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MB: Selangor Ruler reviewing controversial unilateral conversion bill
SHAH ALAM: Selangor Ruler, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is reviewing the controversial bill that favored unilateral conversion, revealed Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari. He also added that no decision has been made on whether the bill would be tabled or not.
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PH presidential council, decide policy decisions first, not Dr M’s solo say
This has been happening at a troubling frequency: the Pakatan Harapan chairperson and Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad making unilateral decisions for the people. Or that’s the pretty picture that Mahathir is sending – that he calls the shots despite
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Malaysian voyeur in plane toilet charged in US
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Lee Choon Ping became the first person to be charged under a law against video voyeurism in Houston, Texas, after allegedly planting a hidden camera in the toilet of a United Airlines flight in May. Lee was
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Frequent, higher temperatures up to 32°C now in major cities
KINRARA: Major cities in Malaysia are seeing more days where temperatures can hit at least 32°C compared to 10 years ago. Kuala Lumpur, a city where almost two million people call home, can expect 270 days in a year when
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Waytha: I didn’t speak on khat
PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department P Waytha Moorthy today refuted a report claiming he disagrees with khat lessons in Tamil schools, saying he never issued any such statement. He said the report, carried by news portal Malaysiakini,
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Husband, wife arrested for road rage murder
KAJANG: A fender bender that turned into a car chase and ultimately led to a fight where one of two motorists involved was killed in a road rage at Plus Highway near Bandar Baru Bangi. Selangor CID chief Senior Asst
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Hotline for info on Nora Anne
NILAI: Police yesterday activated a hotline to enable members of the public to share information that could assist the ongoing search and rescue (SAR) operations for Franco-Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin, 15, who was reported missing from the Dusun Resort
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Tan, Ku Nan graft case jointly tried
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court allowed the prosecution’s application for the corruption cases involving businessman Datuk Tan Eng Boon and former federal territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, better known as Ku Nan, to be tried jointly. In
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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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