KUALA LUMPUR: A High Court judge, who dismissed a defamation suit brought by a former female aide of an opposition MP, has expressed her strong displeasure at the courts being used to wash dirty linen in public. Azimah Omar said she could not accept such immoral behaviour nor the couple’s…
PETALING JAYA: The public services department (JPA) has told Cuepacs that it has implemented several improvements to the salaries of civil servants since the Malaysian Remuneration System was introduced in 2002. JPA director-general Shafiq Abdullah said these changes involved salary revision, increased minimum starting pay and improving the salary structure…
KUALA LUMPUR: The one-day 50% discount on police traffic summonses has received an overwhelming response from the public. It was offered at the Road March 2022 programme, in conjunction with the 215th Police Day celebration at Dataran Merdeka here. People started lining up as early as 7am, despite the fact…
KUALA LUMPUR: Goodbye to the decades-old culture of Political Frogging, says Tawau MP Datuk Christina Liew who advocates the extension of the newly-passed Anti-Party Hopping Bill to the Sabah State Legislative Assembly. She urged the GRS-BN State Government to emulate Parliament by amending the State Constitution to accommodate a similar…
KOTA KINABALU: Hospital Queen Elizabeth (QEH), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) dan Persatuan Klef Bibir dan Lelangit Malaysia (CLAPAM) menganjurkan Sabah Cleft Carnival 2022 yang meliputi aktiviti simposium, klinik bersepadu rawatan serta pembedahan klef bagi kanak-kanak di Sabah. Karnival selama lima hari itu mengumpulkan 17 pakar multidisiplin dari seluruh negara bagi…
PETALING JAYA: Indonesia will be lifting its temporary freeze on workers entering Malaysia from Aug 1, says human resources minister M Saravanan. Saravanan said Indonesia had agreed to rescind the temporary freeze, which the minister previously said was merely a “temporary postponement”, Bernama reported. On July 13, Indonesian ambassador Hermono…
KUALA LUMPUR: The defence in Shahrir Samad’s RM1 million money laundering trial claims that the funds were a “reimbursement” and not income. Lawyer Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin told the High Court that the former Johor Bahru MP’s stand was consistent and he did not purposely evade declaring the RM1 million…
KUALA LUMPUR: The sessions court will rule on whether Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) president Peter Anthony is entitled to a stay of conviction in his forgery case. This comes after Peter’s lawyer, S Devanandan, said a precedent had been set in Najib Razak’s SRC International corruption trial, in which…
KUALA LUMPUR: A Barisan Nasional MP has suggested that the much-awaited anti-hopping law make it mandatory for the top leadership of a political party that takes in party hoppers to vacate their seats. Azeez Abdul Rahim (BN-Baling) said the bill did not have a provision that punishes political parties that…
PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional has voiced its disappointment with Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob over his failure to fulfil promises he made to the coalition. In a statement, PN secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin said the coalition has decided to send a delegation to meet Ismail on the fulfilment of the agreement…
PETALING JAYA: The parliamentary select committee (PSC) on health has urged Putrajaya to postpone by three years the implementation of the generational ban on smoking and the possession of tobacco products. Committee chairman Dr Kelvin Yii maintained that it supported the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill, which has been dubbed…
PETALING JAYA: There will be no further action over alleged corruption in the purchase and delayed delivery of six MD530G lightweight combat helicopters worth more than RM300 million. Law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had completed its investigations into the matter. “Based on the…
BIRMINGHAM: Malaysia’s two Russian gymnastics coaches for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games may have run into a visa snag. Youth and sports minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu, who did not name the coaches, said both may be affected by the entry restrictions imposed by the UK government on Russian citizens following…
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s decision not to extend the political pact with Pakatan Harapan (PH) is an indication that the 15th general election will be held soon, says a political analyst. While the memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed in September last year, did not have an expiry…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat will vote on the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill (No 3) 2022 on Provisions Preventing Members of Parliament from Switching Parties this afternoon. Law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar is expected to wind up the debate on the bill at 2.30pm. The bill, which needs two-thirds majority…
KOTA KINABALU: Two children died after being buried in a landslide at Jalan Bukit Nenas here last night. Two-year-old Isa Sabri and Norain Jaziz, 11, were confirmed dead at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Siti Nur, 28, suffered a broken arm and her husband, Sabri Botong, 28, sustained light injuries to…
PETALING JAYA: The Ipoh High Court has sentenced Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong to 13 years’ jail and two strokes of the cane for raping his former maid, reports Bernama. This comes after the court found him guilty of rape, with judge Abdul Wahab Mohamed ruling that the prosecution had proved…
KUALA LUMPUR: The much-awaited anti-hopping bill is being tabled in the Dewan Rakyat for its first reading by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. This comes after months of deliberation by the parliamentary select committee tasked with drafting the bill and nearly a year after Ismail and Pakatan Harapan signed their…
KUALA LUMPUR: Overripe oil palm fruit hang untouched on trees while others lie rotting scattered around a plantation, as Malaysian farmers reap the bitter harvest of a severe labour shortage. Malaysia is the world’s second-biggest producer of the edible vegetable oil, which is found in many everyday goods from chocolate…
IPOH: Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong has been found guilty of raping his former maid. High Court judge Abdul Wahab Mohamed ruled that the prosecution had proved the elements of the charge through the witnesses who testified in court. Yong, a former state executive councillor, had been charged with raping the…