to the family of former Asahan assemblyman Datuk Seri Abdul Ghafar Atan, who passed away on Wednesday

PETALING JAYA: Blogger Tamfin Ghafar has been contacted by the police over an investigation into

all night. PTI’s candidate for PB-41 in Quetta, Ghafar Kakar alleged he was warned of consequences

PETALING JAYA: The statements of three people, including Badrul Hisham Shaharin, also known as Chegubard, will be recorded by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission( MCMC) over their social media posts. The MCMC said that Badrul Hisham and Mohamad Salim Iskandar will have their statements recorded at its headquarters in Cyberjaya today. Meanwhile, Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris( Papagomo) will have his statement recorded by the MCMC at the Setapak police station.“ Their statements w

PUTRAJAYA( Bernama): A former ship cleaner, who was convicted of murdering a businessman by stabbing and setting the victim’s body alight seven years ago, failed in his final appeal at the Federal Court here to set aside his death sentence.A three-member panel of the Federal Court, led by Justice Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, unanimously dismissed the final appeal of Izwanuddin Kasim, 41, on Thursday( Nov 11) after finding that the appellant’s appeal had no merit." After examining the record of the

PETALING JAYA: Road tax renewal records should be used to give a clearer picture of the number of vehicles still in use in the country, says Tan Sri Liow Tiong Lai. The former transport minister was referring to a recent report that said there were over 33 million registered vehicles in the country. Liow said this figure was an exaggeration as it included vehicles from before Independence." I am sure the number of vehicles on the road is not more than the population as it includes registered veh

SUKKUR: The DIG of the Counter Terrorism Department( CTD) Sukkur suspended nine policemen who reportedly created panic by firing in the air in Khairpur mobile market and whisking away four shopkeepers on Thursday. According to detail, the CTD policemen in plainclothes stormed the mobile market and detained Abu Bakar Metilo, Taufeeq Memon, Abdul Sami Qureshi and Kangal, and took away several items, including computers and mobiles from their shops. Enraged shopkeepers said the police officials als

Join our Whatsapp channel International human rights organisation Amnesty International on Tuesday called upon Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti to “ release all detained Baloch activists ”.... In March, Dr Mahrang Baloch and other Baloch Yakjehti Committee( BYC) members were arrested for “ attacking ” the Quetta Civil Hospital and “ inciting people to violence ”, a day after the group faced a police crackdown while protesting against alleged enforced disappearances.... The BYC is a Ba

KOTA KINABALU: Tun Sakaran Dandai will be remembered by many as a “ good and humble man ” in Sabah’s rough and tumble politics. The late Sakaran, whose political career spanned from the formation of Malaysia in 1963 to becoming Umno’s first chief minister in Sabah in 1994 and later governor, was noted as a gentleman politician.It was best illustrated through his brotherly embrace of Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan when the latter’s Parti Bersatu Sabah’s government collapsed and had to make way fo

JOHOR BAHRU – An unemployed man has been charged at the Sessions Court in Johor Bahru with abducting and illegally confining a six-year-old girl in July. Leang Win Son, 31, however, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out to him in Mandarin in front of Sessions Judge Rasidah Ruslee here on Aug 8. According to the charge sheet, the accused, who is single, allegedly abducted the child from her mother at the Eco Galleria mall in Iskandar Puteri around 8. 30pm on July 20.He was charged un