Malaysia

LONDON – Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has claimed that Malaysian top leadership believed that the vanished Flight MH370 in 2014 was a mass murder-suicide by the pilot. “My very clear understanding from the very top levels of the Malaysian government is that from very, very early on here, they thought it was a murder-suicide by the pilot,” Mr …

PETALING JAYA: Manufacturing sector and industrialists are confident that the current situation caused by the corona virus or Covid-19 outbreak would soon slow down as most business units and plants in China are back in business. The rest of the areas, except in Wuhan where the virus originated, factories in China are running at full steam, as reported by the …

PETALING JAYA – Two aides of PKR president Anwar Ibrahim today both failed on their respective applications to remove their boss’ name from legal suits filed by Muhammad Yusoff Rawther as they claimed were all for political stunts. Yesterday, the Shah Alam Sessions Court dismissed the applications by Anwar’s political aide Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak and press-secretary Tunku Nashrul …

PUTRAJAYA – Malaysian Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad confirmed that two more coronavirus two more (Covid-19) patients have been discharged from Hospital Sungai Buloh this morning. The 64-year-old woman and 31-year-old man were among the 15 patients now cured of the infection. Dzulkefly revealed that the woman was the mother-in-law of another patient while the man was an overseas worker …

KUALA LUMPUR  – While there is no definite date when the Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to step down, he says that his promise remain. As to whatever the outcome from the presidential council, he will resign after APEC. PM Mahathir added that he has no idea if the date of power transition will be announced at the Pakatan …

KUALA LUMPUR – Examination results for 2019 Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) is confirmed to be announced next Tuesday, Feb 25. In a statement released on Feb 18, the Malaysian Examinations Council said, all applicants would be able to get their test results from their respective school at noon onwards. Meanwhile, as for private candidates, theirs will be mailed. Last …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) has claimed that transition of power agreement between Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim were not in accordance with the Federal constitution. Pas secretary-general Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said that the  power transition agreement finalised by Pakatan Harapan challenges the power vested in the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. “According to …

PETALING JAYA – Malaysian actor Ashraf Sinclair died of a heart attack at the Metropolitan Medical Center in Jakarta on Tuesday morning. He was 40 years old. Ashraf Daniel Mohammed Sinclair’s passing was confirmed by his mother, Khadijah Abdul Rahman via WhatsApp. The news was initially reported by an Indonesian newspaper on a text they received from Sinclair’s manager, Doddy …

KUALA LUMPUR – Muslim pilgrimage fund Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) are not profitable, says Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad when he was asked to comment on the issue. The transfer of four Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) hotels to ministry of finance subsidiary Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd (UJSB) is not generating sufficient money returns, and that the subsidiary should think of …

KUALA LUMPUR – The RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project by Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd had been set without consulting the Government Procurement Division, says Treasury deputy secretary-general Datuk Othman Semail. Othman said that this is the first project that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had personally ordered a letter of award (LOA) without the proper procedure being followed. …