The People’s Bank of China participated in the trial from Aug 15 to Sept 23, testing use of digital currencies on four sides of platform. The trial period handled more than 160 cross-border payments and foreign exchange transactions totalling over 150mil yuan (RM96.86mil). Read full storyContinue Reading
Five senior police on Koh Samui have been transferred over two criminal cases under investigation on the island – the extortion of a Russian couple and misconduct by an officer who allegdly demanded sex with a woman in return for the release of her arrested husband.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The High Court has reduced the sentence of a sex offender from six years and three strokes of the cane to three-and-a-half years’ jail with no caning after he successfully appealed. In a judgment released on Thursday (Sep 29), Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon clarified several complexities in the caseContinue Reading
Are you picky about Pocky? To make Pocky sticks and the rest of the company’s offerings healthier, Glico will need the power of AI. Read full storyContinue Reading
SURAT THANI: One of six foreign men accused of the extortion of 1.8 million baht in cryptocurrency from a Russian realtor couple on Koh Samui has been arrested in Chon Buri province.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: About 7,400 tickets were issued for smoking in prohibited areas in the first of half of 2022, as enforcement actions against those smoking at newly banned places are set to begin from Saturday (Oct 1). In 2021, more than 13,000 tickets were issued for smoking in prohibited areas. At the time,Continue Reading
A Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student, feeling remorseful that he had filmed a woman in a campus toilet, waited outside to apologise to her, a court heard on Sept 29. Read full storyContinue Reading
Child abuse scandal escalates as investigators discover video footage of another employee allegedly maltreating toddler. Residential care home run by Po Leung Kuk accommodates children, from newborns to age three, who lack adequate support because of family problems. Read full storyContinue Reading
PETALING JAYA: Frequency of flights between Malaysia and China will increase to 30 weekly, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. Read full storyContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A man disturbed by the smell of cigarette smoke in a coffee shop asked the culprit to stop smoking, but was soon grievously assaulted by a group of four men. One of the men in the group pleaded guilty to his role in the attack on Thursday (Sep 29).Continue Reading