Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR –  The Health Ministry confirmed that the number of coronavirus in the country remains at eight. According to health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, The eighth case is a Chinese national aged 49 who was in close contact with the seventh confirmed patient. Currently there are no local infected with the virus. Health ministry also were able …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Health Ministry has claimed that the report about a 23-year-old man from Tripura, India died in a Malaysian hospital due to infection by novel coronavirus. The health ministry tweeted on Thursday that based on the information they received, as of 6pm on Jan 30, there are no record of Indian national who tested positive in a …

BUKIT MERTAJAM –  Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu said that the government is ready to send the Malaysian Armed Forces aircraft to China to rescue the Malaysians living in Wuhan, in the wake of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. According to Sabu, if Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail required their assistance to bring home the …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said that the government is in talks with Beijing in bringing back Malaysians who are currently in Wuhan and Hubei province. A total of 78 Malaysians are said to be currently stranded in the Hubei province. They are currently restricted on leaving Wuhan as of the moment. “They cannot leave Wuhan (as …

KUALA LUMPUR : Infectious disease specialist Datuk Dr Christopher K.C. Lee confirms that Malaysia is more prepared and experienced in containing past infectious diseases. This included having more thermal scanners which have been placed at all entry points into the country, as well as isolating coronavirus cases and placing suspected cases under quarantine. He also said swift measures such as …

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. …