KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — A fine of up to RM200,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 20 years for those who commit offences relating to streaming technology is among the new subsections in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2021, which was tabled for the...

SIBU, Dec 13 — Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has slammed Parti Sarawak Bersatu’s (PSB) Ba Kelalan candidate Baru Bian over his remarks that the government grant for the Unit for Other Religions (Unifor) is tantamount to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 3,504 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours as of noon, making it two consecutive days the number of new transmissions has stayed below 4,000 since May this year. The cumulative number....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — The sale of Land Grant 18335, Lot 41, Section 51 in Kuala Lumpur (Land Lot 41) to Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) by the government through special vehicle company Hartanah Mampan Sdn Bhd was for the purpose of funding of...

SEGAMAT, Dec 13 — The factory worker who was involved in the explosion that occurred during a fire at a factory, here, on Saturday, died at the Segamat Hospital, this morning. Mohamad Azuraini Mahrani, 40, breathed his last at about 9.24am. He...

MIRI, Dec 13 — Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew, the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) candidate for Piasau in the state election, has dismissed an allegation by DAP candidate, Peter Hee Leh Keng, that he, as the incumbent, had not gone down to the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — A DAP MP today questioned why RM247 million of the Education Ministry’s RM52.6 billion allocation under Budget 2022 was set aside for upgrading work to the ministry’s building and offices. Rasah MP Cha Kee Chin argued...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) and six other industry players have urged the government for continuous monitoring and enforcement to weed out profiteering and anti-competition...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — There will be no extension in the Second Meeting of the Fourth Session of the 14th Parliament, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. He said the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Three youths in Sarawak today failed at the High Court in Kuching to get leave for the court to hear their legal bid to be allowed to vote in the Sarawak elections this Saturday. The three youths’ lawyer Simon Siah...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — The lease of land owned by the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) in Jalan Ampang has yet to be finalised while its agreement could not be signed as there is no acceptance agreement from both parties, Deputy Plantation Industries.....

PUSA (Sarawak), Dec 13 — The elected representative of the Beting Maro state seat must have short- and long-term plans so that those living in rural areas will also enjoy the benefits of development immediately. And it is for this reason that...

KUCHING, Dec 13 — Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) today confirmed that incumbent Dudong State Assemblyman Datuk Tiong Thai King has resigned from the party, with effect from December 1, without stating any reason. The party secretariat said he had...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Around 580,000 households, which were previously in the M40 income group, slipped into the B40 bracket because of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob in September. Malaysians are...

JOHOR BARU, Dec 13 — Two directors of a frozen meat supply company, alleged to be linked to the meat cartel scandal, together with its store manager and accountant, were charged in the Sessions Court here today for money laundering involving...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Malaysia has ventured into the production of second generation biodiesel and biojet fuel, which are expected to be commercialised to the global market in the next four to five years, said Plantation...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Research on the country’s Covid-19 vaccine is still in the proof of concept stage, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim s...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Two individuals, including a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer, have been remanded for three and four days respectively to assist investigations into a robbery case involving losses of RM700,000. Dang Wangi....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — There is no set allocation for the National Disaster Management Agency’s (Nadma) Covid-19 fund for next year, as the monies for the fund is collected from donations from the public, deputy minister in the prime...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Sarawak DAP MPs will forgo the Sarawak state election campaign tomorrow in order to take part in the voting of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) constitutional amendment in Parliament said its chief Stampin MP Chong Chien...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s corruption trial had to be vacated for a third time in the last two weeks due to her status still as a close contact to a Covid-positive individual, the High Court heard today. Rosmah’s lead...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s trial involving 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds could not proceed this morning, following a change in his MySejahtera status twice this morning. Datuk Hariharan Tara Singh, a lawyer for...

IPOH, Dec 13 — A total of 311 criminal sexual cases were reported to the Perak police between March 2020 and October 2021, the state legislative assembly was told today.  State Women and Family Development, Social Welfare and NGO Committee...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng described the reference about chopsticks made by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as simplistic and offensive to the Chinese community, whom the latter suggested have yet to “assimilate”. The...

KUCHING, Dec 13 — Desmond Labung will not be going home to Long Semadoh in the Ba’Kelalan highlands to vote in this weekend’s Sarawak state election. It will be the first time he is missing the polls in 15 years. “M...

IPOH, Dec 13 — A total of 3,643 Perakians have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic between March 2020 and November 2021, the state legislative assembly was told today. Perak Education, Higher Education and Human Resource Committee...

JOHOR BARU, Dec 13 — Fire officer Mohd Firdaus Sulaiman, who was seriously injured due to an explosion while putting out fire at a factory in Segamat, two days ago, died at the Segamat Hospital, this morning. Ban...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — A total of 22,774,778 individuals or 97.3 per cent of the adult population in Malaysia have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of yesterday (Dec 12).      &nbsp...

SARATOK, Dec 13 — The three Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) members who are contesting in the 12th Sarawak state election as Independents have had their membership terminated automatically, said Bersatu Sarawak...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said today two Interpol Red Notices have already been issued for fugitives Low Taek Jho and Nicky Liow Soon Hee, just a day after most media reported him saying...