• Unscheduled water disruption in Gombak and KL

  said in a statement Sunday, that a number of areas in Gombak and Kuala Lumpur experienced water disruption and lower pressure due to a critical dip in levels at its main reservoirs, since Saturday. The areas were Lembah Jaya Utara, Desa Lembah Permai, Kampung Muhibbah, Kampung Tasek Permai, Kampung Ampang Campuran, Kampung Tasik Tambahan, Taman Sri Baru and Taman Dagang Jaya in Gombak. And ...

• Palanivel Special team to focus on forest hill destruction

  KUALA LUMPUR: The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will set up a special team with the respective state governments to look into the destruction of forests and hill slopes in the country. Its ...

• Khalid is new IGP Bakri deputy

  Printer Friendly Kuala Lumpur: Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar will replace Tan Sri Ismail Omar as the new Inspector-General of Police (IGP), effective this Friday. The Prime Minister's Office, in a statement issued here Tuesday, said Federal Police (Bukit Aman) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director Datuk Seri Bakri Zinin will take over as the new ...

• Two riders in motorcycle convoy die in mishap

  JOHOR BARU: A convoy of 40 motorcycles from Selangor to Desaru ended in a tragedy when five of the machines brushed against each other and resulted in two riders dead at KM22.5 along Jalan Kulaijaya-Kota Tinggi here. In the incident, Muhammad Fadzirul Hakimi Abd Rahim, 21, and his friend Muhammad Adib Jasmani, 23, were killed when their motorcycles fell across the road. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt ...

• Foresty DG Less than 1 of forest reserves in peninsula affected by illegal logging

  IPOH: Less than one per cent of 4.7 million hectares of forest reserves in Peninsular Malaysia have been affected by illegal logging, according to Peninsula Forestry ...

• PAS gets four Selangor exco posts

  PORT KLANG: The Selangor State Executive Council (Exco) will be represented by four candidates from PAS and three each from PKR and DAP, said Mentri ...

• Dr Chua Tee’s appointment to Johor exco will be discussed by MCA central committee

  . "But I would like to stress that the party did not recommend Tee for the position in the Johor executive councillor line up and we have clarified a lot of times that the appointment was solely the Johor Sultan's wish," he said here Sunday. Dr Chua said that Tee's case would also be passed to the party's disciplinary board for evaluation and Tee would have the ...

• Malaysia’s rigged electoral system

  As the smoke clears after the Malaysian election battle it has become clear that under the current electoral system defeat of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) was never quite on the cards, even without the electoral roll and election day cheating and vote buying claimed by the opposition. Indeed all other factors being equal it would probably take another 4 percent swing against the BN for the ...

• Taib wants infrastructure development issues resolved

  wants all Sarawak members of parliament appointed to the Federal Government to resolve the state's infrastructure development issues which are unique, as compared to those in the Peninsular. ...

• More want English as medium of instruction in schools

  PETALING JAYA: Should the Government allow the use of English as a medium of instruction in schools again? "Yes" was the most popular response given by Malaysians on Twitter responding to the question using the hashtag #MyEnglish, initiated by The Star Online on Sunday. English teacher Sheila Victor @SheilaVictor2 was in favour of the language to be brought back as a medium of ...

• Police investigating organisers of Penang thanksgiving ceramah

  GEORGE TOWN: Police are investigating the "Thanksgiving Mega Ceramah" organised by the DAP-led state government on Saturday as it was held without obtaining proper approval from the authorities. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said the organiser had not informed them 10 days in advance as stipulated under Section 9 (1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. "A report had been ...

• Kit Siang slams new IGP for having double standards

  for having double standards while investigating the alleged seditious remarks. Despite numerous reports lodged he said, police had yet to take action against former Court of Appeal ...

• Labourer charged with injuring a man during GE13 campaign period

  GURUN: A 47-year-old labourer was charged at a Magistrate's Court here on Sunday with injuring a man during the recent general election. Musa Awang from Kampung Perupuk, Yan was charged with committing the offence at about 2pm on April 28 in front of a workshop at Batu 22, Jalan Yan near here. Musa was charged with causing injury to Rosli Hassan, 45, with a knife under Section 324 of the ...

• Karpal tells Tunku Aziz to cease attacks on DAP

  to cease further attacks on the party or he would bring the latter to court. "He is completely getting out of hand. I have been watching him very closely. "The DAP leadership was guilty of serious misjudgement in having given Tunku Aziz membership for the party and immediately made a vice-chairman. "He is not grateful but an opportunist," he told a press conference after a ...

• Blind student successfully crosses Penang channel

  BUTTERWORTH: Blind student, Faiq Adnan, 23 successfully swam across the Penang Channel on Sunday. He left the Swettenham Pier at 9.05am and arrived on the Bagan Ajam shoreline at 11.30am. Related ...

• Government to maintain food subsidies

  KUALA LUMPUR: The Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry will continue subsidising food and general goods to deal with the increasing cost of living. ...

• All eyes on Najib’s new Cabinet

  unveiled his much-anticipated Cabinet line-up after his first voter mandate at the 13th general election. The following day, Najib chaired the first Cabinet meeting and reminded the ministers to work as a team and give their best to the people and the country. He also stressed that public expectations would be high, and his ministers must be prepared to come under intense public scrutiny. ...

• Hundreds train attention on spreading awareness on AIDS

  KUALA LUMPUR: They rode the KTM Komuter and walked for about 2km, with some carrying candles to remember those who died from HIV/AIDS, show solidarity for those still living with the virus and spread awareness on the disease. The trains were filled with hundreds of people in red T-shirts to commemorate International AIDS Memorial Day, today. Once they got off the train at the Sungai Buloh KTM ...

• Hills in Cameron Highlands ‘raped’ at an alarming rate

  CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Unsustainable land clearing is continuing on a staggering scale here, with pristine virgin jungle the size of numerous football fields chopped down to make way for agriculture conversion. A large portion of the land clearing is taking place away from the public eye, as excavators and tractors are kept busy deep in the heart of the jungle, a good hour's drive from the main ...

• Gunung Perdah ravaged for development and left exposed

  CAMERON HIGHLANDS: This area of lush highland forests, scenic beauty and bio-diversity has lost yet another tourism and recreation destination. The Gunung Perdah hiking trail, situated in Sungai Ruil, Tanah Rata, is linked to Gunung Jasar, a forest reserve often visited by nature lovers. ...

• Blind man wants to raise awareness on retinal diseases

  PETALING JAYA: Four decades ago, Dennis Lewis was a young bank officer in London ready to scale the corporate ladder. However, his career ended prematurely when he was diagnosed with macular dystrophy, a disease which affected his eyesight, at age 27. "My optician noticed the signs before I did, and it was a big shock to me. "I found it difficult to read, write, watch television, drive ...

• Expert Be very sure you need a mastectomy

  , responding to the active social media discussions on the matter following the double mastectomy performed on Angelina Jolie, said the latter knew why she wanted to do it and the risks involved. She said the US actress also knew that it would not eliminate the cancer gene but only reduce the risk. ';Anyone who wants to do that (double mastectomy) has to adopt that framework of making an ...

• Kedah to freeze logging activities pending review

  ALOR SETAR: The Kedah Government has temporarily stopped logging activities in the state pending a study on their impact on the environment and the people’s livelihood. Mentri ...

• Student activist Adam Adli arrested over his remarks at May 13 forum

  KUALA LUMPUR: Student activist Adam Adli Abd Halim has been arrested for statements he made during a May 13 forum held at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall. City police chief Deputy ...

• My teacher my friend

  It's such a blessing when you have, among your real friends, the teachers who not only taught you but also truly made a difference in your life. MY friend, a retired teacher, made a short trip to Kuala Lumpur recently. As time was limited, we arranged to meet at a shopping centre in Bangsar where we could enjoy a cuppa. Unfortunately, all the joints in that complex were on the classy side ...

• Home garden talk a hit with Malaysians

  GEORGE TOWN: The training by the Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) on how to create a home nutrition garden has proven to be a hit among health conscious Malaysians eager to learn about growing chemical-free vegetables. Among those who attended the training was housewife Connie Yap, 67, who had always been interested in gaining health-related knowledge. "The training was really ...

• Tee’s appointment had nothing to do with Umno says Khaled

  accepted a state executive councillor post. Tee's appointment, said Khaled, was also not due to MCA bowing to pressure from Umno but was made according to the Johor Sultan's wish to have a Chinese representative in the state exco line-up. "There is no question of subservience. MCA only followed the decision made by the Ruler. Tee's decision in accepting the appointment was ...

• Pakatan ceramah held at Esplanade despite police not approving permit

  GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of Pakatan Rakyat supporters turned up for a thanksgiving ceramah organised by the state government at the Esplanade last night despite the police not approving the permit for it. The supporters, mostly clad in black attire, arrived as early as 6pm for the event which started at about 8pm. Among those who spoke at the event themed "One Person, One Vote, Same ...

• Karpal Abolish the Senate

  said the Senate should be abolished as it does not serve any purpose. The Bukit Gelugor MP said having the Dewan Rakyat was good enough. "The Federal constitution should be amended to abolish the Dewan Negara. "A unicameral parliament, with a single legislative chamber, as is the position in Singapore, would be best suited in the public interest," he told a press conference here ...

• Selangor exco to be sworn in after MB returns

  returns from treatment for an old leg injury. Khalid, who will be departing for Frankfurt, Germany, tonight, said he has submitted a list of names for the Sultan’s review on the previous Friday. ';I expect to receive the feedback from the Sultan after I return next Friday. Our target is for the swearing-in ceremony to take place on the following week,'; he said here yesterday. ...

• Retract your statement Guan Eng urges Zahid

  to retract his call for groups that do not accept the country’s electoral system to move to countries where the system suits them. ';If he does not do so, DAP parliamentary head Lim Kit Siang will propose for a censure motion to be made in Parliament. ';He ...

• Five men assault friend at Johor police station

  JOHOR BARU: A group of parang-wielding men stormed a police station in Labis, about 150km from here, and attacked a man who had earlier rescued a constable. Policemen rushed to help the victim and arrested the five intruders in the 11am incident yesterday. They also seized four machetes. Earlier, it is learnt, one of the suspects had stopped a car carrying the constable, his wife and two friends ...

• Six new Perak exco members sworn in

  KUALA KANGSAR: Six new faces have been sworn in to the new nine-man Perak executive council. They are Tualang Sekah assemblyman Nolee Ashilin Mohd ...

• Sabah unaffected by Sulu episode

  KOTA KINABALU: Initial worries that the intrusion of armed Sulu gunmen would impact the state's tourism industry appear to be unfounded following an increase in the number of visitors to Sabah within the first three months of the year. State Tourism, Culture and ...

• Bring back English schools

  It is unhealthy for race relations when the student population in Chinese schools is 99.9% Chinese, Tamil schools is 100% Indian and national schools, dubbed Malay schools, is 80% to 90% Malay. SERIOUSLY, the government should allow the use of English as a medium of instruction in schools again. If there are Chinese and Tamil primary schools alongside national schools, there is no reason for ...

• MIC to discuss party polls and GE13 sabotage

  PETALING JAYA: With the general election over, the MIC is set to work on the party polls that had been postponed since last year. Newly-appointed ...

• Great memories as Foon Yew High School turns 100

  JOHOR BARU: At the age of 77, Poon Kim Boon has gone back to school this time, to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the Foon Yew High School. The grandfather of two, who was among the first batch of 38 students to graduate from the school in 1957, relished the memories that came flooding back to him the moment he stepped inside the compound. "Looking at the familiar arch at the ...

• Security guards chopped up like meat at Cheras condo

  KUALA LUMPUR: Three security guards were slashed with machetes and "chopped up like meat" at a condominium in Cheras here. Four foreign guards were on duty at the condominium when two men wearing motorcycle helmets attacked the guard- house of Vistaria Residency condominium at 7.30am yesterday. One of them escaped unhurt. Resident ...

• New minister Abdul Rahman wants more homes to be affordable

  KOTA KINABALU: The rebranded Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry will work closely with the state governments to bring more affordable homes to the people. "Our concern is to see these housing projects take off and completed without any hitches," said ...

• Sabah conservation effort doing good

  KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's turtle conservation effort, dating back nearly half a century, is bearing fruit. Certain pristine areas along the state's east coast is now home to an increasing number of these marine creatures. For example, at Pulau Mabul, off Semporna, a 2km stretch of coral reef is home to more than 140 turtles. "That is a good sign," said Universiti Malaysia Sabah ...

• Umno disciplinary board to probe into reports of sabotage

  KUALA LUMPUR: Investigations are being carried out following reports of sabotage by Umno members against the party during the 13th general election. Umno disciplinary board special committee ...

• My home my school

  More and more Malaysian parents are turning towards homeschooling today for various reasons. IF you ask Jeremy Lee* how much he likes school, chances are you'll get a rather frank reply. "I don't like school. I get very restless, and then the teacher will make me stand in the corner and pull my ears," he says. Until three years ago, Jeremy, 11, was in a public school. And he ...

• Be wary of banking Trojans

  Online banking users in Malaysia need to be wary of sophisticated Trojans. IMAGINE a burglar hiding in your house and slowly cleaning out your valuables, bit by bit, without you even realising it. According to security firm Symantec, that is the common modus operandi of banking Trojans today, which have grown so sophisticated that they are almost impossible to detect and very difficult to get ...

• Anwar Malaysia’s Opposition Leader Takes to the Streets

  KUANTAN, Malaysia -- Not long ago he was flirting with the idea of semiretirement, maybe a teaching job at an American university. But now Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the Malaysian opposition, former political prisoner and longtime bugbear of the establishment, says those plans are firmly on the ...

• EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei ZTE for trade violations

  NEW YORK -- Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp. for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy ...

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