaded not guilty to the charge before magistrate Fardiana Haryanti Ahmad Razali. According to the charge sheet, Amir, as the…
PUTRAJAYA: Ahmad Saiful Islam, the son of former defence minister Mohamad Sabu, remains free of the drug abuse charge made against him three years ago. This follows the decision made by the three-member panel of the Court of Appeal led by justice Datuk Seri Kamaludin Md Said, in rejecting the…