Day: July 9, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Popular South East Asian e-commerce platform Lazada has introduced new return and refund policies to enable customers to enjoy a more flexible and worry-free shopping experience. Lazada said in a statement today that customers can enjoy several major benefits, including a 30-day simple return policy for all purchases in LazMall and Choice and the ‘Change of Mind’ policy for a wider range of products and categories on all Lazada platforms. Customers will also benefit from faster refunds as soon as their orders are returned to Lazada’s logistic partners via drop-off or pick-up. ‘With a streamlined process, Lazada is

KOTA KINABALU, Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun today described the Kinabatangan Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin’s remark that drugs are sold like ‘pisang goreng’ (banana fritters) in Sabah as outrageous and contrary to the hard work of the police in combating the activity so far. ‘Between January and yesterday, the Sabah Narcotics Crime Investigation Department has arrested 8,993 narcotics offenders and, of the total, 88 per cent were charged in court. ‘During the same period, 367 were charged under Section 39C of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, he told a press conference here today. Jauteh said

KUALA LUMPUR, Two reservoirs, one in Kedah and another in Perak, have seen a decrease in their current raw water reserves to critical levels. According to a brief weather status report by the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) today, citing the National Water Services Commission (SPAN), the affected reservoirs are the Muda Dam in Kedah, recording a raw water reserve of 18.37 per cent, and the Bukit Merah Dam in Perak, with 19.97 per cent. The report also notes that five other reservoirs showed current raw water reserves at warning levels. They include the Malut and Pedu Dams in Kedah,

KUALA LUMPUR, The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) investigated 3,077 cases, with 151 prosecuted in court involving offences related to obscene, indecent, false, threatening and offensive elements, from 2009 until last June 15, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said all these cases were investigated under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA) or Act 588. She said for offences involving obscene content, 72 cases were prosecuted in court with total fines of RM617,050, 15 cases were offered compound fines totalling RM38,000 and 18 cases were issued warning notices. ‘For

KUALA LUMPUR, The Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah today granted an audience to Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin at Istana Nurul Iman in conjunction with the minister’s official visit to the country. The Defence Ministry in a statement said the meeting was among the programmes during the visit, which kicked off yesterday, aimed at strengthening bilateral defence and military relations. It said, in the meeting, Mohamed Khaled also expressed appreciation for Malaysia-Brunei’s close cooperation at regional and international levels including collaboration with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Yesterday, Mohamed Khaled and his delegation, who