THE uprooted tree that fell and killed a man on Jalan Sultan Ismail this afternoon is over 50 years old according to Dr Zaliha Mustafa. The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) said the tree was monitored by Menara IMC and was inspected by arborists registered with City Hall every two years ..read more

MALAYSIAN Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki today said there are no plans yet to detain former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad over allegations of corruption. “We have no intention of arresting him yet since the investigation is ongoing,” he told reporters after attending the launch of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy programme in Putrajaya ..read more

A HEAVY thunderstorm uprooted a large tree which crashed on the monorail track and several cars along the busy Jalan Sultan Ismail in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon. There have been no reports of casualties as yet but rescuers were seen pulling people out of their cars. The Malaysian Insight has contacted the Fire and Rescue Department for updates. – May 7, 2024. MORE TO COME ..read more

GABUNGAN Rakyat Sabah (GRS) is not interested in working with any coalition other than its partner, Pakatan Harapan. GRS information chief Joniston Bangkuai said this after reports surfaced that Perikatan Nasional (PN) was keen on a pact with the ruling Sabah alliance ..read more

TO prevent the spread of misleading information to the public, Anwar Ibrahim said the government was prepared to brief the opposition on the state of the national economy. The prime minister said the opposition often unfairly criticises the government and misleads the public, which he said has been apparent on the Kuala Kubu Baharu campaign trail ..read more

THE world was warned three years ago about the harm AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines caused. The uproar and remorse today is a tad too late. Then health minister Khairy Jamaluddin threatened “to make life difficult” for those who refused to be vaccinated ..read more

SHELL is reportedly in talks with Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Saudi Aramco to sell its petrol station business in Malaysia, Reuters reports. Sources said talks began in late 2023, and a deal may be finalised in the coming months ..read more

THE Kuala Kubu Baru magistrate’s court today sentenced a 66-year-old man to jail for a month and fined RM3,000 for misusing the King’s picture on a car he was driving. P. Ramasamy, 66, was sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge under Section 4A(1) of the Election Offences Act 1954 before magistrate Siti Fatimah Talib ..read more

THE demand for food from the low-income group has been on the rise since the beginning of this year, keeping Malaysia’s sustainability-led food bank The Lost Food Project (TLFP) busy. TLFP said the demand for food has increased by about 30% since January this year. Labelling itself as a food rescue civil society group since its founding in 2016, TLFP fights hunger and climate change by tackling food waste. – May 6, 2024 ..read more

SARAWAK Premier Abang Johari Openg said Sarawak’s legislature may soon enjoy a status equivalent to a “provincial parliament”. “We are surely eligible for a higher status than just being any other state. “In fact, we are higher than even being a territory and are comparable to a provincial parliament if we adopt the terminology used in certain Commonwealth countries like Australia. “Our state attorney-general is looking into all these and we will find an appropriate term to describe Sarawak once we drop the use of ‘state’,” he said after a Hari Raya gathering in Kuching. Abang Johari ..read more