KOTA KINABALU: Pusat Persediaan Sains dan Teknologi (PPST) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) menerima seramai 293 pelajar Asasi pada pengambilan pertama sesi kemasukan 2022/2023. Pengarah PPST, Prof. Dr. Jumat Sulaiman berkata, jumlah tersebut dijangka meningkat selepas sesi pendaftaran pelajar rayuan pada 29 Ogos 2022. “Pertamanya, saya ingin mengucapkan syabas dan tahniah…
KUALA LUMPUR: A businessman told the High Court here he received a payment of RM549,090 from Shahrir Samad to carry out rehabilitation work on the Puri Langkasuka project in Larkin, which had been abandoned for eight years. Syed Mohsin Syed Sagaf, 65, said the former Felda chairman paid the money…
SHAH ALAM: Investigating officer V Mahendran told the Ahmad Zahid Hamidi corruption trial that his probe focused only on the former deputy prime minister and was in line with a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) report that bribes were allegedly paid to ministers and senior civil servants. He said the investigation…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) has defended the appointments of two of its commissioners who were previously criticised for being linked to Umno. Fellow Suhakam commissioner Ragunath Kesavan said the appointments of lawyers Hasnal Rezua Merican Habib Merican and Nazira Abdul Rahim did not go against…
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has fixed Nov 15 to hear a lawyer’s application to get leave to pursue his appeal to reinstate his lawsuit questioning the legality of Anwar Ibrahim’s royal pardon for his sodomy conviction. The hearing date was fixed following a case management before Federal Court deputy registrar…
KUALA LUMPUR: Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan has submitted a memorandum asking the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to allow the establishment of a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate the littoral combat ship (LCS) scandal. Speaking outside Istana Negara alongside other Bersatu members, Wan Saiful said the LCS…
KUALA LUMPUR: Migrant workers at glove maker Brightway Holdings have filed a lawsuit in the US against Kimberly-Clark Corp and Ansell Ltd, accusing them of “knowingly profiting” from the alleged use of forced labour at the supplier, according to the complaint seen by Reuters. In the suit, filed late on…
PETALING JAYA: Several senior civil servants are said to be upset at the way the government is treating public service department (JPA) director-general Shafiq Abdullah over his reprimand of a civil servant for alleged dereliction of duty. Whatsapp messages circulating in civil service groups are saying the formation of the…
PETALING JAYA: Residents in the 188 areas in Hulu Selangor affected by scheduled water cuts can expect their water supply to resume from this morning. Air Selangor said this followed the completion of the upgrading and maintenance works at the Sungai Rasa water treatment plant at 5.30am. It said water…
KOTA BHARU: The government is confident that Tasik Chini will not lose its status as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, said energy and natural resources minister Takiyuddin Hassan. Takiyuddin said he had an audience with the Regent of Pahang, Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, yesterday to present…
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth has urged Putrajaya to set up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate the littoral combat ship (LCS) scandal. The youth wing is the latest to make such a call, following Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan and DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang. Taking…
PETALING JAYA: Representatives from Cuepacs and the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) should be included in a panel set up to probe allegations that a senior civil servant had verbally abused an immigration officer, a union said. The Immigration Services Union of Peninsular Malaysia (KPISM) said the panel needed representatives…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here heard that Taman Kebun Teh Umno branch in Johor received a cheque for RM10,000 from former Felda chairman Shahrir Samad for expenses incurred in a football tournament nine years ago. Branch deputy chief Abu Bakar Abd Aziz, 72, said the donation was deposited into…
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have apprehended six individuals, aged between 20 and 49, and confiscated 38.161kg of methamphetamine valued at more than RM1.3 million. The drugs were hidden in the boot of a Honda City that was stopped by police in Jalan Sultan Ismail, here, yesterday. Dang Wangi police chief Noor…
KOTA KINABALU: Pusat Kajian Bencana Alam (NDRC), Fakulti Sains dan Sumber Alam (FSSA), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) menganjurkan Seminar Bencana Alam (SBA) 2022 pada 24 – 26 Ogos 2022. Seminar dengan Kerjasama Lembaga Geologi Malaysia (BOG), Institut Geologi Malaysia (IGM), Persatuan Geologi Malaysia (GSM) dan Lembaga Teknologi Malaysia (MBOT) itu…
KOTA KINABALU: Majlis Dekan ICT (MaDICT) Malaysia dan Fakulti Komputeran dan Informatik (FKI), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) mengadakan Program Komuniti (CSR) di Sekolah Menengah Sains Sabah (SMESH), di sini, baru-baru ini. Dekan FKI, Prof. Madya Ts. Dr. Mohd Hanafi Ahmad Hijazi berkata, program itu antara lain bertujuan memberi pendedahan kepada…
KUALA LUMPUR – Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) is gearing to contest 29 out 82 state seats in the next Sarawak state election, said party’s permanent chairman John Brian Anthony. In an interview with The Vibes, he said the party aims to unite the indigenous communities of Sarawak, collectively known…
PETALING JAYA: An Indonesian immigrant leapt down a four-storey shophouse at Kompleks Hentian Kajang in a bid to escape immigration authorities last night. The 27-year-old man landed on a roof on the second storey and broke his right leg before he fell to the ground floor. Despite his broken leg,…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has granted a bid by former intelligence chief Hasanah Ab Hamid for a full acquittal in her RM50 million criminal breach of trust (CBT) case. In April last year, the High Court granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) against Hasanah over the…
PETALING JAYA: Scheduled water cuts have begun in 188 areas in Hulu Selangor after upgrading and maintenance works at the Sungai Rasa water treatment plant began at 9am. Air Selangor said the upgrading and maintenance works are expected to be completed by 9pm tomorrow, with water supply in all the…