Day: August 14, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan congratulated British High Commissioner Alisa Terry on her new appointment as the UK Prime Minister’s Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The message was conveyed by Mohamad when he received a farewell call from Terry at his office on Wednesday, according to Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry on its Facebook page. During the meeting, both sides expressed satisfaction with the long-standing bilateral relations between Malaysia and the UK. In her new role, Terry will advise Prime Minister Keir Starmer on foreign policy issues and work closely with the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in

KUCHING, Four-time champions Perak have become the first team to advance to the quarter-finals of the men’s football competition at the 2024 Malaysia Games (SUKMA) after edging Pahang 1-0 in their Group D match at the Majlis Daerah Dalat dan Mukah (MDDM) field. This victory marks Perak’s second win, having already secured three points by defeating hosts Sarawak 1-0 in their opening group match on Monday. In the match, midfielder Ahmad Daniel Hakimi Ahmad Azmil emerged as Perak’s hero once again, scoring the winning goal in the 22nd minute, following his earlier winning goal against Sarawak. Perak will complete their

CHUKAI, A small-scale search operation by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Maritime Malaysia) divers here today found a backpack belonging to Aina Husna Mohamad Husaini, one of the two remaining missing victims of the boat capsize incident in Kemaman waters. The black backpack contained two flashlights, a hand fan, a phone charger, a set of motorcycle keys, and a headlamp, which were confirmed to belong to Aina Husna, 25, by her fiancé, Muhammad Nor Iqbar Shaharuddin, 27. Also found were a plate and a baton caught in a trawler net, but both items were confirmed not to belong to Aina Husna

KOTA KINABALU, A total of 22,510 heads of households (KIR) registered as hardcore poor on the locked figure list in Sabah as of Jan 31, 2023 have been removed from the list through the state’s Hardcore Poverty Eradication Programme. The Sabah Maju Jaya (SMJ) Secretariat of the Chief Minister’s Department of Sabah said dynamic data in the eKasih database, however, showed that 4,634 heads of household were still classified as hardcore poor and were currently being monitored by the secretariat. ‘These 4,634 heads of households include new applications registered in the eKasih system, those not registered, and changes in status

KUALA LUMPUR, The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has taken disciplinary action against a security escort personnel accused of assaulting a disabled (OKU) e-hailing driver at a hotel in the capital on May 28. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said internal action against the officer was taken by the Department of Integrity and Standards Compliance (JIPS) at Bukit Aman. He added that the investigation papers concerning the case were resubmitted to the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) following instructions for further investigation on July 22. “Investigations were conducted last July, and disciplinary action has been taken,” he said when contacted