JOHOR BAHRU, March 21 — Police are looking for a man with the title ‘Datuk Seri’ who is wanted in the investigations on commercial crimes and money laundering. Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said Datuk Seri Nicky Liow Soon...

ARAU, March 21 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) will ensure that all students can master the minimum level set before they continue their studies to the next level when this year’s school session ends. Senior Education Minister Datuk Radzi...

JOHOR BARU, March 21 — An officer and two policemen were detained on Tuesday and Thursday on suspicion of colluding with a drug syndicate and committing extortion. Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said acting on intelligence and...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah has expressed his intention to take the Covid-19 vaccine together with media practitioners. However, he is still waiting for the vaccination....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — A total of 413,255 individuals have received their Covid-19 vaccine as at yesterday (March 20) under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, via an ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) today launched a media campaign to promote national unity and inter-racial harmony in Malaysia, in conjunction with the United Nation’s International Day for the...

PASIR MAS, March 21  — A government pensioner was charged in the Sessions Court here today with eight counts of money laundering involving  a total of RM753,220 allegedly from smuggling of elephant tusks. Md Nawi Ab Aziz, 70, who ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the Malaysian Forestry Policy launched today will witness all states coming together on the country’s forest which is now 120 years old. The Prime Minister said all states have agreed to...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Police are investigating a politician said to be a bigwig in the east coast of peninsular Malaysia who is suspected of molesting a woman married to his best friend at their house here in the national capital. Ampang Jaya...

KOTA BARU, March 21 — The 9th Battalion of General Operations Force (GOF9) detained 40 Thai undocumented migrants aged between two and 40 in Op Benteng, yesterday. GOF9 commanding officer Supt Nor Azizan Yusof said all of...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — North Korea’s diplomats in Malaysia shuttered their embassy and prepared to fly home today, after Pyongyang severed diplomatic ties over the extradition of a citizen to the US. Pyongyang announced the shock move Friday,.....

GEORGE TOWN, March 21 — DAP reiterates that there will be no political cooperation with Umno until the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) decides otherwise. Its secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said the party’s CEC has no...

ALOR SETAR, March 21 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department is targeting to collect RM40.7 billion in taxes this year, or higher than the RM38.6 billion in 2020. Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz is c...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Police recorded the statement of an instafamous couple who allegedly embarked on interstate travel for a honeymoon trip at a resort in Johor Bahru. Wangsa Maju district police chief Supt Ashari Abu Samah said based...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang today claimed to have been in the dark that PKR president Anwar Ibrahim had been approached to be part of the political manoeuvre dubbed the “Sheraton Move” to end the Pakatan Harapan...

KOTA KINABALU, March 21 — Sabah Yang DiPertua Tun Juhar Mahiruddin today received the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Istana Negeri, here. He received the first dose of the vaccine from vaccinator Mazziyah Marin from the Maternal and Child....

MIRI, March 21 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Baram is calling on the state government to apply to intervene in Putrajaya’s appeal against a court’s ruling that allows the Christians to use the word “Allah” to show its seriousness in the...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Umno supreme council member Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi today questioned his party colleague Tan Sri Annuar Musa’s motives in seeking the immediate appointment of a deputy prime minister from Barisan Nasional (BN). Puad...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Days after alleging the state of using public institutions to exert pressure on Opposition politicians to switch sides, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim took to Twitter his morning saying he will be meeting Malaysian...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Malaysia’s National Covid-19 immunisation programme is currently underway and close to 400,000 frontliners have received their first dose as of yesterday. If you’re wondering what happens once you’ve completed your...

SIBU, March 21 — The news circulating on social media that 52 positive cases were detected in SK Abang Ali and 43 positive cases were in SK St Mary here is fake, said Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee. He...

MIRI, March 21 — Inter-district travel for Qing Ming festival is discouraged even within Miri Division, says Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin. In a briefing to committee members of Ghee San Riam Association yesterday, Lee said though...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — The public’s perception of Umno, especially towards the party leaders, needs to be improved to regain the people’s trust ahead of the 15th General Election (GE15), said Umno vice-president Dat...

KUCHING, March 21 — It is imperative to set a limit on the number of customers allowed into stores in Bintulu at any given time, says Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. In a statement yesterday, he pointed out adhering to Standard Operating...

SIBU, March 21 — Six cases turned out to be positive for Covid-19 out of the 977 samples collected during the mass active case detection (ACD) exercise at Kampung Hilir here on Thursday, which translated into a positivity rate of 0.6 per cent for.....

MIRI, March 21 — Police have unearthed Bitcoin mining operations here which caused Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) to lose RM1.43 million from theft of electricity, District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said. The illegal activities were uncovered...

KUCHING, March 21 — There is no need for anybody to seek cheap publicity over the ‘Allah’ issue as it is not a problem in Sarawak, says federal Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Datuk Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi. According to him,....

KUCHING, March 21 — The Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) Southern Zone Taskforce has urged the government to let private hospitals participate in the Covid-19 vaccination exercise. Its head See Chee How said this would help to realise the...

GEORGE TOWN, March 21 — While Yin’s Sourdough Bakery and Cafe is pretty established in Penang, it too suffered a drastic drop in business due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The bakery and cafe has an offshoot in Petaling Jaya and two other...

KOTA BHARU, March 20 — The government considers the issue of compound for violations of the standard operating procedure (SOP) to prevent COVID-19 infection as settled, and enforcement teams have been reminded to issue summonses only as a last...