Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR — Co-author of the book Billion Dollar Whale Tom Wright expressed his satisfaction at hearing that convicted former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was behind bars tonight after the Federal Court upheld his guilty verdict over the multimillion-dollar SRC International Sdn Bhd corruption case. He said that it has been seven years […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has stressed that it is important to handle the littoral combat ship (LCS) scandal properly and transparently, or his administration may face the same fate as Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s due to the 1MDB scandal. Sabri said that the previous government had failed to explain […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21 — Rafizi Ramli’s ‘Ayuh Malaysia’ campaign for the opposition that aims to persuade people to vote,  will be ready to tour the country in one or two months. He said the team would focus on the marginal seats to ensure Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition will be ready for the 15th General […]

Kuala Lampur — The authorities are clear, and the lawyers are right: The Federal Court could make a ruling even if there were no submissions from former prime minister Najib Razak’s counsel. Then Judge of Court of Appeal Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim in a 2018 case of Dato Sri Dr Mohamad Salleh bin Ismail & […]

KUALA LUMPUR — The road to amending the nation’s citizenship laws, which are not in favour of Malaysian mothers with overseas-born children, is not a smooth one and requires several processes, de facto law minister, Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said. Speaking at the Keluarga Malaysia Symposium here, Wan Junaidi said that amendments to […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Barisan Nasional (BN) could risk losing the upcoming 15th general election (GE15) if it is not held within the next few months, cautioned Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The BN chairman said the opposition would use this time to threaten confidence in BN, and delaying an election would only provide […]

I was born in India, so a Little India conclave of some form and size anywhere in the world always draws me. When in Singapore, I am glued to the famous Little India quarter that stretches along the Serangoon Road. While there all my senses are hugely assaulted as I see the colourful saree shops, […]

KUCHING, Aug — Kuching will be host to the country’s first-ever conference on shamanism, to be held from August 25 to 28 at the Borneo Cultures Museum. Organised by the Sarawak Museum Department and the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism (ISARS), the international conference is titled ‘Shamanism and Crisis: Seeking Human Identity, and […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 13 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has reportedly reminded those in Umno who are pushing for snap polls that the latter party would not be able to form a government without his coalition’s support. He was quoted by Free Malaysia Today warning that PN would not hesitate to […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Food delivery rider Muhammad Khuzaimie Lemat has gone viral on social media, which has earned him praises after a video of him helping a lost senior citizen was posted. The 24-year-old posted a TikTok video yesterday which shows him trying to help an elderly woman who was looking to get back home. […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug — Malaysian authorities should stop “conversion” programmes involving the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community including mukhayyam camps, said Human Rights Watch. In a report on the discrimination against the LGBT in Malaysia, the rights advocacy group said public funds were being used on the camps that even attempt to […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s “unholy silence” over the multibillion scandal involving six littoral combat ships (LCS) was irresponsible given the government’s swift response to a row between civil service officers, said DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng. Lim noted that Ismail Sabri’s Cabinet moved with “surprising speed” to […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug — The Bersatu-led Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition might pull its support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, which could trigger the collapse of the federal government. Citing unnamed sources, The Star reported last week that PN, which jointly forms the government with the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, is upset […]

GEORGE TOWN — United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) scientist Florence Tan may have been involved in launching multiple missions to Mars, Saturn, Titan and the Moon, but one of her proudest career moments was winning her almost five-year battle for a breastfeeding room to be set up for new mothers at Nasa. […]

An aggressive and controlling partner makes for a difficult life. Stereotypically it is generally the male who is aggressive but it can also be the female. A partner like this often makes you feel angry, sad or like you’re walking on eggshells. Although it is always better to look for signs earlier on in the […]