Category: Malaysia

Sabah boat mishap: China satisfied with rescue efforts

Chen with Pang speak to the media after a press conference on Sunday over the boat mishap. – Bernama pic KOTA KINABALU: China’s Consul-General in Sabah Chen Peijie has expressed satisfaction with search and rescue efforts following the capsize of a boat carrying Chinese tourists off Sabah on Saturday.

6 Chinese tourists missing after boat sinks off Malaysia

Three people died, six are missing and nearly two dozen were rescued after a catamaran carrying Chinese tourists sank in Malaysian waters, officials said Sunday. The boat carried 31 people, including 28 tourists from China, and was sailing Saturday from Kota Kinabalu to Pulau Mengalum, a popular tourist island, some 37 miles west to Kota Kinabalu, according to the Chinese consulate in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital.

25 from missing Malaysian boat rescued; search on for 6 more

Twenty-five, mostly Chinese tourists, were rescued Sunday after spending more than a day drifting in Malaysian waters after their boat sank, officials said. Six of the 31 people on board were still missing Sunday evening, Shahidan Kassim, a minister in the prime minister’s department, told reporters in Sabah state.

Most of 31 on board missing Malaysian boat reported rescued

More than two dozen people were rescued Sunday more than a day after a boat carrying Chinese tourists disappeared in Malaysian waters, officials and local media said. The captain and a crew member made it to safety earlier Sunday while authorities said others may be drifting in the water waiting to be rescued.

Boat with 31 mostly Chinese tourists missing in Malaysia

Chinese state media say a boat carrying 31 people, including more than 20 Chinese tourists, is missing after sailing out from an eastern Malaysian city. The official Xinhua News Agency cited the Chinese Consulate General in Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah as saying Sunday that the boat lost contact after sailing out on Saturday.

China marks Lunar New Year with prayers, incense, fireworks

North Korean refugees and their family members bow to respect their ancestors in North Korea as they celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Millions of South Koreans visit their hometowns during the four-day holiday that began Friday.

DBKL officer among four charged over truck driver assault

One of the four men, including a Kuala Lumpur City Hall enforcement officer, were charged in the Ampang Magistrate’s Court. KUALA LUMPUR: Four men, including a Kuala Lumpur City Hall enforcement officer, were charged in the Ampang Magistrate’s Court here Friday for participating in a riot at the Puncak Anthenaeum condominium in Bukit Antarabangsa, two weeks ago.

Sarawak Cabinet Ministers Take Pledge To Be Corruption Free

Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg today led nine state cabinet ministers and 18 assistant ministers in taking and signing the pledge to be free of corruption. Among those present at the pledge-taking ceremony were Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner, Datuk Dzulkifli Ahmad and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Paul Low Seng Kwan.

Ramon: Nothing to fear if you speak constructively

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians should not fear speaking out or criticising the Government if it is done constructively, said Centre for Public Policy Studies chairman Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam. The moderate advocate said that no government can serve its people well without listening to the people and seriously addressing the burning issues of the day as well as of the future.

Nine states hit by floods, thousands evacuated

Rising waters: Officers and volunteers evacuating a family whose house was hit by floods at Kampung Sungai Payong in Perak. – Bernama PETALING JAYA: Floods have affected almost all the states in the country, with thousands of people having to be evacuated to relief centres.

Kembara Kitchen founder has no time for CNY

Lending a hand: Chani , i Cheah and their i Kembara Kitchen team cooking their signature nasi lemak sambal sauce i for i flood victims i in Alor Lintah, Terengganu. PETALING JAYA: While most Chinese families are having their hands full preparing for the Lunar New Year, William Cheah just has no time for that.

Malaysia’s AirAsia denies involvement in Rolls-Royce bribery case

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 24 – Malaysia’s budget airlines AirAsia has denied its involvement in the bribery case involving British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce, a media report said on Tuesday. British media earlier reported that the Serious Fraud Office has named AirAsia as among the foreign parties allegedly involved in bribery cases with the aircraft engine maker, Xinhua news agency reported.

UPDATE 1-Japan’s JX, Petronas start Malaysia LNG train

Jan 23 JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp said its venture with Malaysian state oil firm Petronas has started commercial operations at the ninth liquefaction train at the Petronas LNG complex in Bintulu, Sarawak. The launch of the ninth train comes at a time when U.S. LNG exporters are sending tankers to Asia to fill a gap in the region’s demand as markets have tightened more-than-expected on surging consumption in China and Pakistan, and because of Australia’s struggles to ramp up production.

Harkness Screens To Power MBO Cinemas New Flagship Entertainment Complex In Malaysia

BANGALORE, India, Jan 20 — Global screen technology leader Harkness Screens has been selected by MBO Cinemas – a leading cinema chain in Malaysia currently with 207 screens and a seating capacity of over 32,721 seats – for its new flagship entertainment hub in Kuala Lumpur, thus providing its viewers with an ultimate and enthralling cinema experience. The new Kuala Lumpur screen will use the DP4K-30L flagship laser projector by Barco.

Australia defends end of MH370 hunt; investigation continues

Australian officials defended their suspension of the fruitless deep-sea sonar search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, insisting on Wednesday that the enormous costs involved played no role in their decision to halt the nearly three-year hunt. Australia’s Transport Minister Darren Chester also said that while the search had been called off on Tuesday, work behind the scenes would go on, with experts continuing to analyze data associated with the doomed aircraft’s final hours and examining any future debris that washes ashore.

No news yet whether serial rapist is coming home

Serial rapist Selvah Kumar Subbiah is due to be released from prison this month and authorities won’t say whether he’ll be deported to his native Malaysia, or returned to the streets of Toronto. KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian serial rapist, convicted of assaulting more than two dozen women in Canada, is likely to be deported back to Malaysia soon after serving out his 25-year prison sentence.

Eight Indonesians deported over IS links freed

KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Indonesians deported from here for suspected links with the Islamic State have been freed by the Indonesian authorities. Riau Islands police spokesman Saptono Erland confirmed that the men, aged between 16 and 37, were released on Thursday after being interrogaA ted by the Indonesian counter-terrorism unit.

Diplomat recalled, four held over nasty remarks

PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian diplomat has been transferred back after he allegedly made insulting remarks following the death of Tan Sri Adenan Satem, while several other people have been arrested for similar offences. It is understood the officer, who was based in the Philippines, had posted comments on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s Facebook page after the death of the Sarawak Chief Minister.

Abang Jo to continue the legacy

KUCHING: Sarawak’s new Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg is expected to continue the legacy of the late Tan Sri Adenan Satem, which won the former state leader much admiration around the country . Abang Johari, 66, was sworn in as the sixth Chief Minister in front of Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud at the Astana here yesterday, two days after Adenan passed away.

‘Digital Mailbox’, New Innovation For Electronic Commerce

KUALA BERANG, Jan 13 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and Pos Malaysia will implement a new transformation called the ‘Digital Mailbox’ to meet the demands of electronic trading. Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Jailani Johari said the pilot project which will begin in the second quarter of this year is an innovation to meet the demands of electronic trading and the digital lifestyle of the people.

Najib And Wife Attend An Evening With South Korean Ballet Troupe, The Little Angels

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, attended An Evening With The Little Angels Children Folk Ballet Of South Korea at Seri Perdana here tonight. The event was held in conjunction with Little Angels’s Malaysia peace tour and goodwill performances to be held at Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur starting tomorrow until Jan 16. For tonight’s event, the world-class ballet troupe featured their performances which flamboyantly expressed Korean traditional culture of folk songs, dance and pulsating drum-and-gong rhythms.

Najib Extends Pongal Greetings

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has extended ‘Pongal’ greetings to Malaysians celebrating the event. “As the Malaysian Indian community welcomes the auspicious month of Thai which signifies a new beginning, I take this opportunity to wish our Indian brothers and sisters a very blessed and prosperous ‘Ponggal Vaalthukal’,” he said in his Facebook posting.

MCA remembers Adenan’s deeds

MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai described Adenan as a great leader, statesman and political icon, saying that his death was a “great loss” for Malaysia and Sarawak. “Condolences to Puan Sri Jamilah and family, as well as all the people in Sarawak for the passing of Tan Sri Adenan Satem,” said Liow in a statement.

Sabahans mourn death of ‘Borneo hero’ Adenan

KOTA KINABALU: The sudden death of Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem came as a shock to many in neighbouring Sabah as they looked at him as a champion of state rights for the two east Malaysian states. Always held in high regard for a firm stand for better deals for Sarawak and, by extension Sabah, under the Malaysia Agreement, both Sabah Barisan Nasional and Opposition leaders looked at him as a “Borneo hero”.

Jailed, fined for hitting brother

Kota Kinabalu: A 37-year-old local man, who hit his younger brother with a gas stove during a drinking session in Penampang last year was jailed 10 months and fined RM2,000 or four months’ jail on Tuesday. Unemployed Damian Duni admitted before Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie to causing hurt to one Lazarus Duni, 32, with the stove at 11.30pm on Nov 13, 2016 in a house at Kampung Moyog.

Warrant of arrest against supervisor

Labuan: The Special Corruption Sessions Court here has issued a warrant of arrest against a 62-year-old entertainment outlet supervisor who failed to turn up to answer a bribery charge Tuesday. Kenny Chong was nabbed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in 2014 after allegedly being caught in the act of bribing a police officer.

Full trial for lawsuit against MIC – SPresident and 7 others

Putra Jaya: The Court of Appeal Tuesday ordered the suit against MIC President Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam and seven others over an alleged conspiracy to topple former president Datuk G.Palanivel to go for full trial. Justice Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat leading a three-member bench held that there were issues pleaded in the suit that should have been sorted out and determined during the trial.

MACC Efforts To Prevent Corruption Not Seasonal – Ahmad Zahid

The move by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to detain individuals holding very senior positions was because the individuals were allegedly involved in white-collar crime and not because of seasonal action. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi pointed out that the efforts would be continued at all times without any compromise as they were important in giving a good image to the nation.

Rentokil Aims to Break the Mosquito Life Cycle

Acting as Aedes Fighters, dedicated volunteers from Rentokil Initial Malaysia have worked together on a mission to eradicate mosquito breeding grounds, reducing the mosquito population, and to create healthier and safer environments for our communities. This nationwide initiative is part of the organisation’s annual corporate social responsibility programme; Community Oriented Health Education Programme , which aims to galvanise the communities in Malaysia into taking actions to preserve a clean and hygienic environment in and out of their residency to keep mosquitoes at bay.

Rural schools facing low enrolment

PETALING JAYA: At least seven Chinese primary schools, almost all in rural areas, did not receive new Year One pupils this year, while 13 schools only had one new pupil. While vernacular schools in urban areas are struggling with burgeoning numbers, those in rural locations in Kedah, Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Johor and Sarawak are having a hard time attracting new enrolment.