The Federal Court found that there was merit in the appeal by the government. PUTRAJAYA: The government has succeeded in its appeal at the Federal Court to forfeit RM1,112,700 from 79 investors involved in an illegal deposit-taking scheme. The three-man bench comprising Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Court of Appeal president Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and Federal Court judge Hasnah Hashim today overturned the decisions of the Court of Appeal and the High Court. Stating that there was merit in the appeal, Tengku Maimun ordered the RM1,112,700 to be forfeited by the government ..read more

  Pakatan Harapan (PH) will field DAP’s Pang Sock Tao for the Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) by-election scheduled to take place on May 11. KUALA KUBU BARU: Pakatan Harapan (PH) will field DAP's Pang Sock Tao for the Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) by-election scheduled to take place on May 11. DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the decision to field Pang, who is also the press secretary to Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming, was finalised after considering all qualifications and experience possessed by Pang. Earlier, a DAP source told the New Straits Times that Pang had been chosen ..read more

  Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor (right)during the state assembly sitting here. -- Pic courtesy of Sabah Chief Minister's office. KOTA KINABALU: Sabah government is satisfied with the role played by Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) in ensuring security in the state, particularly in the east coast. State Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the agency, which was established on April 1, 2013, has effectively curbed the intrusion of foreign elements into the region. It has helped to restore the image of Sabah's coastal areas, especially in Eastern Sabah, as sa ..read more

  Former Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong is currently serving an eight-year prison sentence for raping his maid in 2019. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR: Former Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong has filed an appeal in the Federal Court against the Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold his conviction for raping his maid five years ago. Yong’s lawyer, Rajpal Singh, confirmed that the notice of appeal was filed on March 5. “The court has not yet set a date for case management,” he said today. On March 1, in a 2-1 majority decision, Justices Hadhariah Syed Ismail and Azman Abdullah upheld Yong’s convictio ..read more

  Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari (left) said Badrul Hisham Shaharin is trying to build a narrative that casts a bad light on the state government. PETALING JAYA: Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari says he is ready to file a defamation lawsuit against blogger Badrul Hisham Shaharin for claiming there was corruption in the approval of land in the state. Amirudin vehemently denied the allegations made by Badrul, also known as Chegubard, and said that he was in the midst of initiating legal proceedings against the blogger. He said that property development company Landasan Lumayan ..read more

  Presiden MIC SA Vigneswaran berkata, langkah turun berkempen juga membolehkan parti itu mengetengahkan isu dihadapi oleh kaum India di Hulu Selangor, khususnya di DUN Kuala Kubu Baharu. (Gambar Bernama) PETALING JAYA: Presiden MIC SA Vigneswaran hari ini mengesahkan parti itu akan turun padang untuk berkempen menjelang PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu selepas mengambil kira potensi “kesan positif” tindakan itu bagi masyarakat India. Beliau berkata, keputusan itu dibuat setelah menerima panggilan daripada Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim yang menjanjikan penyelesaian kepada masalah masyarakat India ..read more

  Investment, trade and industry minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said the ongoing global conflicts had impacted commodity prices. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will continue to diversify and at the same time reduce its reliance on major trading partners to cushion blows from geopolitical tensions, says investment, trade and industry minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz. He said while China’s economic recovery had benefitted the nation through the improvement in trade figures, the ministry would continue to reduce its reliance on a single economy. “We need to slowly diversify our dependency on ..read more

  Sabah chief minister Hajiji Noor said the special annual allocations for assemblymen were directly channelled to district offices. (Facebook pic) PETALING JAYA: The special annual allocations for assemblymen are fairly distributed to both government and opposition elected representatives in Sabah, chief minister Hajiji Noor said. According to The Borneo Post, Hajiji said the state government had allocated a total of RM188.2 million to Sabah assemblymen for this year. “The state government does not sideline the constituencies represented by opposition assemblymen from receiving this spe ..read more

  Bruce Gilley, a professor of political science at Portland State University, delivered a talk titled ‘Will Malaysia Become an Active Middle Power’ at Universiti Malaya yesterday afternoon. (X pic) PETALING JAYA: A US academic is facing heat on social media after purportedly claiming that Malaysia is pushing for a “second Holocaust against the Jewish people” during a talk he delivered at Universiti Malaya. Bruce Gilley, a professor of political science at Portland State University, delivered a talk titled “Will Malaysia Become an Active Middle Power” at UM yesterday afternoon – where he ..read more

 The MMC is embroiled in a tussle with the parallel pathway specialists and the medical genetics graduates over recognising their qualifications for the purpose of listing them in the National Specialists Register (NSR). Four cardiothoracic surgeons with qualifications from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and six Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) graduates have filed legal action against the MMC over the dispute. The minister said recognition of all specialist programmes is being looked into.   “I put my foot down at the meeting and told them we cannot let this pro ..read more