PETALING JAYA: Enforcement agencies have been ordered to carry out further investigations into possible misconduct by former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Read full storyContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan’s media-savvy digital minister said Friday (Sep 30) he’s ready to take an iron-fisted approach to speed up the nation’s slow embrace of online services at government offices and workplaces. Taro Kono – a political heavyweight who has been minister of defence, foreign affairs and COVID-19 vaccines – has alreadyContinue Reading
Vietnam’s draconian rehab centres, Cambodia’s modernising markets, Malaysia’s enduring charcoal industry
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KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 174 Malaysians who are victims of job scams are still stranded in foreign countries, said the Malaysian police. Police secretary Noorsiah Saaduddin said they had received 224 reports made by family members and friends of 284 scam victims. Of the total, 110 Malaysians had beenContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Headline inflation has increased to 4.7 per cent in August 2022 from 4.4 per cent in July, in line with market expectations, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). Read full storyContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Friday (Sep 30) said it will challenge a move by the heirs of a former Southeast Asian sultan to seize its Dutch assets as part of the descendents’ efforts to enforce a US$15 billion arbitration award against the Malaysian state. The heirs of the former SuluContinue Reading
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The Indonesian navy hasn’t requested or received money to release detained vessels or ship captains, a senior naval officer said, responding to a Reuters report quoting captains saying they were held by the navy in an extortion scheme. Read full storyContinue Reading
KABUL: A suicide bomb attack on a classroom of hundreds of people preparing for exams in the Afghan capital on Friday (Sep 30) killed at least 19 people, with most of the casualties girls, police and a witness said. The blast ripped through Kaaj Higher Educational Center, which coaches mainly adultContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Four people were shot and killed by an armed rebel group in Indonesia’s restive West Papua province, the latest in a string of attacks on civilians, police said on Friday (Sep 30). The West Papua National Liberation Army, which the government has designated as a terrorist organisation, said itsContinue Reading
The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s tenure has not reached its eight-year limit under the current constitution and that his term started on April 6, 2017, when the present charter took effect.Continue Reading