PETALING JAYA: An immigration officer who berated a man at the department’s office in the Selangor Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) recently has been transferred to another department amid an ongoing probe into the incident. Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud said early investigations found that there were “elements of provocation” by…
PETALING JAYA: MIC deputy president M Saravanan is welcome to contest in the Pulai parliamentary seat in the next general election (GE15), says Johor Umno deputy chief Nur Jazlan Mohamed. The former deputy home minister, who was Pulai MP from 2004 to 2018, took to Facebook in response to a…
MELAKA: Preparations by the Barisan Nasional (BN) election machinery in most states to face the 15th general election (GE15) are at a satisfactory level, according to BN deputy chairman Mohamad Hasan. He gave a score of more than five out of 10 for the 10 states that he had visited,…
KOTA KINABALU: A united front among Sabah's Opposition parties is a prerequisite to ensure winning more seats in the 15th General Election (GE15), insists Sabah Pakatan Harapan (PH) Chairman Datuk Christina Liew. The Api-Api Assemblywoman said the component parties are working very well at state level, and that she had…
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) menerusi Fakulti Perniagaan, Ekonomi dan Perakaunan (FPEP) akan menganjurkan Seminar Antarabangsa Perniagaan dan Pengurusan kali ke-2 pada 13 Disember 2022. Bertemakan “Penciptaan Nilai untuk Kreativiti dan Inovasi”, seminar tersebut akan dianjurkan dengan kerjasama Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa dan Universiti Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia. Ia turut menampilkan…
MELAKA – A man was injured when he ran into a burning house to save his mother and an older sister in an incident at a settlement in front of the Bukit Piatu Apartments here last night. Technician Cheah Wei Liang, 43, suffered burns on his chest and left arm…
KUALA LUMPUR – Bursa Malaysia rebounded from yesterday’s losses to open slightly higher today on renewed buying interest in selected heavyweights, amid cautious sentiments in the regional markets, dealers said. At 9.17am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose by 0.22 of-a-point to 1,516.84 from 1,516.62 at yesterday’s…
GEORGE TOWN – The findings of the Healthcare Work Culture Improvement Task Force (HWCITF) should be comprehensive by including feedback from all quarters in the medical fraternity, rather than just assessing the work culture in the public practice. This was conveyed by two Penang leaders here, who stressed that the…
KUALA LUMPUR – Millions of mobile internet users will begin enjoying 5G broadband connectivity as early as next month if all six major telecommunications companies finalise their agreements to acquire stakes in Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB). Industry sources said many Malaysians could benefit from the initial roll-out of high-speed 5G…
PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak has discharged newly appointed legal firm Zaid Ibrahim Suflan TH Liew & Partners from representing him in his SRC International appeal. Lead counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik informed this to the Federal Court when the hearing resumed this morning. “The solicitors have been discharged…
PETALING JAYA: Syahredzan Johan has tried to quell speculation that DAP will appoint him to contest the Bangi parliamentary seat in the next general election (GE15). Such rumours started swirling in June following the lawyer’s appointment as Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming’s representative for his constituency in the run-up to…
PETALING JAYA: Umno’s state and division leaders do not have the autonomy to decide on cooperation with PAS and Bersatu, says the party’s secretary-general, Ahmad Maslan. Instead, he said, all parties need to refer to the Umno general assembly in March 2021, when it was decided that Barisan Nasional would…
PETALING JAYA: More bombshell news can be expected to break later this morning, but for now, here is a quick recap of the SRC International corruption case thus far. Najib Razak, Malaysia’s sixth prime minister, who held the post for more than nine years from 2009 to 2018, and whose…
PETALING JAYA: A lawyer has criticised Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) for what he calls an “overreaction” in its decision to permanently blacklist the Crackhouse Comedy Club’s co-owners over a performance. Bastian Pius Vendargon said the punishment appeared excessive unless DBKL had other grounds for the blacklisting that the public…
KUALA LUMPUR: Two politicians and a student activist were charged at a magistrates’ court here with failing to notify police over protest gatherings held in the city centre last month. The three – Amanah youth chief Hasbie Muda, Batu PKR youth chief Muhd Sabda Suluh Lestari Yahya and student activist…
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has disallowed lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik from discharging himself as Najib’s Razak’s lead counsel in the former prime minister’s SRC International appeal. Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, chairing a five-member Federal Court panel, said Hisyam had failed to disclose adequate grounds to support his…
MELAKA: MIC has proposed to the Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership to allow it to contest 12 parliamentary seats in the 15th general election (GE15). Its president SA Vigneswaran said the party had a chance of winning the seats, which he said “are not just traditional MIC seats”. “We have a…
PUTRAJAYA: Najib Razak’s SRC International corruption appeal took a dramatic turn today when lead counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik informed the Federal Court that he had no alternative but to discharge himself from the case. This came after a fresh application made this morning by the former prime minister’s newly…
PETALING JAYA: Defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein should explain why he has reduced the number of littoral combat ships (LCS) to be completed with no additional government funds from two to one, says DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang. Hishammuddin said yesterday the ongoing construction of the first LCS (LCS 1), which…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has tentatively fixed Aug 26 to resume Najib Razak’s trial for alleged abuse of power to amend the 1MDB company audit report. Deputy public prosecutor Mustafa P Kunyalam said today’s scheduled hearing before judge Zaini Mazlan has been vacated as the former prime minister…