KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 19 — The Malaysian Marine Department (Eastern Region) has instructed the company managing utility ship MV Setia Kilas which sank in the Kuala Terengganu estuary yesterday, to locate the wreck. Eastern Region Marine Department....

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 19 — Individuals who use private vehicles, whether motorcycles or cars, to deliver goods or parcels as part-timers or freelancers will be allowed to continue their activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Transport Minister Datuk...

JASIN, Jan 19 — Two garment factories in the Jasin Industrial area here have been ordered to shut down temporarily with immediate effect for failing to comply with the movement control order (MCO) standard operating procedures (SOP). Jasin...

JOHOR BARU, Jan 19 — PKR Youth accused Perikatan Nasional ministers and leaders of not observing the standard operating procedures of the movement control order. PKR Youth chief Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said ministers appeared to be exempted...

MELAKA, Jan 19 — The Melaka Manpower Department (JTK) today launched the Covid-19 Health Screening Programme Special Task Force (TF-PSKC19) to detect employers who fail to provide health screening for their foreign workers. State Unity, Community.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — National Unity Minister Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique is the latest Cabinet member to contract Covid-19. A statement from her office confirmed the matter on the ministry’s official Facebook page today. “National Unity...

IPOH, Jan 19 — Malim Nawar lawmaker Leong Cheok Keng today said that initially, he was not aware DAP had terminated his membership. He added that it was his friends from the media who had informed him what had transpired. “Even though ‘all...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Non-profit organisation Eliminating Deaths & Abuse in Custody Together (Edict) has criticised Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail’s response to the alleged rape of a minor in police lockup, saying he shoul...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Far more Malaysians sought to dispose of their cars during the first movement control order (MCO) last year compared to Indonesians and Thais who faced a similar lockdown, according to used car trading platform Carsome. In...

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 19 — Heavy machinery has started arriving at the construction site of a 6km dual carriageway that is part of the RM6.3 billion three major roads and undersea tunnel (PMRT) project. This morning, hydraulic excavators, bulldozers...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Gerakan Pembela Ummah (Ummah), a coalition of 500 Muslim groups, today said it will intervene to block Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s lawsuit if the Opposition leader takes the government to court over the nationwide...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng today decried the government’s latest financial aid as a rehash of past economic stimulus packages catering mostly to businesses and with little for the man-on-the-street. The DAP...

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 19 — Some 18 examination year students in Sabah set to return to school hostels have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last two days, a state official said. Sabah Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said that...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — The Imam of the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque, Abdul Karim Omar, has tested positive for Covid-19. He announced the news during an Instagram live session with celebrity and humanitarian activist, Nur Heliz...

KOTA BHARU Jan 19 — The government does not rule out the possibility of amending the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 or Act 355 to provide for heavier punishments on lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT). Deputy...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has today refused a special Parliamentary sitting to discuss the state of Emergency as requested by her party’s secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan. She said....

KUCHING, Jan 19 — A religious teacher has claimed trial here to two charges of committing gross indecency against two male students, age 18 and 19. The 31-year-old accused pleaded not guilty before Sessions Court Judge Marutin Pagan this morning...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — The government is discussing whether to revise the operating hours for eateries in states placed under the latest implementation of the movement control order dubbed MCO 2.0, Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa.....

NIBONG TEBAL, Jan 19 — Realising the plight of those hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, a restaurant operator is taking an initiative to help those in need by offering free food. Owner of Big Boss Banana Leaf Restaurant, M. Moganasundram, 37, said....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Two Opposition MPs have called for a public audit on closed-circuit television recordings (CCTVs) at detention centres after Sarawak police admitted there was no footage to investigate a 16-year-old girl’s claim to have...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Tan Sri Annuar Musa has chided his Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan today, after claiming the latter called on Umno MPs yesterday to support a special Parliamentary sitting to discuss the state of Emergency. Annuar also accused the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — The Perikatan Nasional (PN) Youth today welcomed the Malaysian Economic and Rakyat Protection Assistance Package (Permai), saying it proves the Muhyiddin administration’s proactive attitude in addressing economic impact of....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Padang Rengas MP Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz has tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently being treated at the Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab in Kota Baru, Kelantan. “Yes, I’m positive for Covid-19,” he told...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Market vendors may be forced to deliver their produce directly to customers if the Kuala Lumpur wholesale market in Selayang, where they operate, is closed due to Covid-19. With the possibility of the market being shut down.....

JOHOR BARU, Jan 19 — Three more officers with the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) was detained for anti-graft investigations into alleged fraud of frozen meat imports starting today until January 23. The remand...

IPOH, Jan 19 — A 42-year-old civil servant today claimed trial at the Session Court here to molesting his two daughters aged six and nine last year. The accused works as an attendant at a government clinic in Manjung, but cannot be named to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — More people are evacuated in Sabah, while in Sarawak, there is no change in the number of flood victims since last night, and in Pahang, more of the evacuees have returned home. In Sabah, the number of flood victims....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Japanese automotive giants Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Company Ltd yesterday resumed operations at their assembly plants in Malaysia, after the federal government again updated its list of essential businesses allowed.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Prices of essential items have reportedly risen in Johor, Perak, Kelantan and Pahang over the past week, believed due to a shortage of supply. Berita Harian reported that its checks at shops in Tampoi, Johor showed t...

MARUDI, Jan 19 — The residents of many longhouses in the Poyut/Nibong area here have taken the initiative to put up banners or signboards, meant to inform outsiders that they are not allowed to enter their neighbourhoods during this time of...