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Delhi’s displaced scrape a living after deadly riots
NEW DELHI: Mohammed Anees fled his home in northeastern New Delhi last week as Hindu-Muslim clashes erupted in his area, escaping with his family of four to a relative’s home. He had only a few hundred rupees in his wallet,
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Man’s attempt to smuggle cigarettes to S’pore foiled
SINGAPORE: Singapore authority foiled an attempt to smuggle a total of 1,376 cartons and 740 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes in an arriving Malaysia-registered bus on Feb 28 at Tuas Checkpoint. In its latest update on its Facebook page, Immigration & Checkpoints
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China reports 119 new coronavirus cases, down from day earlier
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Mainland China had 119 new confirmed cases of coronavirus yesterday, the country’s National Health Commission said today, down slightly from 125 on the previous day. The total number of cases on the mainland has now reached 80,270. The number
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COVID-19: China advises overseas Chinese to stay away from the country
BEIJING: Chinese authorities today asked overseas Chinese to reconsider or minimise their travel plans as the coronavirus epidemic spreads across the world and prompts an uptick of imported cases arriving in the country. Travellers from countries with severe coronavirus outbreaks
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Thai police nab Malaysian man and wife over phone scam
BANGKOK: Police have nabbed a Malaysian man and his Thai wife for allegedly having swindled victims out of millions of baht in a phone scam. The 29-year-old man and his 33-year-old wife, who led a lavish lifestyle, were arrested on
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No Malaysians affected in Manila hostage incident – Malaysian Embassy
KUALA LUMPUR: No Malaysians were affected in the shooting and hostage incident at a shopping mall in Manila in the Philippines yesterday. Malaysian Embassy in the Philippines first secretary and head of chancery Ridzwan Shahabudin said the current situation in Manila is generally safe.
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COVID-19: Hangzhou launched QR code to scan health condition
KUALA LUMPUR: China’s Hangzhou recently launched a health QR code system as a regional ‘traffic permit’, ensuring systematic population flow during the novel coronavirus outbreak. According to the Hangzhou Municipal Government in a statement, the health QR code is the
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China uses visa as weapon for foreign journalists
BEIJING: The Chinese government has ‘weaponised’ visas as part of a stepped-up campaign of pressure on foreign journalists operating in the country, the Foreign Correspondents Club of China said today. China, last month revoked the visas of three Wall Street
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Political intervention in corruption case involving UMNO leaders
I refer to statements by political and non-political parties calling for no political intervention in the case of corruption involving UMNO leaders. (And investigation of corruption cases against PAS leaders) The call is of course a futile call and a
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Southern Thailand peace talks to resume in KL on March 4
PATTANI: The second round of the Southern Thailand peace talks will go on as scheduled this week despite the change of government in Malaysia. A Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) source said the meeting, to be held on March 4, will see Malaysia’s
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