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Lam: Violence in Hong Kong getting serious
HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said today that the escalation of violence in anti-government protests that have rocked the Asian financial centre for three months is becoming more serious. Lam was speaking in public for the first time
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Fire destroys 60 houses in Tawau
TAWAU: At least 60 homes were destroyed in a fire in Kampung Otentik, Tanjung Batu Keramat, last night. Tawau Fire and Rescue station chief Sharudy Delamin said firefighters had difficulty putting out the fire due to strong wind as well
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Seven-kilometre crawl on PLUS Expressway
SEREMBAN: The traffic along the North-South Expressway (PLUS) heading north from Bandar Ainsdale near here is reported to be congested with a seven-kilometre crawl this morning due to works to remove the two lorries involved in an accident last night.
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‘Politicians masterminded ‘unpaid taxes’ witch hunt on me’
KUALA LUMPUR: Nooryana Najwa Najib, the daughter of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, blamed politicians as the mastermind behind the witch hunt following the decision by the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) to sue for RM10.3 million in unpaid
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G7 leaders back Hong Kong autonomy, call for calm
BIARRITZ: G7 leaders meeting in France yesterday backed Hong Kong’s autonomy as laid out in a 1984 agreement between Britain and China and called for calm in the protest-hit city. “The G7 reaffirms the existence and the importance of the
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CBI remand on Chidambaram extended by four days
Former finance minister P Chidambaram’s luck did not back him yesterday. Chidambaram, who is currently under CBI and ED probe for money laundering in connection with INX Media case, faced two setbacks at two different courts today. At one hand,
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of asylum crackdown
US President Donald Trump’s administration yesterday asked the US Supreme Court to lift a court order preventing the government from fully enforcing a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border. California-based US District Judge
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More plant protein tied to longer life
People who eat more plant-based protein may live longer than those who get more protein from meat, a Japanese study suggests. Researchers followed almost 71,000 middle-aged Japanese adults for an average of almost two decades. Compared to people who consumed
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34 years’ incarceration, 20 strokes of caning for rape, molest, sodomy of 8
SANDAKAN: A primary school disciplinary teacher in Beluran was sentenced to a total of 34 years imprisonment and a total of 20 strokes of the cane on 14 charges of rape, molestation and sodomy of eight female pupils. Sessions Court
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Is the IPCMC a discriminatory provision against the police?
The IPCMC, the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission, is intended to be a non-police, (“civilian”) institution focused on effectively handling complaints of misconduct of police officers. Today, at a meeting, I heard a retired senior police officer say that
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