MELAKA, April 12 — A housewife and a student in Melaka lost RM259,642 to a Macau scam syndicate after being duped by a syndicate member who posed as a Health Ministry (MOH) official claiming that their personal information had been used by other...

PUTRAJAYA, April 12 — Wisma Putra’s e-Konsular system, which receives and processes applications for the Certificate of Good Conduct (CGC), has returned to normalcy after experiencing a technical glitch. The Foreign Ministry in a statement today....

SEREMBAN, April 12 — The main suspect in connection with the discovery of a woman’s body in a ravine at KM 14 Jalan Lama Bukit Putus, Paroi here, on March 20, is believed to be involved in the abuse of a 35-year-old woman and her son aged eight.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 12 — The 3,281 contract doctors whose applications for permanent positions through the online system can recheck their status in 10 more days, the Public Services Commission (SPA) said today. SPA explained that most of these...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — A total of 179,451 applications to hire foreign workers in five sectors will be processed and approved within six weeks, according to Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan. He said of the total, 24,560...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar today explained her decision to sit out the PKR party election this month. The former PKR vice-president and daughter of PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said she chose to....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has retained the PKR presidency for the 2022-2025 term as expected after winning the post uncontested at the PKR polls 2022. PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed the....

KUCHING, April 12 — Sarawak PKR acting chairman Abang Zulkifli Abang Engkeh today explained he decided against contesting the PKR vice-presidency as he knows full well that candidates from Sarawak will not be able to garner the required votes from....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — A former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chairman today said he had “suspicions” regarding then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak after the latter urged for the 1MDB board to expedite its decision in 2009 on...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will answer his 47 charges involving criminal breach of trust (CBT), corruption and money laundering charges in relation to Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB) funds,...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — A Buddhist-turned-Muslim mother today failed to convince the country’s highest court to restore her two children’s unilateral conversion to Islam. A three-judge panel at the Federal Court ruled that the Court of Appeal....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Amid increased talks that the 15th general election will be held this year, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke today signalled to party members to make sure their electoral machinery is fully prepared by August. He also...

IPOH, April 12 — Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad said he is yet to be called by the Perak Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over the investigation of a piece government-owned land, which was sold to a third party, after its....

IPOH, April 12 — The Perak government will not be following in the footsteps of Melaka to ban children from going to Ramadan and Hari Raya bazaars in the silver state. But Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad advised parents against...

LAWAS, April 12 ­— Selangau MP Baru Bian has welcomed the Sarawak Cabinet’s decision to issue temporary documentation to eligible stateless children applying for citizenship under Section 15A of the Federal Constitution to support them in...

SEPANG, April 12 — The police have received 35 reports, involving 45 Malaysians, believed to be stranded in countries such as in Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, said Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Abd...

BUKIT MERTAJAM, April 12 — Penang police are hunting down a group of men who were seen firing carbide cannons at Jalan Permatang Rawa roadside here, in a video which has gone viral on social media since yesterday. Seberang Perai Tengah police...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — There will be a crowded 18-cornered fight for the PKR vice-presidency 2022/2025 term after a last minute addition late last night by the party’s information chief Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin. News portal The...

SHAH ALAM, April 12 — Former fugitive Liow Soon Hee, also known as Nicky Liow, was today charged with 26 counts of money laundering involving a sum of RM36 million. Liow, 34, dressed in a black long-sleeved t-shirt and black pants, pled not guilty....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — The Health Ministry recorded 7,739 new Covid 19 cases in the last 24 hours, a reduction compared to yesterday’s 8,112. This is the second consecutive day the country has seen less than 10,000 Covid 19 cases since...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — The Public Services Commission (SPA) has given an assurance that it will review the applications of contract doctors who applied for permanent positions through its system but were rejected. SPA chairman Tan Sri Zainal...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Travel tickets are selling fast ahead of the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holiday that is likely to start May 3, English daily The Star reported today, citing private and public transport firms that said they may increase ticket...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — A total of 164,375 children aged between five to 11 or 4.6 per cent of their population in the country have completed the Covid-19 vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Childre...

BANGKOK, April 12 — Few cases ruffle Hamid Ismail after nearly two decades as a lawyer, but he was taken aback when a man he defended was sentenced with the help of an artificial intelligence tool in the Malaysian state of Sabah. Ismail knew...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar has predicted a much smaller turnout of voters at the upcoming general election (GE15), despite the implementation of automatic voter registration and the lowering of the voting age to...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Police today said that the death of a man in the Indera Mahkota lock-up in Kuantan, Pahang, on Saturday was due to acute chronic lung infection with underlying pulmonary tuberculosis with Covid-19. Bukit Aman Integrity and....

PUTRAJAYA, April 11 — Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim assured the residents of the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) Sungai Baru Flats in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, who claimed to have received eviction...

PETALING JAYA, April 11 — The contest for the PKR vice-presidency for the 2022/2025 term has attracted 17 candidates as at 7pm today. Leading the list of candidates for the four posts of vice-president are Selangor Mentri Besar and state PKR...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The tabling of the Constitution (Amendment) Bill (No.3) 2022 in Parliament to pave the way for the formulation of the Anti-Party Hopping Bill is centred on the people’s interests and a manifestation that the country was.....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi today called on the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) to immediately make amendments to the Persons with Disabilities (PwD) Act 2008 and the Care Centres Act 1993....