Malaysia

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 …

KUALA LUMPUR – As of 6.30pm today, Water supply has been restored to 811 areas affected by the unscheduled water disruption in the Klang Valley. Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) Corporate Communications head, Elina Baseri said that only 481 areas are remaining and currently in the process of being restored. Baseri said that consumers who got their water supply …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia will not entertain extradition request for Uighur refugees and will allow them safe passage should they feel that their safety is compromised, says minister. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yuso, said that the country respects the right of sovereign countries to manager their affairs. Mohd Redzuan added that if there …

PETALING JAYA – A three-carriage electric train (KTM Komuter) and another one from the Electric Train Service was involved in an accident near Kuang on Friday, injuring one passenger. According to Malayan Railway Corporation (KTMB) Chief Executive Officer Datuk Kamarulzaman Zainal,The 6.37pm incident involved an electric train that was on route from Tanjung Malim Station to Sungai Buloh Station and …

PETALING JAYA – Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman today welcomes his former mentor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s criticism of him planning to form a ‘youth-centered’party. This is after the former prime minister said that he does not see a high success rate from his former protege’s plan to establish a youth-oriented movement. Mahathir said that even though youth play a …

PETALING JAYA – Senior Minister (Security Cluster)  Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced yesterday that the government will impose an entry ban on passport holders from countries with more than 150,000 recorded cases of Covid-19 starting September 7. Countries on the list are the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, France, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Russia as well as the …