Former Johor state executive councillor Abdul Latif Bandi who previously was on trial facing 37 corruption charges was released on Sunday (April 21). Also cleared of charges were Abdul Latif’s son Ahmad Fauzan Hatim and his property consultant Amir Shariffuddin Abd Raub. Sessions Court judge Kamarudin Kamsun said the prosecution had failed to establish a prima…
The past week saw two major industrial fires affecting Johor Baru and Kuantan separately. Images and videos of the incidents spread anxiously on social media. One of Johor’s Petronas oil and gas facility caused an explosion that emitted shock waves felt by Singaporeans in the middle of the night. It took five fire engines and…
One of the Government Linked Investment Companies (GLiC) which has been getting much attention from the media is Tabung Haji (TH) with 65.01% share of voice in the last seven days, followed by Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah) with 24.02% and Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) with 10.97%. On the other hand, Retirement Fund (KWAP) has the…
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad promised to look into the quota system for students intake in the matriculation programme, which Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik had previously announced to remain according to the 90:10 basis. The issue was prompted by an urge from DAP Youth’s university affairs bureau director Leong Yu Sheng for the government…
“Less sleep and staying active” is Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s secret to life and the reason for his energy and stamina at the age of 93. “If you get tired and go to bed and do not think, do not conceive ideas, do not argue, you don’t find solutions to problems, if you…
A study by Nielson and the Confederation of Malaysian Tobacco Manufacturers has revealed that Malaysians are the largest consumers of illegal cigarettes, with over 12 billion sticks sold in 2018. According to JT International Bhd (JTI) managing director Cormac O’Rourke, this crisis is happening in Malaysia due to the lack of effective and coordinated enforcement,…
An average of four children went missing in Malaysia each day, The Star Online reported. The article mentioned more than half of the reported cases (427 cases) were of runaways. The report also indicated that 447 of the cases were girls, whereas 276 were boys. Girls are more likely to be targeted by kidnappers, which…
Agriculture is one of the main contributors to the economy of Sabah, with palm oil and cocoa being the most sought after commodities from the state. The palm oil plantations span across 1,330,036 hectares of land while coca plantations cover up to 224.8 hectares of land in Sabah. Cocoa cultivation started at Ranau in 1998. Today, cocoa…
April 17, 2019 is the day Indonesians go to 800,000 polling stations to vote for their next president and members of Parliament. Seats contested are 711 seats in Indonesia’s two-house People’s Consultative Assembly, or Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR), 575 are seats in the People’s Representative Council (DPR), and the other 136 are in the Regional Representative…
A new regulation was announced by Transport Minister Anthony Loke in July 2018, whereby e-hailing services will be subjected to the same rules as taxis especially for license registration, vehicle inspection and certain operational requirements. Besides for the obvious safety and legitimacy reasons, Loke stated that this applies to all e-hailing companies, not just popular…