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DPM: Not appropriate to impose travel ban on PTPTN defaulters
PUCHONG: It is not appropriate to impose travel ban on borrowers who default on paying their National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan. Speaking on the matter, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the government had
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Sungai Siput MP: She is the one harassing me
PUCHONG: Sungai Siput MP S Kesavan of PKR acknowledged that he is the MP embroiled in a sexual harassment case following a police report lodged against him. He, however denied the allegation, saying the woman was never his former parliamentary
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DPM’s Wesak Day message: Reject all forms of extremism
PUCHONG: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today urged Malaysians to reject all forms of racial and religious extremism. Speaking in conjunction with the Wesak Day celebration which falls tomorrow, she also said that ‘Malaysia Baru’
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Sexual harassment by MP: Cops on the case
PUCHONG: Police have confirmed receiving a report from a former aide to a PKR MP in Perak alleging that she was sexually harassed by the latter. Selangor CID chief SAC Fadzil Ahmat said the report was lodged in Selangor but
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‘No freeze in the intake of foreign workers’
PUCHONG: The Human Resources Ministry clarified that there is no freeze in the recruitment of foreign workers although many applications to bring in workers have been rejected for non-compliance with the law. The ministry said, in a statement, that it
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Ladang Bangi temple: MPKj and police break open lock blocking access road
BANGI: The Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) and the police finally broke open the lock that was blocking the access road to the Sri Maha Karumariamman Temple in Ladang Bangi yesterday. Parti Sosialis Malaysia central committee member S Arutchelvan said the
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Xavier lauds court’s ruling against poachers
PUCHONG: The Kuala Terengganu Sessions Court’s decision to fine RM1.56 million each on two Vietnamese poachers was the highest amount so far for wildlife crimes in the country’s history. Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar welcomed the
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Consumer rights advocate SM Mohamed Idris dies
PENANG: Malaysia’s most prominent consumer advocate, SM Mohamed Idris, died today at the age of 93. Idris, who headed the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP), breathed his last at 4.45 pm at the Gleneagles Medical Centre after having suffered from
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35-feet rotating lantern and Wesak float key highlight for Wesak Day
KUALA LUMPUR: Wesak Day is officially celebrated this Sunday at the Buddhist Maha Vihara temple in Brickfields. The celebration, however, begins tonight with a talk on dhamma by Thai monk Luang Por Thoon in Thai language. The talk will be
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Adib inquest: Forensics expert grilled on ‘probability report’
PUCHONG: A lawyer today questioned the ‘probability report’ of a forensic pathologist witness in the inquest into the death of Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim, that injuries on the right chest of the firefighter were caused by a curb or road
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