Sabah & Sarawak

Zara Quairina inquest: Ex-principal unaware of students' written statements

KOTA KINABALU: Former principal of SMKA Tun Datu Mustapha, Shaharom Hashim, 51, told the Coroner's Court on Wednesday (Jan 21) that she was unaware of written statements from five students concerning the death of Zara Qairina Mahathir.

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Police corporal killed in Ipoh motorcycle-car crash

IPOH: A police corporal was killed when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car on Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah here Wednesday (Jan 21) afternoon.

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Kinabatangan by-election: Voters torn between loyalty, local sentiment as polling day nears

KINABATANGAN: Voters here are torn between loyalty and local sentiments as Barisan Nasional and Warisan campaigners pitch for support ahead of the polling day on Saturday (Jan 24).

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Kedah declares Feb 1 public holiday for Thaipusam

ALOR SETAR: The Kedah government has declared Feb 1 as a public holiday in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebration.

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Six including company owner remanded four days in graft probe

SHAH ALAM: Six individuals, including a company owner were remanded for four days to assist investigations into an alleged bribery case involving payments to a civil servant in exchange for not taking legal action against several premises.

Sabah & Sarawak

MIC hasn't left BN, says Zambry

KOTA KINABALU: MIC is still part of Barisan Nasional, says Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir.

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MACC focusing on governance weaknesses in e-waste management

KUALA LUMPUR: Graft busters are focusing on governance weaknesses in the management of electronic waste (e-waste) following the implementation of Ops Nature, an operation carried out simultaneously by its Selangor and Negri Sembilan branches.

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X tightens controls on Grok, disables generation of explicit content, says Fahmi

PUTRAJAYA: Social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) has confirmed that its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok can no longer be misused to generate or edit harmful content involving pornography, sexual material or incest, following tighter regulatory controls on its image editing and video generation features, says Datuk Fahmi Fadzil.

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Court issues seizure order against Caprice over unpaid costs

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to social media influencer Caprice after he failed to pay RM8,000 in costs awarded in a defamation suit.

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Cops identify two suspects in FAM document forgery scandal

PETALING JAYA: The police have identified two individuals believed to be involved in the forgery of documents submitted to FIFA during the registration process of seven heritage players linked to the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).

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Mindef reaffirms commitment to transparency and accountability

KUALA LUMPUR: The Defence Ministry (Mindef) has reaffirmed its commitment to transparency, accountability and integrity following a courtesy call by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki at Wisma Pertahanan on Wednesday (Jan 21).

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Appeals court rules govt not liable in detainee's suicide death

PUTRAJAYA: The government succeeded in its appeal at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday (Jan 21), overturning a High Court decision that had found it liable for negligence in the death of a security guard who died by suicide while in custody at a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) lock-up in Klang in 2019.

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Govt to hold talks with Dong Zong soon over UEC candidates taking BM, History SPM papers

PETALING JAYA: The Education Ministry will hold discussions with the United Chinese School Committees' Association of Malaysia (Dong Zong) soon on the implementation of the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) Bahasa Melayu and History pass requirements for Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) candidates.

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MACC only froze 10 bank accounts, day-to-day ops not affected, says IJM

KUALA LUMPUR: IJM Corporation Bhd clarifies that a limited number of the company's bank accounts have been temporarily restricted as part of an ongoing probe by graft busters.

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Fuel prices Jan 22-28: RON97, unsubsidised RON95 up two sen nationwide, diesel up four sen in Peninsula

KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of non-subsidised RON95 and RON97 will increase by two sen nationwide while diesel will increase by four sen in Peninsular Malaysia from Jan 22 to 28.

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MACC: Only five reports on bribery involving Penang civil servants in 2025

GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) received only five reports related to attempted bribery involving civil servants in Penang last year.

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Comms Ministry to focus on digital infrastructure, empowering creative industry in 2026, says Fahmi

PUTRAJAYA: The Communications Ministry is focusing on empowering digital infrastructure, the creative and information industries, and government communications this year, says its minister, Datuk Fahmi Fadzil.

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Najib says no issue anticipated when appointing Nik Faisal account mandate holder

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak told the High Court here Wednesday (Jan 21) that he did not anticipate any problems arising from his personal Ambank accounts after agreeing to the appointment of SRC International Sdn Bhd former director Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, as the account mandate holder in 2011.

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Blacklist foreign vehicles abusing fuel subsidy, urges backbencher

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign-registered vehicles detected to have fuelled up with subsidised RON95 petrol should be blacklisted from entering Malaysia, says a government backbencher.

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Former Perlis MB gave me travel agent's details, witness tells court

KUALA LUMPUR: A key prosecution witness told the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Jan 21) that he obtained details about Sri Kedawang Travel & Tours (W) Sdn Bhd from Datuk Seri Azlan Man, the former Perlis mentri besar, who faces ten charges of submitting false claims and receiving proceeds from unlawful activities.