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Nora Anne: Search continues
NILAI: It has been 120 hours and 15-year-old Franco-Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin, who went missing from The Dusun Resort here since Sunday, is yet to be found. As the search and rescue (SAR) efforts enter the sixth day today,
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Criminal charges against 17 current & ex-Goldman Sachs directors filed
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has filed criminal charges against 17 current and former directors at subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs Group Inc in a multi-billion-dollar corruption investigation at state fund 1MDB, the attorney general said. Goldman Sachs has been under scrutiny for
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No re-tabling of unilateral conversion bill
KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor DAP chairman Gobind Singh Deo dismissed the possibility of the tabling a bill that permitted unilateral conversion of minors again as suggested by Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari as it was not deliberated at the state Pakatan
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Bung Mokhtar, wife graft case retained at Sessions Court
KUALA LUMPUR: The corruption case against Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin and his wife, Zizie Izette A Samad who are jointly charged for receiving RM2.8 million of bribe will be retained in the Sessions Court. The decision to
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Riza Aziz’s money laundering trial set for January 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Riza Aziz, the stepson of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak who claimed trial to five counts of money laundering charges amounting to RM1.18 billion would have his day in court in January, next year. The trial hearing
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Community support for dementia patients via senior citizen’s activity centre
PETALING JAYA: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry wants to ensure there is sufficient communal support for senior citizens, especially those suffering from dementia by setting up senior citizen’s activity centre nationwide. Its deputy minister Hannah Yeoh said that
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B40 recipients for petrol subsidies data being updated
KOTA KINABALU: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs is updating data on recipients of the petrol subsidy programme from the lower-income group (B40) to ensure that only those who are eligible receive such assistance. The Minister, Datuk Seri
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Selangor’s unilateral conversion bill may be tabled after all
SHAH ALAM: The controversial proposed amendments that allows unilateral conversion may still be tabled in the Selangor state legislative assembly, confirmed Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari. The state chief noted that Selangor, Penang and Sabah have different interpretations on the
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Saifuddin: RF8 Army Youth Media not PH’s social media
PUTRAJAYA: Pakatan Harapan Chief Secretariat Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah has denied a claim by the RF8 Army Youth Media that it had been appointed to represent the government in any way. “We are referring to a media statement by the group
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Selangor government is neither in turmoils nor under threat
SHAH ALAM: Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari has denied a news portal’s report yesterday that the state administration is in turmoil and his leadership is under threat. He said it was baseless of the report to suggest that cracks had
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