JOHOR BARU, Feb 18 — The families of the teenagers who died in an accident four years ago expressed their gratitude for the latest developments in the case today. Earlier, the High Court here ordered a sales promoter who was involved in the...

TAIPING, Feb 18 — Police raided two premises in Kamunting here which were running bitcoin mining operations on stolen electricity that eventually caused Tenaga Nasional Berhad to suffer losses amounting to RM600,000 over three months. District...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 18 — Three more individuals have been remanded to assist in the probe by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) into the sale of government revenue stamps and foreign workers’ Temporary Working Visit Pass (PLKS) stickers,....

  KUALA LUMPUR,  Feb 18 — Sungai Besar Umno division chief Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos, who is charged with two counts of uploading offensive content on his Facebook, is sending a letter....

KUCHING, Feb 18 — Sarawak police have unearthed digital currency mining activities or cryptocurrency minings which caused the Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) to lose RM4.32 million from electricity theft. Miri district police chief, ACP Hakemal Hawari....

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 18 — The Federal Court seven-member bench will deliver its verdict on the Attorney-General’s (AG) contempt of court application against news portal Malaysiakini and its editor-in chief over the publication of readers’ comments...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 18 — Asking the prime minister to put an end to the Emergency, a Sabah party said that the most viable solution now for everyone’s interest is to form a unity government, instead of holding the 15th general election early....

PUTRAJAYA, 18 Feb — A chairman of a construction company is in remand for three days from today for alleged corruption to secure a project worth RM110 million from a ministry in 2012. Magistrate Shah Wira Abdul Halim issued the remand order...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 18 — Malaysia finds the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine more attractive as recipients need to take only one dose, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. “The Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses a one-dose meth...

SHAH ALAM, Feb 18 — An insurance training consultant was charged in the Sessions Court here today with 25 counts of money laundering, involving RM1.8 million. Zuriati Mohamed Yusoff, 47, a former director at Millionaire Synergy Sdn Bhd, however,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — With Malaysia already facing an impending prison overcrowding issue where close to 70,000 are currently serving jail terms for various offences across the country, lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo urged the government to stop sending....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah is in full support of Undi 18 implementation (lowering the voting age to 18). Saifuddin in a post on Twitter said Undi 18 is about empowering young people and...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 18 — Deep throat saliva samples will soon be used by some government hospitals for Covid-19 tests, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Adham Baba. He said that on an evaluation by the Institute for Medical Research (IMR), deep throat...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 18 — There will be no fear or favour in the investigation of an illegal turtle egg dinner allegedly involving the brother of a former state assemblyman, assured Sabah’s Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Jafry...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — About half of Malaysian employees want a combination of working from home and the office after the pandemic, according to a poll by recruitment agency Randstad. The Randstad Workmonitor survey revealed that 48 per cent of...

KLUANG Feb 18 — A 58-year-old unemployed man was charged in the Magistrates Court here today with driving under the influence of alcohol and causing the death of a policeman at KM6 of Jalan Kluang-Teck Wah Hing near here last week. Accused T....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — The High Court today allowed Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four other lawmakers from his Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) to be party to a constitutional court challenge regarding the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s discretion to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — DAP senator Liew Chin Tong and lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo today warned that overcrowded prisons in the country are a breeding ground for Covid-19.  Speaking at a webinar this morning titled “Covid-19 Seeking Solutions...

JOHOR BARU, Feb 18 — A sales promoter who was acquitted and discharged for reckless driving which resulted in the death of eight teenage boys four years ago was today ordered by the High Court here to enter her defence. Judge Dr Shahanaz Sulaiman.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 —  The number of jobs created in 2020 decreased by 31,000 jobs to 73,000 from 104,000 jobs created in 2019, reflecting a softer labour demand from businesses in the private sector, said Department of Statistics Malaysi...

SHAH ALAM, Feb 18 — An application for remand against the founder of ‘Sugarbook’, a sugar daddy dating platform, was rejected by the High Court here today. Lawyer Foong Cheng Leong, representing the 34-year-old suspect, said High Court deputy.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — The Covid-19 vaccination consent form leaked online yesterday is not the final document to be used, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah clarified today. Yesterday, news outlets began reporting on the form....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s corruption trial over more than RM2 billion of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) had to be halted today, as a witness who was testifying in court has been informed that his friend has tested...

IPOH, Feb 18 — A 38-year-old former civil servant was fined a total of RM20,000 in default of 14 months jail today for falsifying documents, after 27 of his 34 charges were dropped. Ruddy Nezeri Kamarudin, who was the former senior administration.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s corruption trial involving over RM2 billion of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds will go on until December this year, after additional hearing dates were scheduled for the former prime...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Narco traffickers continued to operate despite the movement restrictions enforced for most of January, the Bukit Aman Anti-Narcotics Division (JSJN) said today as it announced the seizure of various drugs from operations...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s lawyer, Datuk Jagjit Singh, today said her defence would be handicapped as her trial judge did not fully explain why he directed her to answer her three corruption charges today. Earlier today,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Hannah Yeoh has questioned today the lack of action by authorities against a government-linked website that allegedly slandered her, even after police identified it as the culprit of an attack against her last year. ...

KANGAR, Feb 18 — Perlis is allowing all mosques to be fully opened for communal preaching from tomorrow. Raja Muda of Perlis Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail said the activities which included religious talks, classes and so forth are...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, was ordered today by the High Court to submit her defence to corruption charges related to the RM1.25 billion project for the...