Malaysia

PETALING JAYA – Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Shafie Apdal has ordered the Sabah government that foreign nationals in prison be segregated from local detainees to curb the spread of the virus. Shafie said in an emergency meeting and instructed the Sabah police commissioner to segregate foreign detainees who might be a carrier of the coronavirus. He further added that …

PUTRAJAYA – Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng told the High Court yesterday that a Facebook post uploaded and shared by Perak PAS commissioner Razman Zakaria showed that he did not respect Islam. Lim revealed during his legal suit with Razman over fake image link of his Facebook page said that the post by Razman was offensive and not …

KUALA LUMPUR –  All food outlets and convenience stores will be allowed to operate until 2AM in the morning, Defence minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced today. The Senior Minister said that National Security Council (NSC) decided to give the go signal in a meeting yesterday. Sabri said that many operators especially in tourist places like Langkawi requested to …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin met China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, with the two sides discussing bilateral cooperation. Muhyiddin said that Malaysia is willing to strengthen the cooperation between the two countries in all fields including defence, trade and education. The prime minister also congratulated China on successfully containing the Covid-19 pandemic. …

KUALA LUMPUR – Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein stressed that the increasing challenge of the region’s leadership stating the Asean aims to become its own master with the main purpose of ensuring peace and stability. Hishammuddin joined the video conference meeting from Putrajaya, reiterated that the region’s approach on the issue of dealing with each other can result …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s new spike in Covid-19 cases increased to 100 in the last 24 hours, 62 of the cases came from the Benteng Lahad Datu (LD) cluster in Sabah while the remaining cases came from the Sungai cluster in Kedah. 85 of the cases were local transmission while 15 is imported. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham …

KUALA LUMPUR – The prosecution confirmed on Wednesday that Former Penang chief minister and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng will be facing new charges relate to graft and corruption. The two cases will be under Section 403 of the Penal Code the covers the offence of dishonest misappropriation of property. Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin told the …

KOTA KINABALU – CM Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Shafie Apdal Sabah, said the Sabah government has the confidence to stand on its own without relying entirely on the Federal government. Shafie reminded that Penang is currently being ruled by the opposition for 10 years and Kelantan for 40 years. He said that Sabah can survive without working with the Federal …

TAWAU: The police have denied viral claims circulating on social media that they have imposed a travel ban on Tawau and Lahad Datu following the discovery of new covid-19 clusters in the two districts. Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali denied that the information being circulated were true and that the police never received orders on the alleged travel ban. …

KUALA LUMPUR – All individuals involved in the football competition in Tawau prison field and Tawau Municipal Council (MPT) Stadium should be screened immediately. Tawau District Health Officer, Dr G. Navindran reported that more than 100 individuals involved in the event showed up for the screening test at Tawau Health Clinic Navindran said that the Covid-19 screening started around 8AM …