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Perikatan urges government to set up RCI over FAM heritage player scandal

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) has called on the government to launch a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) following revelations of alleged document fraud involving naturalised football players in the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The call

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Thirteen face organised crime charges in Sepang court over ‘Geng Captain Praba’ links

SEPANG, Oct 8 — Thirteen men were charged in the Sessions Court here today with being members of an organised crime group known as ‘Geng Captain Praba’. The accused, M Lavindran, 27; M Meganathan, 37; M Tinesh, 20; K Utayaragu,

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Perak police seize RM13m in drugs hidden as ‘dried durian’ after North-South Expressway chase

IPOH, Oct 8 — Perak police seized drugs worth nearly RM13 million hidden in plastic packages labelled “dried durian” following a chase involving a multipurpose vehicle (MPV) along the North-South Expressway near Slim River on Monday. Perak police chief Datuk

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Anwar condemns Israeli interception of two more Gaza aid vessels carrying nine Malaysians

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has condemned Israel’s interception of two more humanitarian aid vessels carrying Malaysian nationals to Gaza, describing the action as illegal and inhumane. In a Facebook statement, Anwar said the Freedom

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Raja of Perlis presides over 270th Meeting of Conference of Rulers

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Raja of Perlis Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail today presided over the 270th Meeting of the Conference of Rulers at Istana Negara here. Attending the meeting were Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris

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Malaysian Pannir Selvam executed in Singapore for heroin trafficking, second hanging in two weeks

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Singapore has executed Malaysian national Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, 38, for trafficking 51.84 grammes of heroin into the republic in 2014, according to his family and an activist quoted by the New Straits Times (NST). “Yes,

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