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Normalcy returns in KLIA after four-day glitch
SEPANG: The situation at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) remained calm as at 3.30 pm yesterdahy as normal operations resumed after it was hit by network equipment failure for four days since Wednesday (Aug 21) night, a technical glitch
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Former prison inmate rearrested for snatch theft, two days after being released
IPOH: Just two days after being released from Tapah Prison, a former prison inmate was rearrested for allegedly committing a snatch theft at Jalan Horley, Ipoh Baru yesterday. Ipoh acting district police chief Supt Mohamad Nordin Abdullah said the 31-year-old
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Lim: Stern action against contractors who form cartel
BUTTERWORTH: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said yesterday that contractors found to have been ganging up to win government contracts will have stern action taken against them. He said using such tactics was a clear violation of laws and the
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Commando’s wives: We were afraid of approaching police trucks
IPOH: For wives of police force’s commandos, the sound of an approaching police truck or a whirring helicopter, would always send a shiver down their spine, especially during the pre-Independence and Malayan emergency era. While some will still be able
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‘I won’t forgive the communists for killing my family’
MELAKA: I will never forgive the sins of the Three Stars communist insurgents who killed five members of my family in Parit Sulong, Batu Pahat, Johor, said senior citizen, Tik Sulong, 86, while holding the picture of her family on
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Cyber attack on KLIA & KLIA 2 ruled out
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no incidence of cyber-attack detected so far in the network service disruption of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2), since the disruption was first detected on Aug 21. According to a statement from National Cyber
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Struggling for a Unesco World Heritage status
SUNGAI BULOH: Three years after the idea was first mooted to list the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement as a Unesco World Heritage site, it is no nearer to achieving its objective. Calls for turning it into a heritage site is
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Agong on 4-day state visit to Indonesia tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah will make a state visit to Indonesia from tomorrow until Aug 29. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement today said His Majesty would be accompanied by the
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29 arrested, more protests expected in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested 29 people after clashes overnight in which volleys of tear gas were fired to break up anti-government protests and as the Asian financial hub braced for further demonstrations in the day. Activists on Saturday
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Waythamoorthy prepared for anything
KUALA LUMPUR: Minister in Prime Minister’s Department in charge of national unity and social wellbeing P Waythamoorthy is prepared for any possibilities related to his ministerial post, amidst rumours of a cabinet reshuffle, since that comes under the prerogative of
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