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Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:51:07 +0800
Khairy: Recent Covid-19 patients must provide proof of recovery to enter Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Travellers recently infected with Covid-19 must furnish additional documents to demonstrate their health in order to enter Malaysia from tomorrow, said Khairy Jamaluddin. The health minister said they will be required to...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:36:11 +0800
TMJ vows to find permanent solution to flood problem in Johor
JOHOR BARU, Jan 12 — The Tunku Mahkota of Johor (TMJ) Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim has announced his intention to find a permanent solution to the flood problem in the state. He said among the important aspects that needed to be given attention...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:25:11 +0800
Johor DAP leader claims Umno eyeing state elections as springboard to GE15 win
JOHOR BARU, Jan 12 — A Johor DAP leader today claimed that Umno is hoping to build on state election victories in order to return itself to federal power. Johor DAP political education director Alan Tee Boon Tsong claimed Umno’s Melaka election.....

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:24:49 +0800
Penang mufti calls on authorities to take immediate action over viral video of man teaching extreme Sufism
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 12 — Penang Mufti Datuk Seri Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor has called on the religious authorities to take immediate action over a viral video of a man teaching extreme Sufism that deviates from the true teachings of Islam. He said...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:15:07 +0800
2018 murder of Palestinian lecturer: IGP says Bukit Aman waiting for information from Interpol, embassy
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is still waiting for detailed information from several agencies including the Palestinian authorities regarding the killing of a Palestinian lecturer in Malaysia in 2018. Inspector-General of....

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:00:04 +0800
MDEC: Malaysia digital comes with refreshed Bill of Guarantees, incentives
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Malaysia Digital, the successor programme to MSC Malaysia, will be equipped with a refreshed Bill of Guarantees and non-location-based incentives. The framework will also see an expansion of locations for MSC...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:55:55 +0800
Kelantan deputy MB denies illegal logging to blame for recent tiger sightings
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Tigers spotted roaming near Orang Asli schools in Kelantan were not caused by illegal logging activities in the state which has displaced them, the Kelantan government has claimed. Kelantan Deputy Mentri Besar Datuk Mohd...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:53:39 +0800
Rosmah’s RM7m money laundering trial stalled by late bid to remove Sri Ram as lead prosecutor
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The hearing for Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s RM7 million money laundering trial at the High Court today failed to proceed as scheduled after she made an eleventh-hour bid to disqualify Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram to lead the...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:34:25 +0800
Floods in N. Sembilan not related to logging activities, says MB
SEREMBAN, Jan 12 — Logging activities in Negri Sembilan have nothing to do with the floods that hit several districts in the state, said Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun. He said the logs found drifting in a housing area in Pantai, Seremban....

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:11:52 +0800
Fake Covid-19 vaccination certs in Terengganu: Several individuals offer to assist in probe, says state police chief
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 12 — Several individuals with information on the sale of fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates in Terengganu are prepared to appear as witnesses to assist in the investigations. State Police chief Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa said...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:06:32 +0800
Two brothers among six charged with e-hailing driver’s murder in Kepong
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Six men, including two brothers, were charged with murdering an e-hailing driver at a car park behind an entertainment centre in Kepong last month. The six — Teng Cheng Heng, 22, Chew Jun Seng, 22, Yohannes Isaac Anak...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:02:34 +0800
MSC Malaysia to be enhanced, renamed as Malaysia Digital, says minister
DUBAI, Jan 12 — Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa has announced that MSC Malaysia will be enhanced and renamed as Malaysia Digital. He said MSC Malaysia needs to evolve following the rapid shift of socio-economic norms in.....

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:42:24 +0800
MACC: 25 companies under probe for submitting false bank statements to secure contracts worth RM60m from Kedah waste management firm
ALOR SETAR, Jan 12 — Twenty-five companies have been identified to be involved in submitting bank statements with false information to a waste management company here in 2018 and 2019. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) sources said all...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:18:51 +0800
IGP says stepping up efforts to hunt down parties offering fake Covid vaccination certs for sale
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) will intensify operations and monitoring in tracking down parties involved in selling fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates throughout the country. Inspector-Genera...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:12:18 +0800
Perak MB: Eviction notice to Ipoh cave temples due to unauthorised development risking public safety
IPOH, Jan 12 — Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad today explained the reason the local councils had issued eviction notices to 14 cave temples in the Kinta district. He said that the operators of the cave temples — which had.....

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:44:59 +0800
Malaysia records 3,198 new Covid-19 cases, above 3,000-mark just like yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Malaysia today recorded an additional 3,198 Covid-19 cases, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said on Twitter. This brings the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases recorded so far in the country to...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:51:55 +0800
Bintulu MP alleges ‘unseen hands’ meddling with Covid-19 infection data
KUCHING, Jan 12 ― Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has alleged that Covid-19 data on deaths and confirmed cases were “being manipulated by unseen hands” in his ongoing tirade on the handling of the pandemic by Health Minister Khairy...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:45:00 +0800
Penang extends hotel fee and entertainment tax waiver to June 2022
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 12 — The Penang state government has extended its waiver for hotel fee and entertainment tax for another six months. Tourism and Creative Economy Committee chairman Yeoh Soon Hin, who announced the extension in a statement today,.....

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:19:02 +0800
Magistrate’s Court in Ipoh transfers case of businessman charged with causing grievous hurt to security guard to High Court
IPOH, Jan 12 ― The Magistrate’s Court here today ordered the case of a businessman charged with causing grievous hurt to a security guard of a condominium in December 2020 to be transferred to the High Court. Magistrate Noor Azreen Liana Mohd...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:35:22 +0800
Man remanded in Kota Kinabalu over probe into fake Covid vaccination certs
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has obtained a seven-day remand order for an unemployed man to facilitate the investigation of an alleged bribe for the issuance of falsified Covid-19 vaccination certificates.....

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:32:35 +0800
Seeing GE15 near, Johor PKR says no plans to push for early state election
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition has no intention to rock the Johor government which rules by a wafer thin majority, a state PKR leader said. Johor PKR deputy chief Jimmy Puah told Utusan Malaysia that the Opposition...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:29:47 +0800
Ex-MIC deputy president’s son joins Warisan, says future belongs to multiracial parties
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The son of former MIC deputy president Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam, S. Sunther, has switched political allegiances to Parti Warisan Sabah, saying he believes that multiracial parties are the way forward. According to n...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:18:42 +0800
Report: FT minister pledges no commercial development to KL retention ponds
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The Federal Territories Ministry has given an assurance that existing water retention ponds in Kuala Lumpur will be preserved and not undergo any commercial development. Its minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said the...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:09:33 +0800
Pakatan leadership presses for special Dewan Rakyat session on MACC chief’s share scandal this month
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The Pakatan Harapan (PH) Presidential Council today said that a special session of Parliament should be held to discuss and debate Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki’s proxy...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:28:04 +0800
ACAB member: MACC advisory board has no beef with Abu Zahar, just differences of opinion
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) Anti-Corruption Advisory Board (ACAB) does not have any conflict with chairman Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang, a board member has clarified. ACAB member Professor Datuk Mohammad...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:12:11 +0800
Azam Baki: Everyone will know the truth one day; I will not resign, only Agong can decide my fate
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Tan Sri Azam Baki is firm that he will not resign as the chief of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) nor will he heed demands to quit, and views the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as the only one who can decide to...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:02:07 +0800
CovidNow: 88pc of adolescents in Malaysia fully vaccinated
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — A total of 2,768,673 individuals or 88 per cent of adolescents aged between 12 and 17 in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday. Based on the Health Ministry’s data ...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:07:33 +0800
Holistic approach needed from MoE to address learning loss among primary school students, say experts
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Farah Alina P. Ramli is relieved schools have reopened and her son Qawiem Fuadi Shahrul Hazli can return to face-to-face teaching and learning sessions. The eight-year-old boy, who is a pupil of Sekolah Kebangsaan (Felda)...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:38:17 +0800
Health Ministry: Another 27 deaths from Covid-19 logged, nine brought-in-dead
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Malaysia recorded a jump in the number of new deaths from Covid-19, from 18 yesterday to 27 today.   This number includes nine who were brought-in-dead (BID), bringing the national fatality rate to 31,723. According ...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 05:08:27 +0800
Despite 5.8 million new voters, EC says re-delineation to be done by 2026 due to constitutional limitations
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The Election Commission (EC) said a re-delineation of electoral boundaries can only be done by 2026, despite the country seeing a sudden 40 per cent surge in the number of its eligible voters from January 16. Speaking to...



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