KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Thursday (Mar 9). In a statement, the anti-graft agency said that Mr Muhyiddin was detained at 1pm at the MACC headquarters after he was summoned to give his statement in connection to investigationsContinue Reading
The official is the most senior to be killed in a wave of attacks since the Taliban returned to power.Continue Reading
Questions have been raised about CPF nomination after a recent court case highlighted the fact that divorce does not automatically revoke a pre-existing nomination.Continue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s government said on Thursday (Mar 9) it would allow the resumption of more direct flights to China that had been stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in a show of political goodwill to Beijing despite festering military tensions. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, currently allowsContinue Reading
Police are hunting for three suspected drug smugglers after seizing almost 2.5 million speed pills and 10 kilogrammes of ketamine in Samut Prakan.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The director of a car workshop was fined S$6,000 by a court on Thursday (Mar 9) for allowing his employees, including his family members, to illegally alter vehicle exhaust systems for their customers. The sole director of Man Exhaust Werkz, 30-year-old Muhammad Shahrudin Mat Nooh, pleaded guilty to threeContinue Reading
The convictions are Indonesia’s first rulings on last year’s stadium crush where 135 people died.Continue Reading
In January 2023, the Philippines’ Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government, Benjamin Abalos Jr, initiated a process of vetting top police officials. This process calls for the courtesy resignation of all generals and colonels of the Philippine National Police (PNP) while a committee of five assesses their involvement in drug dealing in the Philippines. […]Continue Reading
SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife will visit Japan from Mar 16 to Mar 17 at Tokyo’s invitation, his office said on Thursday (Mar 9), the first such visit in 12 years after Seoul announced a plan to end a protracted dispute over wartime forced labour. YoonContinue Reading
The woman said she pays and arranges for all the therapies for their son while the man says the “level of therapists” was not needed or justified.Continue Reading