KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) youth representatives today lodged a report at the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador’s allegation of political interference in.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Malaysia today recorded 3,120 new Covid-19 infections, with 54.6 per cent or half of these patients found in the states of Selangor, Sarawak, and Kuala Lumpur alone, the Health Ministry’s latest statistics show. The...

JOHOR BARU, May 4 — The Johor government disclosed today that public hospitals in the state have exceeded the capacity of their intensive care units (ICUs) to treat critical Covid-19 cases. Johor Health and Environment Committee chairman R....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is monitoring several government departments suspected of being involved in a cartel monopolising the bulk of government contracts. MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki.....

KUCHING, May 4 — ConocoPhilips Sarawak Ltd, a multinational oil and gas exploration company today confirmed that a jack-up drilling rig, NAGA 7, that they chartered had listed last Monday offshore Sarawak, near Miri, about 840km north from here....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 ― Velesto Energy Bhd is investigating the incident involving its drilling rig, Velesto Naga 7, which submerged today in offshore Sarawak, and is evaluating options. “The rig is covered by insurance and recovery efforts are...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 ― Undi Sarawak has filed a judicial review against the government, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and the Election Commission (EC) for delaying the lowering of voting age to 18 at the Kuching High Court today. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Malaysia is poised for a strong rebound in 2021 and 2022 as it rides a vaccine-led global economic recovery once the Covid-19 pandemic situation remained under control, the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said in....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — The High Court here has ordered Eric Tan Kim Loong, who is alleged to be an associate of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, to pay income tax of RM67,996,891.87 to the Malaysian government after failing to enter an....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — The government should consider implementing a windfall tax on industries that benefit greatly from the Covid-19 crisis, according to Khazanah Research Institute senior advisor Professor Jomo Kwame Sundaram. “This is...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Minister in charge of Islamic affairs Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad has brushed aside queries about his presence at a tahnik ceremony for popular singer Datuk Siti Nurhaliza’s newborn here on April 26, amid criticism that the...

SEBERANG PERAI, May 4 — An oil recycling company had its licence suspended and was slapped with a RM642,000 fine by the Department of Environment (DoE) after it was found to have channelled oil residue into public drains.  Penang DoE direc...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 ― The government will further discuss and scrutinise the issues related to the new conditions announced by the Saudi Arabian government for all visitors arriving in the Kingdom to have insurance coverage against Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 ― The Melor state by-election, which is supposed to be held within 60 days following the death of its incumbent assemblyman Dr Md Yusnan Yusof last Friday, has been postponed, said Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) is urging Education Minister Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin to take firm action against teachers who sexually harass female students. In a statement, its Children’s Commissioner.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 ― Despite continued fiscal policy support amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysia’s build-up in government debt underscored the need to restore fiscal buffers toward economic stability and resilience post-pandemic when the...

KANGAR, May 4 ― A thunderstorm wreaked havoc in the state last night, leaving trail of destruction with losses estimated at more than RM130,000 based on reports lodged by the victims. Perlis police chief Datuk Surina Saad said as at 10am today,...

KUCHING, May 4 — ConocoPhillips Sarawak Ltd has confirmed that all those on board its jack-up drilling rig Naga 7 have been evacuated. The company said in a press statement issued today that the marine incident occurred on Monday. “A mar...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — A group of 20 women MPs have united across the political divide to ask Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to ensure that schools are a safe place for students, following allegations of a rape joke by a teacher and rape...

SIBU, May 4 — The Sessions Court here yesterday sentenced a 33-year-old woman from Kapit to eight years’ imprisonment for causing the death of a man in February this year. Judge Marutin Pagan meted out the sentence on Sandra Siman after she...

MIRI, May 4 ― A total of 182 close contacts of the Covid-19 positive cases from eight longhouses and a school in Tinjar will be transported to Miri today for swab test and quarantined at designated centres. Minister in-charge of Miri Divisional...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — There is a possibility that DAP may work with Umno post the 15th general election (GE15) if the election has no clear winner, according to DAP member Anthony Loke. Loke said that if Umno goes into GE15 alone as it has...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — The recent revelation by former inspector-general of police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador that he allegedly experienced political interference from Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin is a clear indication of the need.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 ― Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today said that a Covid-19 Advisory Group led by himself will present recommendations to the current Perikatan Nasional (PN) government on ways to better tackle the Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 ― After 17-year-old Ain Husniza slammed a male teacher for making “rape jokes” in class last month, her father said many female teachers have reached out to him with stories of sexual harassment in schools. Saiful Nizam...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is scheduled to hold a press conference this afternoon at around 5pm, after days of speculation that a movement control order (MCO) will be reintroduced in the Klang Valley as...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Popular graphic artist Fahmi Reza Mohd Zarin today turned up outside the Dang Wangi district police headquarters (IPD) here, in a show of solidarity with Lembah Pantai MP Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil. Ahmad Fahmi is among eight....

GEORGE TOWN, May 4 — Penang Gerakan lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over graft allegations involving its RM11.93 million poultry distribution centre. Its state complaints bureau chief H’ng Khoon Leng...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Several Pakatan Harapan (PH) MPs today lodged police reports after former top cop Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador’s exposé, alleging political interference within the agency. The five MPs who made individual police reports are...

SINGAPORE, May 4 ― A 22 year-old female Malaysian was among the 10 new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection reported here yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH). In its full data released late last night, MoH said she is...