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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:52:03 +0800
Floods: Implementation of Keluarga Malaysia automotive aid improved via unregistered workshop claim, says Finance Ministry
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The government has improved the implementation of the Keluarga Malaysia Automotive Aid by allowing flood victims to make a cash claim if their vehicles had been repaired in a workshop that is not registered with the...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:33:09 +0800
Kelantan Health Dept says probing cause of Covid-19 infection among SMKA Naim Lil-Banat students
KOTA BARU, Jan 18 — The Kelantan Health Department (JKNK) is still conducting further investigations regarding the Covid-19 infection among Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama (SMKA) Naim Lil-Banat students. Its director Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin said...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:22:57 +0800
Govt will assist Suhakam in promoting human rights based on Malaysian model, says law minister
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 18 — The government has provided assurances that it will assist the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) to promote human rights in the country based on the Federal Constitution and the Malaysian model for the prosperity of....

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:20:29 +0800
Perak Forestry Dept: Kledang Saiong forest reserve obtained logging approval in 2018
IPOH, Jan 18 — The Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve, near Kuala Kangsar and classified as a production forest, had obtained approval for logging in an area of 80 hectares by the relevant authority in 2018. Perak Forestry Department (JPNPk) director,.....

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:20:24 +0800
Sabah signs MoUs to launch three projects worth RM4.3b
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 18 — The Sabah government today signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with investors to launch three major projects worth RM4.3 billion. The first MoU, between Yayasan Sabah and Pavilion Kota Kinabalu Sdn Bhd, is for the...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:17:22 +0800
Thaipusam SOPs: Minister says satisfied with public compliance
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — National Unity Minister Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique is satisfied with the level of compliance by the public with the standard operating procedure (SOP) for the Thaipusam celebration this year. She also praised efforts by...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:16:52 +0800
In Sarawak, housewife loses more than RM87,000 in Macau scam
SIBU, Jan 18 — A housewife in a fishing village in Igan, Mukah Division near here, lost more than RM87,000, including her savings in Tabung Haji, after falling victim to a Macau scam syndicate. Sibu District Acting Police chief Supt Collin Babat...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:04:46 +0800
Medical association backs sternest action against all doctors who issue fake Covid-19 vaccine certificates
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — All medical practitioners who have issued Covid-19 vaccine certificates to people who didn’t actually receive their shots with no jabs should be punished, the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) said today. MMA president...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:02:53 +0800
CM: Sabah to look into citizenship claims surrounding state GLC board member
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 18 — Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has promised to investigate claims that a Sabah MIC chairman, who was appointed to the board of the state-linked Sawit Kinabalu, was originally a migrant who obtained Malaysian...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:51:09 +0800
Wrapping up probe, Securities Commission says can’t conclusively establish breach of rules in Azam Baki shares trade
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The Securities Commission (SC) today said it has finished its investigations concerning the controversial acquisition of public shares by Tan Sri Azam Baki that has stirred public uproar and demands for the Malaysian...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:43:15 +0800
PJ cops: Product launch attended by ex-minister under investigation for possible SOP breaches
PETALING JAYA, Jan 18 — The organiser and guests of a product launch, also attended by a former minister, at a hotel here yesterday will be called in for questioning for allegedly breaching standard operating procedures (SOP) under Phase Four of...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:11:27 +0800
Bukit Aman: Pengkalan Chepa detainee died of pneumonia
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The Integrity and Standards Compliance Department’s (JIPS) Criminal Investigation Unit on Deaths in Custody has confirmed that the death of a detainee at the Pengkalan Chepa police station lock-up...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:51:08 +0800
'Catch Azam Baki' movement announces protest in KL on Jan 22
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The 'Catch Azam Baki' movement today announced that it would be organising a peaceful street protest, citing disappointment over the apparent inaction against embattled Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) ch...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:30:04 +0800
Malaysia records 3,245 Covid infections, increase of 903 cases from previous day
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Malaysia logged 3,245 new Covid-19 infections on Thaipusam today, an increase of 903 cases from the previous day’s figure. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brings the cumulative number of...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:52:59 +0800
Parliament select committee meeting to discuss MACC chief’s share issue should continue, say four Opposition MPs
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — All four Opposition MPs on the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) overseeing Agencies in the Prime Minister's Department have insisted today that the hearing for Tan Sri Azam Baki should go ahead as scheduled on Januar...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:44:31 +0800
Report: MIC deputy president says Indians losing faith in government over Thaipusam SOPs
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — MIC deputy president Datuk Seri M. Saravanan today cautioned the government over its handling of Thaipusam standard operating procedures (SOPs), saying the Indian community has started to lose faith in Putrajaya. The human...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:15:48 +0800
Celebrating a quiet Thaipusam in Malaysia for the second year in a row (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 ― Hundreds of Hindu devotees marked Thaipusam at the Sri Subramaniar Temple in Batu Caves here this morning even as the threat of the Omicron Covid-19 variant loomed large. The sounds from the tavil (Indian drum) and...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:45:47 +0800
Gobind: Has Muhyiddin lodged a police report on being pressured to interfere in court cases?
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Puchong MP Gobind Singh has asked Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin if he has lodged a police report against those whom he claimed had asked him to intervene in court cases when he was prime minister. Gobind said there were...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:15:36 +0800
Pahang police chief: 23 cops sacked in 2020, 2021 for various offences
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 18 — A total of 23 Pahang police officers and men have been sacked for committing various offences in 2020 and last year, said state police chief Datuk Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf. Fourteen cases were recorded last yea...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:09:59 +0800
DCM: Sabah hopes to earn upwards of RM2.2b from carbon credit deals
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 18 — Sabah aims to earn up to RM5.6 billion annually by leveraging on its forests in carbon credit and other nature monetising deals, said deputy chief minister Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan. The state agriculture and fisheries...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:56:53 +0800
King, Queen extend Thaipusam greetings to Malaysians
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah today extended their Thaipusam greetings to Hindus in the...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:53:03 +0800
CovidNow: 41pc of Malaysia’s adult population have received booster shot
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — A total of 237,703 individuals of the adult population in the country received the Covid-19 booster dose yesterday (Jan 17), bringing the cumulative number of booster doses administered to 9,609,454 or 41 per cent of the...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:11:05 +0800
Kit Siang: Azam Baki’s stock-trading saga may trigger Johor election, GE15 after CNY
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Tan Sri Azam Baki’s proxy stock-trading saga may lead to both the Johor state election and 15th general election (GE15) being called soon, according to veteran DAP...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:59:33 +0800
Former Penang state exco Danny Law quits DAP
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 18 — Former Penang state executive in charge of tourism Datuk Danny Law Heng Kiang has left DAP. Penang DAP secretary Lim Hui Ying said Law submitted his resignation letter today.  “The Penang DAP committee respects his....

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:56:37 +0800
Noxious fumes from fire-struck Pulau Burung landfill forces Penang schools nearby to close temporarily
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 18 — Barely a week after physical classes resumed this year, schools near the Pulau Burung landfill in mainland Penang have been ordered to close and switch to home-based teaching and learning for the rest of this week due to...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:14:24 +0800
Close shave for Sri Pahang manager Dollah Salleh, family as MPV crashes in Seremban
SEREMBAN, Jan 18 — Sri Pahang FC team manager Dollah Salleh and seven of his family members were involved in a road crash after the vehicle they were traveling in skidded at Kilometre 8 of Jalan Kuala Pilah-Batu Kikir, near here, last nigh...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:38:11 +0800
Johor Bersatu assemblyman in sexual molest probe denies allegation, claims political conspiracy
JOHOR BARU, Jan 18 — Sedili assemblyman Rasman Ithnain has stepped up and publicly revealed himself as the Johor Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) member in the centre of a sexual harassment and molest police report filed by another party...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:07:02 +0800
Malaysia records 16 more Covid-19 deaths, including two brought-in-dead cases
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The Health Ministry recorded another 16 deaths due to Covid-19 as of midnight. This included two people who died before reaching hospitals. The overall death toll from the disease in the country since the pandemic began two.....

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:49:58 +0800
Kelantan Forestry Dept denies footage showing logging activity took place near Gua Musang, tiger habitat
MACHANG, Jan 18 — The Kelantan Forestry Department (JPNK) has denied the image of traces of forest logging activities recorded by a drone that went viral yesterday, was near the tiger habitat or the Orang Asli village in Pos Bihai, Gua Musang....

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:03:39 +0800
KL mayor: Study on Federal Hill section to address possible future landslides, erosion
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and its consultants were conducting an ongoing study on slope areas along the Lingkungan Negri Sembilan (LNS) at Federal Hill here, where landslides occurred last year. The study on how to...



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