KOTA KINABALU, May 20 — A man claiming to be the Sabah businessman offering to donate two million Sinovac vaccine doses to Penang insisted his offer was genuine and not “bogus” as described by Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — After almost three years, the trial of prominent lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who is facing two counts of money laundering charges involving RM9.5 million he allegedly received from former prime minister Datuk...

JOHOR BARU, May 20 — Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad today said that a meeting involving the state’s members of Parliament and state assemblymen to discuss the rising new Covid-19 cases will take place by next week. He said this is to...

JOHOR BARU, May 20 — The National Security Council (NSC) will take over command of the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) campus in Skudai, which has been placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO), from tomorrow until June 3. UTM...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) has once again urged authorities to lift the ban on human rights parties who are currently not allowed to meet with migrants and refugees detained at temporary detention...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lawyers today sought to suggest that the now fugitive Low Taek Jho was akin to an octopus who had global reach in his scheme involving government-owned firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s (1MDB).....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — After the government failed to forfeit RM114 million from Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Umno following a High Court decision earlier this morning, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said he will be sending a legal letter to...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Covid-19 Vaccination Committee has urged the Health Ministry as well as the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) to review its current vaccine strategies and expedite the vaccination.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — After recording a new high of 6,075 cases yesterday, the Health Ministry said today new Covid-19 infections surged to a further 6,806 cases in the last 24-hour period. In a tweet by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor...

SEREMBAN, May 20 — Friday and the congregational obligatory prayers can be performed in mosques and surau in Negri Sembilan, but with limited number of congregation, effective from tomorrow until June 7. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin.....

JOHOR BARU, May 20 — A house in a rural village in Segamat, which doubled as a storage facility for untaxed firecrackers and fireworks, was raided by an enforcement team from the Johor Customs Department earlier this month. Johor Customs...

JOHOR BARU, May 20 — The Johor Customs Department and the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) busted an attempt to smuggle out to a neighbouring country more than RM60,000 worth of contraband cigarettes hidden inside...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — De facto law minister Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan reportedly said the National Security Council (NSC) will deliberate tomorrow on whether to implement “total lockdown” in the face of rising Covid-19 cases and deaths in the...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng said today he is willing to apologise if minister Khairy Jamaluddin’s claims of a private company offering Covid-19 vaccine doses to the Penang state government being bogus is proven to be true. He...

GEORGE TOWN, May 20 — Mass Covid-19 testing for the manufacturing sector in Penang using the on-site pooled saliva RT-PCR screening method will start next week. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the mass testing will be implemented under...

SIBU, May 20 ― The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) which requires essential services sector workers to undergo real-time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) screening tests to cross districts is not intended to restrict...

SINGAPORE, May 20 ― Two Malaysian women are among the new Covid-19 cases linked to two open clusters here on Wednesday, according to the republic's Ministry of Health (MoH). They are linked to the Sms Infocomm cluster and the Marina Bay Sands....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 ― The government today failed in its application to forfeit RM114 million, allegedly belonging to Umno and former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, that was seized from a premises belonging to Obyu Holdings Sdn Bhd. This.....

JOHOR BARU, May 20 — Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar today decreed all of the state’s parliamentarians and assemblymen must attend a meeting in light of the recent spike in Covid-19 cases. He said the meeting will be chaired by Johor.....

KUCHING, May 20 — Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah today expressed hope that there will be no repeat of the queue jumping at the Covid-19 vaccination centre at the State Indoor Stadium, which went viral on social media. He...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 ― Asia should lead the way in opening up patent protections to produce cheaper generic versions of life-saving medicines for critical diseases, from Covid-19 to HIV/AIDS, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Welcoming....

GEORGE TOWN, May 20 — Penang Gerakan Youth has called for Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow to resign if there were elements of fraud in the offer from a private company to donate two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the state. Penang...

KANGAR, May 20 — The Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIPs) has decided to restrict activities relating to the Friday and five-time daily prayers at all mosques, starting today, in efforts to prevent local...

MIRI, May 20 — Heavy rain in Lawas District last night saw the Lawas River overflow and inundate the Lawas Airport runway. The flash flood forced the authorities to close the airport for two days. Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin said...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) president Datuk Halim Mansor has accused Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan of trying to intimidate its secretary-general with a police report. He said the move showed the....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Malaysians have launched an online campaign for stricter punishments, including jail time, against celebrity Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor and her husband for allegedly repeatedly violating Covid-19 standard operating procedure...

SIBU, May 20 — The 500,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine to be procured by the state government should be distributed to Covid-19 hotspot areas as soon as possible, said Dr Annuar Rapaee. The Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (SDDMC)...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — The apparent lengths to which worshippers at Kampung Pauh Lima, Bachok in Kelantan went in order to perform congregational prayers is said to be behind the rash of Covid-19 infections there. News site Utusan...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — DAP Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming has called for a tell-all press conference to be hosted by Putrajaya. Ong urged Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and key Cabinet ministers to hold a joint press conference and field...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Thirty-six Dayak communities in Ulu Baram and Ulu Limbang have filed an official complaint last week over lack of transparency certification of two logging concessions with the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC)......