Malaysia

Royal Malaysia Police’s (PDRM) appointed seven new directors in the latest transfer exercise effective July 1, where 61 senior officers are involved. Bukit Aman Integrity and Standards Compliance Department director Datuk Zamri Yahya will take over as the Special Branch director, while Management director Datuk Ramli Din will be taking charge as the new director of the Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department, …

Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim took initiative and has come to the aid of a homeless couple in Penang after members of the public alerted him of their heartbreaking living conditions. The DAP politician took the chance to tweet from his Twitter account on Saturday that the unfortunate husband and wife had been sleeping on a footpath near Taman Bidara …

Lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram pointed out today in court that the former prime minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, is the accused who is facing criminal charges in the trial involving over more than RM2 billion belonging to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Sri Ram, arguing on behalf of the prosecution, was objecting to Najib’s two applications …

Olympic chief Thomas Bach has told athletes that they should go to Tokyo with “full confidence” that the postponed 2020 Games will be safe for competitors and not endanger the health of the Japanese people. Speaking in a Q&A session during the Athletes Commission’s online conference yesterday, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that the safety of …

Individuals who received an appointment for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine without making booking these as a Selangor government application made these on their behalf, the Covid-19 Immunization Task Force (CITF) said today. CITF responded to complaints that some people had previous promises for other vaccines to be replaced by new vaccines for AstraZeneca that were previously only available through an …

Penang exco Zairil Khir Johari said that there will be no water tariff hike to be imposed in the state for now. The chairman for infrastructure and transport committee said that it has been previously announced in Parliament by the Environment and Water Minister Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man that the federal government would not approve any review of water …

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained the former Prasarana non-executive chairman Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman yesterday over two charges of power abuse. It has been reported by various news portals that after the arrival of the Pasir Salak MP together with the UMNO election director at the MACC headquarters, he has been detained for the recording of his statement …

The Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz has sent a formal letter indicating Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman’s termination from his post which was confirmed by the latter that he has now received the said termination letter. According to a report, while talking about his immediate termination, the former Prasarana chairman said that this matter is not actually …

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said that the Kelana Jaya Light Rail Transit (KJL) will continue its normal operations earlier than the expected date. According to him, once the regulator Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) has given the go signal for the KJL to continue and once the line between KLCC and Kampung Baru stations has been cleared, …

According to the Minister of the Federal Territories, Tan Sri Annuar Musa, a total of six passengers riding the train last night have gotten involved in a collision between two LRT trains on Kelana Jaya line and are currently in critical condition. Annuar posted on his Twitter account today that the six passengers were critically injured and that three of …