KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) hopes the government will decide to restore the cabotage exemption at the Cabinet meeting tomorrow. Chairman Datuk Rais Hussin Mohamed Ariff said the exemption is vital to make...

PUTRAJAYA, April 27 — The Federal Court today ordered businessman Zaidi Kanapiah or better known as “Datuk Addy Kana” and two policemen who were detained under the Prevention of Crime Act (Poca) 1959 in connection with an illegal online...

JOHOR BARU, April 27 — Former Johor DAP strategist Mahdzir Ibrahim has announced that he is withdrawing as a candidate for the party’s state committee election next month, citing work and family commitments in his current base in Selangor. This.....

GEORGE TOWN, April 27 — The ban on travellers from India to prevent the spread of the new Indian variant of Covid-19 in Malaysia could leave a small impact on Penang’s industrial sector. State exco Datuk Abdul Halim Hussain said there were...

PUTRAJAYA, April 27 — An unemployed man escaped the hangman’s noose after the Federal Court here today set aside his conviction for trafficking in 112,892 grammes of cannabis and instead sentenced him to jail for drug possession. A three-member.....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng has condemned the government and his successor Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz’s reasoning behind their decision to dip into the National Trust Fund (KWAN) to procure Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The Malaysian government today argued that the High Court should strike out a lawsuit filed by several Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses who want their children born abroad to automatically be recognised as Malaysian.....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Any group, including media practitioners, wanting to be among the early recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine can submit their applications to the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF), said Health...

GEORGE TOWN, April 27 — A food court that was razed by a fire last year will be rebuilt into a RM3.49 million disabled-friendly food court. State traffic and infrastructure committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said the structure will be the first....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The PAS Ulama wing asserted today that insults and attempts to smear the monarchy was tantamount to attacking Islam and the country. Wing chief Datuk Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh said this was because the Yang di-Pertuan...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — A total of 2,733 more Covid-19 infections were detected nationwide over the last day, the 13th day numbers have remained above the 2,000-case mark. A tweet by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah showed.....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was present at the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman here to facilitate the investigation into the audio clip that purportedly contains a conversation between him ...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested two of its own officers on suspicion of links to fugitive Nicky Liow Soon Hee. Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki said in a statement today that the...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin should fight fairly and not delay the application by the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) to be registered as a political party, its pro-tem deputy president Lim Wei Jiet....

KOTA KINABALU, April 27 — After a weeklong war of words over the Keningau parliamentary and Tambunan state seats, incumbent Datuk Jeffrey Kitingan said that the two parties involved should be working together instead of arguing over which party is....

JOHOR BARU, April 27 — A total of 12 enforcement officers from the police and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) have been arrested for their alleged links to fugitive businessman Nicky Liow Soon Hee in the second phase of Ops Pelican...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The government has spent almost RM2.8 trillion on national immunisation programmes for Malaysians since 1957, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. This, he said, was proof of the government’s commitment to...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) accused two news outlets today of publishing misleading headlines when reporting Deputy Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah’s remarks on an alleged rape...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 ― The High Court has rejected Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan’s application for judicial review of Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun’s endorsement for Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s advice to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.....

PUTRAJAYA, April 27 ― Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia Berhad won their appeals today to quash the RM10 million fine imposed on each of them by the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) for breaching a market-sharing prohibition. A Court of...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Perlis Umno Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Seri Azlan Man said he was open and waiting for the situation in the party in the state to calm down first before he can start working with all divisional leaders. Azlan, who is....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The police have issued compound notices against celebrity Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor and her husband Muhammad Haris Mohd Ismail over violations of Covid-19 preventive meaures at their wedding and honeymoon. Dang Wangi police...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The Ministry of Rural Development has agreed to coordinate the distribution of dividends of RM189.08 million through the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) and Felcra Bhd, said Prime Minister Tan...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The government has allocated RM69.9 million as Monsoon Aid (BMT) this year as a continuous effort to ensure the wellbeing of rubber smallholders and tappers in the country. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The increasing trend in the death of Malayan Tapir due to road accidents in the country, involving 24 of the species last year alone, is worrying, said Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr S...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Two parliamentarians have condemned Deputy Inspector General of Police Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani for brushing off rape threats against a student as possibly a joke. Petaling MP Maria Chin Abdullah said Acryl...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Pakatan Harapan could emerge the winner in most crucial swing seats if the Opposition bloc could secure just a third of the Malay votes, now made possible by PAS’ alignment with tainted Umno chiefs, according to a DAP...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The Federation of Christian Mission Schools Malaysia (FCMSM) has thanked Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin for providing a quick resolution to the issue faced by SMK Convent Bukit Nanas. Its chairman Thomas Huo.....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan clarified today that the maximum fine for business operators exceeding their permissible opening hours was RM10,000. The minister in the Prime Minister’s Department explained that while the...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — PKR’s Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Akin could struggle to defend his Hang Tuah Jaya federal seat where most constituents did not know of him and just 4 per cent want party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to lead the...