Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: According to Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng, the government is ready to step in with a stimulus package if the need arises, although it is too early to assess the impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus on the economy. At this time, it is still early for the government to take action as it needs to study and …

IPOH – A visually-impaired man claimed trial at the Sessions Court here today to five counts of sexual harassment and unnatural sex with his 17-year-old daughter in Batu Gajah. The 43-year-old disabled man was accused of sodomising his daughter between December 26 and 27 last year and on January 7 at a house in Batu Gajah. The charges under Section …

PUTRAJAYA – Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad welcomed the chief of the Palestinian militant group Hamas and his delegation at his office at Perdana Putra here. This will be his first official trip to Malaysia since becoming the organization’s top leader in 2017. During his courtesy call in the prime minister’s office, Ismail Haniyeh praised Mahathir for supporting the …

MELAKA – Starting March this year, enthusiasts of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can use Sungai Rambai Aerodrome in Jasin as their own drone airfield. Melaka public works, transportation and public utilities committee chairman Datuk Mohd Sofi Abdul Wahab said the government plans to reactive the said airfield that has been idle since last year. “It will a site …

KUALA LUMPUR – Azmin’s adviser, Khalid Jaafar, has reportedly been slapped with a show-cause letter dated Jan 18. The show-cause letter was reportedly from two Facebook postings circulated on July last year criticizing PKR president Anwar Ibrahim from what he claim that the PKR president is “addicted” to becoming prime minister and would be better for him to just retire. …