Day: August 13, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, The Road Transport Department (JPJ) director-general Aedy Fadly Ramli visited the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) today as part of the effort to strengthen relationships with media practitioners. Aedy Fadly said it was also to forge ties with the news agency in disseminating information related to JPJ’s services and programmes, further enhancing the department’s image. ‘We want to make the media practitioners a friend of JPJ by helping us to widely disseminate the programmes that we implement and Bernama as a media agency of the government can assist,’ he said during the visit. Upon arrival at 4.30 pm,

KUALA LUMPUR, Police are seeking public assistance to locate the next of kin of a man whose body was found floating in Sungai Kajang yesterday. Kajang district police chief ACP Naazron Abdul Yusof said that the body, believed to be that of a man in his 40s to 50s, was discovered by a fisherman at 12.34 pm. ‘When found, the man was wearing an orange T-shirt and underwear, with a Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) injection mark, indicating he is likely a Malaysian citizen. No identification was found on the body,’ he said in a statement today. He added that no missing

CHUKAI, The search and rescue (SAR) operation to find the missing two victims of a capsized boat incident in the waters of Kemaman ended at 7 pm today. Kemaman Maritime Zone operations deputy director Muhammad Faisal Abdul Rahim said the operation which was carried out for three days was called off as the SAR team failed to find any clues. However, he said efforts to locate the victims will be carried out on a smaller scale by the Terengganu branch of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in the vicinity of the incident. “Nine divers from the Diving Squadron, under

KANGAR, Mohd Shukri Ramli stressed that he is still the Menteri Besar of Perlis and that he continues to fulfil his responsibilities as usual. Perlis Menteri Besar said that he did not want to engage with issues arising solely from social media platforms such as X (formerly Twitter). ‘I prefer not to address matters based solely on information from X. I continue to hold the position of Menteri Besar and perform my duties as usual,’ he said in a brief statement to Bernama this evening. He was commenting on a post by a user on X who claimed that the

JOHOR BAHRU, The taxation service counter at Menara Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri Malaysia (LHDN) Johor Bahru is currently operating on a limited basis due to building upgrade works, which are expected to continue until Aug 31. The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) said in a statement today that the ongoing renovations will cause some inconvenience, limiting the capacity of the room designated for taxpayer services. As a result, the facility will be unable to accommodate as many visitors as usual. To mitigate this, IRB advises taxpayers to schedule appointments using the e-Janji Temu through the IRB portal or use the e-Perkhidmatan