KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Voters are no longer automatically loyal to a party simply because it represents Malays or Islam, Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said today, acknowledging a political reality Umno must confront if it wants to remain relevant. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Umno General

JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 16 — A 34-year-old private clinic doctor was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of his wife and five-year-old son at their home in Bandar Dato’ Onn late last year. The accused, Chia Tong Hong, was charged with murdering his 37-year-old wife, Phun Lai

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 15 — A total of 14 ministries have been identified as having failed to meet their targets in implementing physical development projects allocated last year, said Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar. He said expenditure on development projects by the ministries concerned stood at

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — Former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin today minimised talk of his imminent return to the party, urging a “one step at a time” approach after attending the wing’s annual assembly, nearly three years after his expulsion. Khairy, who was sacked in January 2023 for criticising the

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 14 — A draft Cabinet Memorandum outlining recommendations from the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission’s (EAIC) committee on custodial deaths, along with proposed preventive measures, was submitted to the Prime Minister’s Department in December last year. The document was submitted by a special task force set up to implement the

JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 14 — The investigation paper on a factory manager who allegedly hung the Malaysian flag upside down in Senai has been referred to the Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) for a decision on whether to press charges, Johor police chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said today. The suspect, a

KOTA TINGGI, Jan 13 — Police arrested a football coach for alleged sexual assault involving a 15-year-old boy in Kampung Gembut in Tanjung Sedeli here recently. Kota Tinggi police chief Superintendent Yusof Othman said the suspect, who is in his 50s, was arrested at his house in Kampung Gembut last Friday. “The

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will hold a press conference the day after tomorrow on an investigation involving a former minister suspected of receiving about RM5 million in bribes, as well as a luxury car, linked to billboard projects and land transfers in the capital. MACC

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 12 — Contractors involved in the Penang Mutiara Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) project have been instructed to implement continuous traffic mitigation measures to prevent severe congestion around construction sites as works intensify across the island. Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the directive comes amid rapid

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s Yayasan Akalbudi case has been “settled” permanently, Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar said today. That means the deputy prime minister cannot be charged with the same 47 charges in that corruption case, Dusuki clarified when asked about his decision