PETALING JAYA: Cycling icons Ng Joo Ngan and Daud Ibrahim were two hapless kids before they helped pioneer the pedalling revolution in Malaysia. As a 10-year-old, Joo Ngan raced his older brother on the streets
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Only one cluster – the Umno cluster, says Zahid
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno members were urged to pull together in party unity in the wake of former president Najib Razak being jailed on corruption charges. Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, in an address to party
Read moreNon-Muslims the root of corruption? Is this ‘Keluarga’ Malaysia?
How many police reports would have been made nationwide, by all the ultra-patriotic Bumiputera groups, if a non-Muslim minister, politician or observer made a public statement that ‘Malay-Muslim-Bumiputeras’ are at the root of all corruption
Read moreBlame humans, not palm oil, for wildlife extinction, says minister
KUALA LUMPUR: The plantation industries and commodities ministry says that hunting by humans is a major contributor to the decline of Bornean orangutans over the last 200 years, long before significant oil palm development began
Read moreNot happy at all: Billie Eilish fans hit out at seating arrangement
PETALING JAYA: Fans of Billie Eilish have taken to social media to criticise the organisers of the singer’s “Happier Than Ever, The World Tour” concert here last night over poor seating arrangements at Stadium Bukit
Read moreOpposition hoping ship scandal will torpedo BN, say analysts
PETALING JAYA: The RM9 billion littoral combat ship controversy could scuttle Barisan Nasional at the next general election, as public anger over the 1MDB scandal did in 2018, unless BN manages the issue properly, says
Read moreEx-convict who spent 3 decades in jail dies of heart attack
PETALING JAYA: A former convict who had been imprisoned for 30 years was found dead at his home in Kuala Nerang, Kedah today. Jamil Ahmad, 71, was found by his housemate lying unconscious just outside
Read moreGovt to focus on getting warship project back on track
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will focus on putting the troubled littoral combat ship (LCS) project back on track as decided by the Cabinet, said defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein today. He said negotiations were being carried
Read moreIn Malaysia ‘semua boleh’ – everything is possible
It seems we have a freshly-baked scandal in Malaysia. This time, it is about the littoral combat ship project (LCS), which was ordered for the defence of our nation. News broke a week ago that
Read moreUmno Youth adds to growing calls for RCI on LCS scandal
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth has urged Putrajaya to set up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate the littoral combat ship (LCS) scandal. The youth wing is the latest to make such a call,
Read more‘Khalwat’ couple extorted of RM1,000 by auxiliary cops, say police
JOHOR BAHRU: Two auxiliary policemen on duty at a shopping centre here have been arrested for extorting money from a couple. South Johor Bahru district police chief Raub Selamat said the two men, aged 25
Read moreChinese mortgage boycott may hit Malaysia’s GDP, warns economist
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) will likely suffer an indirect hit from the mortgage boycott faced by China’s domestic real estate, says an economist. Geoffrey Williams of the Malaysia University of Science and
Read moreRenovation workers not linked to Zalina’s disappearance, say cops
SHAH ALAM: Three local men who carried out renovation work at former TV newscaster Zalina Shaharah Azman’s house in Section 3 here, have been cleared of any involvement in her disappearance. Shah Alam district police
Read moreWe’ll continue working for prosperity, security with US, says PM
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob with US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a luncheon hosted in her honour at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur today. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and the US
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