Day: August 5, 2024

BALIK PULAU, A foreign man was found murdered with multiple stabs around 3.15 this morning at a Thai restaurant in Bukit Genting, Jalan Bukit Genting. ‘Preliminary investigations indicate the victim had a dispute with several foreign colleagues at the restaurant. ‘The Penang Criminal Investigation Department launched a special operation and detained eight foreign men and one local man for questioning,’ said Penang police chief Datuk Hamzah Ahmad in a statement today. With the detention of the nine suspects, aged 20 to 35, police believe they have solved the case in under 12 hours. ‘They are under a seven-day remand until

GUA MUSANG, Police have approved 16 campaign permits for parties contesting in the Nenggiri state by-election from nomination day last Saturday until today. Gua Musang district police chief Supt Sik Choon Foo said of the total, 10 permits were for ceramah (political talks) and the remaining were for mobile campaigns. He also said that no permit applications have been rejected so far. ‘A total of eight permits have been approved for Barisan Nasional (BN), with two for ceramah and six for mobile campaigns, while for PAS, all eight permits approved are for political talks,’ he said when contacted today. The

PARIS, The country’s head track cycling coach John Beasley expects the speed of track racing events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to be faster. He said this is because the track surface at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome built in 2014, was just upgraded ahead of the games. ‘The velodrome has just been resurfaced. The surface will be extra fast with the warm weather, the track will likely be faster. ‘However, the athletes have all raced here before, so it’s quite quick to adapt to the surface here. We have one more training session before the events start,’ he told

KUALA LUMPUR, The gold futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed mostly higher, despite the weaker performance of COMEX gold futures. At the close, spot month August 2024 was unchanged at US$2,474.50 per troy ounce. Meanwhile, September 2024, October 2024, November 2024, December 2024, and February 2025 rose to US$2,478.20 per troy ounce from US$2,474.50 per troy ounce at Friday’s close. Volume decreased to 22 lots from 69 lots last week, while open interest fell to nine contracts against 77 contracts previously. The price of physical gold stood at US$2,469.85 per troy ounce, according to the London Bullion Market Association’s

KUALA LUMPUR, The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives slipped on Monday, driven by bearish global sentiment and a sell-off in the equities market, said palm oil trader David Ng. Ng also said concerns over weak demand due to the ringgit’s strength are pressuring the CPO market. ‘We see the next price support at RM3,700 and resistance around RM3,870,’ he told Bernama. Ng added that this is the lowest level in five months. At the close, the spot month August 2024 contract fell by RM91 to RM3,930 per tonne, and the September 2024 and December 2024