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Green light for MACC to forfeit RM4.9 million from Yayasan Permata
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has been given the green light to forfeit RM4.9 million from Yayasan Permata Malaysia in a 1MDB forfeiture suit. The order was made by High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah as Yayasan Genius
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Churchill’s grandson to be axed from Conservative Party for defying Johnson
Nicholas Soames, the grandson of Britain’s World War Two leader Winston Churchill, will be expelled from the Conservative Party after voting against Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Brexit. The move against the Conservative Party grandee marks one of the most
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RM6 billion in losses annually due to illegal fishing
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia loses up to RM6 billion due to illegal fishing annually, according to the director of Landing and Licensing Division in the Department of Fisheries Malaysia (DOF), Wan Muhammad Aznan Abdullah. He said despite tough enforcement measures in
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Sleepy to sleepless? Indonesia’s future capital in the forest
By day, the unforgiving sun glares off the road beside Ipah’s wooden home with blinding brightness as a passing motorcycle stirs a swirl of dust. By night, the beams of an occasional truck carrying coal or palm fruits pierce the
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Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan would risk civil war
The majority of America’s ambassadors to Afghanistan since the removal of the Taliban government have condemned the US approach to negotiating a troop withdrawal, warning it risked a return to “total civil war”. Writing the day after a draft agreement
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KLCI opened higher this morning
KUALA LUMPUR: The KLCI opened higher today due to bargain hunting after a substantial drop yesterday and after the ringgit strengthened. At 9am today, the KLCI opened up 2.34 points or 0.15% at 1,593.86. At 9:07am the index rose 2.63
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Lam: I never offered to quit
On Monday, a recording of a private meeting emerged where she is heard saying: “If I have a choice, the first thing is to quit.” She said yesterday that she had “never tendered any resignation”, but did not deny the
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Eight convictions in human trafficking in first year
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court that promised justice for victims of human trafficking made eight convictions in its inaugural year despite the launch of hundreds of investigations in recent years, data obtained exclusively by the Thomson Reuters Foundation revealed. Malaysia
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HK activists advise Merkel before her China trip
BERLIN: Days before Angela Merkel leaves for a tricky visit to Beijing, prominent Hong Kong activists have written to the German Chancellor calling her to be guided by her memories of life in dictatorial East Germany in her dealings with
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Police report against my brother not me
PUCHONG: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s political secretary Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak clarified that it was his brother, not he, who was wanted by the police over a brawl that took place on Saturday in Ampang. He also
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