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Still room for amending or repealing PAA
PUCHONG: In welcoming the amendments to the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA) that legalizes street protest, National Human Rights Society (Hakam) said there were still provisions that the government should consider for a repeal or amendment. Among the provisions Hakam has
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Police arrest individuals suspected of vandalising activist’s house
PUCHONG: The police have arrested four individuals believed to be involved in vandalising the home of an environmental activist recently. Bukit Aman CID director Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed said the four suspects were arrested following a raid in a townhouse
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Zahid says Khazanah’s new appointments show Pakatan’s hypocrisy
PUCHONG: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is back on active duty, firing his first salvo against the Pakatan Harapan government for allegedly being hypocritical on China’s involvement in the country. The former deputy prime minister took potshots at Khazanah Nasional
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Mother orangutan hands over baby to S’pore zookeeper
True bond forged between animal and man. A video of a mother orangutan entrusting a zookeeper with her baby went hugely viral on Reddit recently. Mother orangutan trusts her caretaker completely. The short 15-second video shows the mother orangutan pulling her baby
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Koh-Amri task force: Former cop Mokhtar withdraws
PUCHONG: Former Royal Malaysian Police legal unit chief Mokhtar Mohd Noor has quit from the special task force set up by the Home Ministry to investigate the enforced disappearances of pastor Raymond Koh and social activist Amri Che Mat. In
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Scholars, lawyer pan Tuan Ibrahim over ‘fake’ hadith
PUCHONG: Scholars from various fields and a lawyer panned PAS deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man’s Islamic justification in rejecting the motion that compels all federal lawmakers to declare assets. “Whatever precedence there is that suggests one to be
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Pasir Gudang pollution: Will buffer zones help?
JOHOR BAHRU: As the government studies the need to restructure the buffer zones for industrial areas in Pasir Gudang following the latest episode of health issues plaguing the many schools in the industrial town last week, concerns have arisen that
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Woman arrested, charged for ‘controlling behaviour’
LONDON: A woman was charged with ‘controlling behaviour,’ an offense punishable by law in England, for allegedly nagging her bodybuilder husband to do more housework and spend less time at the gym. Valerie Sanders was scheduled for trial in court
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Water crisis: India sends out 250 civil servants to dry areas
NEW DELHI: India is sending more than 250 civil servants to some of the driest areas of the vast country in an effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to tackle water shortages. India’s monsoon, which accounts for nearly 70%
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Ocasio-Cortez: Texas migrant facility in ‘horrifying’ state
CLINT, Texas: Migrants held at a border patrol station in Texas were being kept in ‘horrifying’ conditions that included psychological abuse and being told to drink out of toilets, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said after a visit to the facility with
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