[ad_1] BUTTERWORTH: A businessman claimed a trial in Magistrates Court here on Wednesday (October 28) on six criminal charges, including robbery and impersonating a police officer. Mohamad Azrullah Mohd Rodzi, 33, pleaded not guilty to Magistrate M. Kalaiarasi after the court interpreter read the charges against him. Bukit Mertajam’s Azrullah …
Read More »PKR MP: Don’t Blindly Vote ‘Yes’ on the Budget, Use Influence to Push for Reforms
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: A PKR MP is urging his fellow opposition MPs not to blindly vote “yes” to the upcoming 2021 Budget, but to use their influence to push through reforms. Subang MP Wong Chen (Photo) He said that while there might be people in the Opposition who want to …
Read More »The global union calls for an investigation into the sinking of a ship off Miri
[ad_1] The maintenance ship Dayang Topaz sank in waters off Kuala Baram, Miri, after it collided with an oil rig yesterday morning. (MMEA Twitter image) PETALING JAYA: The International Federation of Transport Workers has asked Putrajaya to conduct an investigation to determine the cause of the sinking of the maintenance …
Read More »AT Systematization Line 1 glove production is nearing completion
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: AT Systematization Bhd’s Line 1 glove dip facility is 80% complete and the first batch of medical grade nitrile gloves will be produced in less than two months. Its ‘plant within a plant’ approach has sped up the installation process at the Chemor, Perak facility, which began …
Read More »Singapore factory manager fined RM10k, jailed two weeks for bribing immigration officer
[ad_1] JOHOR BARU: A 43-year-old Singaporean factory manager was fined 10,000 ringgit and two weeks in jail in the Session Court here after admitting to bribing an immigration officer. Yong Boon Tao pleaded guilty to an alternative charge under Section 214 of the Penal Code after a court translator read …
Read More »2 senior army officers slapped with additional charges of bribery
[ad_1] Mohammed Feizol Anuar Ayob (left) and Che Ahmad Idris at the Kuala Lumpur Session Court yesterday. (Named photo). SHAH ALAM: The Court of Sessions today filed additional charges against two senior army officers accused of soliciting and accepting bribes in connection with the award of Ministry of Defense projects …
Read More »Malaysia’s first Catholic cardinal dies at 88
[ad_1] Cardinal Anthony Soter Fernández played an important role in interreligious dialogue in Malaysia. (AFP photo) KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s first Catholic cardinal, Anthony Soter Fernandez, died aged 88 after an attack of tongue cancer. He died at 12:35 pm today at the Hermanitas de los Pobres nursing home in Cheras, …
Read More »Ship-damaged offshore platform needs to be checked for gas leaks, says S’wak representative
[ad_1] MIRI: Thorough checks must be carried out to ensure that there are no gas leaks on the offshore oil platform that was damaged in the incident on Tuesday (October 27) when a maintenance ship, the Dayang Topaz, struck it in bad weather. says a Sarawak politician. . Mulu Vice …
Read More »DAP Representative Ronnie Liu Arrested for FB Post Allegedly insulting King
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Sungai Pelek Assemblyman Ronnie Liu (Photo) has been arrested in connection with posts made on social media that allegedly have seditious tendencies towards the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. When contacted, Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Deputy Director Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said that Liu was arrested at the …
Read More »Focused on the Thai king, protesters vow to persist even if the prime minister resigns
[ad_1] BANGKOK (Bloomberg): – With the intensification of Thai protests against the monarchy, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s grip on power is increasingly tenuous. A poll released on Sunday (October 25) by Bangkok’s Suan Dusit University showed that more than 62 percent of participants said that discontent with Prayuth was the …
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