Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysians in Singapore who wish to return to Malaysia by land are required to obtain an entry permit from the High Commission of Malaysia starting April 27. According to High Commission of Malaysia’s official Facebook page, the applicants need to apply for permit two days before departure. They need to email their personal information such as name, …

SHAH ALAM – A private university student was jailed for 7 days and fined RM800 for violating the movement control order. Magistrate Ellyna Othman ordered the woman to serve the jail term for 7 days and and cautioned that she could face two more months of jail if she failed to pay the fine. The 22-year-old’s boyfriend was fined for …

PETALING JAYA – Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin during a Ramadan address, announced that the movement control order will be extended by another 14 days, until May 12. Muhyiddin said that the government will consider easing some restrictions now that Covid-19 has shown a reduction in recent weeks. “Although the numbers have shown positive outcome, steps that we have …

KUALA LUMPUR – Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein reaffirmed Malaysia’s commitment to safeguard its interest and rights in the South China Sea, amid disputes, between Chinese and Malaysian vessels standoff. “Malaysia remains firm in its commitment to safeguard its interests and rights on the South China Sea.” The Foreign minister calls for resolving the disputes through an amicable and …

BAGAN SERAI – A storm has swept through roofs of houses in the Bagan Serai yesterday. Total of 54 houses occupied by over 100 families, Noor Hafizah alias Noor Ulin Ismail of the Kerian District Disaster Management Committee Secretariat reported that no one was evacuated after the storm passed. Freak storm in Malaysia – Nov 5 2017 The villages in …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has climbed up to rank 101 in the latest 2020 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Malaysia took home the biggest increase among 180 countries, topping the South-east Asian neighbors like it did in the 2019 Index, followed by Indonesia (119th) Philippines (136th) Myanmar (139th) Thailand (140th) Cambodia (144th) Brunei (152) Singapore …

KUALA LUMPUR – For the health and safety of all future passengers, Malaysia Airlines are now requiring a mandatory use of face masks at touch-points such as check-in, boarding, in the aircraft cabin, disembarkation and collection of baggage on arrival on all domestic, international and charter flights starting April 23, 2020. This requirement applies to all passengers to lessen the …

We have just entered the second phase of the Movement Control Order (MCO). What was fashionably referred to as “social distancing” has now given way to “physical distancing”, with having one metre as a physical measure for us to “safely” distance ourself with the other person. According to the World Health Organisation, 1m is the average distance for the droplets …

KUALA LUMPUR – A food deliveryman was compounded RM5,000 for posting fake news on his social media platform Whatsapp by the Selayang Magistrate’s Court on Monday (April 20) Azwan Mohd Salleh, 23, told a co-worker at a department store had tested positive for COVID-19. He pleaded guilty to the charge.  Magistrate Nik Mohd Fadli Nik Azlan handed his sentence. The …

PETALING JAYA – Deputy Rural Development Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Mohamad said photographs being circulated on the internet of a gathering with him holding a cake while being surrounded by a group of people was unplanned and not meant to violate the movement control order (MCO). Abdul Rahman claimed was not planned and he would’ve been rude to turn them …