politics
KOTA BHARU, Jan 15 — The Prime Minister’s Department’s Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU JPM) is monitoring 500 development and infrastructure projects in Kelantan worth RM27.46 billion to ensure timely completion and improve residents' well-being. ICU JPM director for Kelantan Jasri Kasim said the projects comprise 118 new
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim received Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at Istana Bukit Tunku today for a briefing on current national affairs. The meeting was announced in an official post on the King's Facebook page. According to the post, His Majesty was
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, opened the First Meeting of the Fifth Session of the 15th Parliament on Monday with a Royal Address expected to cover national development, public welfare, and economic matters as the 13th Malaysia Plan commences. The King delivered the address
crime
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — Police have arrested a Free Malaysia Today journalist for questioning after a video allegedly showed him raising racial issues during a public lecture on Palestine, sparking three police reports. The 30-year-old suspect was arrested around midnight, according to Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk M.
crime
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Police confirmed the arrest of a journalist over remarks made during a public forum, investigating under sedition and other laws. Federal Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk M. Kumar said in a statement the journalist is being probed under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act, Section
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KULIM, Jan 17 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the opening of a People’s Service Centre in Padang Serai does not mean he will contest in the parliamentary constituency in the next election. He explained that the service centre aims to facilitate access for southern Kedah residents
crime
ALOR SETAR, Jan 17 — A 17-year-old teenager drowned while trying to save a friend at a waterfall in Langkawi, police confirmed. The victim, Muhammad Hafiz Zaini, was swimming with three friends at the Lubuk Semilang Recreational Forest waterfall when the incident occurred yesterday. Langkawi District Police Chief, ACP Khairul Azhar
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PUTRAJAYA, Jan 17 — The Malaysian government began disbursing Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (SARA) assistance to single individuals today, with 3.1 million eligible recipients aged 21 to 59 receiving up to RM100 monthly to address rising living costs. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) stated the aid targets a significant segment
politics
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — His Majesty, Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, granted an audience to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at Istana Bukit Tunku today. The meeting included a briefing on current developments in national affairs, according to a post on Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar's Facebook page.
crime
NIBONG TEBAL, Jan 17 — A 38-year-old man died after being shot multiple times by two men on a motorcycle at a car wash in Jalan Besar Permatang Keling on Wednesday night, with police investigating the case as murder. The pair rode up to the victim at about 10.20pm and
sukan
BANGKOK, 10 Jan — Petarung Muay Thai Malaysia, Rifdean Masdor, menamatkan perlawanan atomweight ONE Friday Fights 138 dengan knockout (KO) pusingan pertama ke atas Mohamad Redho 'Rocky' dari Indonesia di Stadium Lumpinee pada Jumaat malam, selepas mongkol bertiara lawannya mencuri perhatian awal. Rifdean, 23, memulakan pertarungan dengan tendangan tepat
pendidikan
SHAH ALAM, 15 Jan — Pakar keselamatan siber dan psikologi menekankan keperluan mendesak untuk pendekatan menyeluruh dalam melindungi kanak-kanak daripada ancaman dalam talian yang semakin kompleks, termasuk buli siber, pemangsaan seksual dan kandungan toksik. Pensyarah Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Profesor Madya Dr Muhamad Fazil Ahmad berkata, Internet dan media sosial