Day: August 15, 2024

GUA MUSANG, The Ministry of Plantation and Commodities (KPK) has approved 16,000 applications for the BUDI Agri-Commodities programme across Peninsular Malaysia as of Tuesday (Aug 13). Its Minister, Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani, said that out of the number, 7,221 were appeals received from smallholders in the oil plam, rubber, kenaf, cocoa and pepper sectors. “Up to July 31, a total of 210,520 smallholders were eligible to apply for the BUDI Agri-Commodities programme across Peninsular Malaysia. “In the oil palm sector, 104,492 smallholders are eligible to apply; in the rubber sector, 104,739; in the kenaf sector, 584; in the cocoa

REMBAU, The Negeri Sembilan state government has built 10 Baitul Rahmah houses for needy Orang Asli in the state for the past four years, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun. He said that the Baitul Rahmah project, a collaborative effort between the Negeri Sembilan Islamic Religious Council (MAINS) and the Negeri Sembilan Islamic Affairs Department (JHEAINS), would continue to assist eligible Orang Asli individuals, particularly the Muslim reverts. ‘We meet their basic needs under this initiative and provide them opportunities to build a brighter future through education, skills training, and religious guidance. ‘The Baitul Rahmah housing project is another

PUTRAJAYA, The Federal Court today commuted the death sentence of former lorry driver Jaafar Ngamil to 34 years in prison for strangling his girlfriend’s husband to death. The victim’s body was found in a ditch in Kampung Banting, Sabak Bernam, Selangor in 2014. A three-judge panel, led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, granted Jaafar’s review application to commute the death penalty imposed on him to imprisonment under Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Act 2023 “The court has substituted the death sentence with a 34-year prison term

JOHOR BAHRU, A bus driver was killed while 12 others were injured in an accident involving three vehicles at Kilometre 49.4 of the North-South Expressway (southbound) here this morning. Kulai district police chief Supt Tan Seng Lee said the accident occured at about 2.30 am, and involved a Scania bus and two lorries (Scania and Nissan models). ‘Preliminary investigations found that the accident occurred when the bus, travelling from Kuala Lumpur heading to Johor Bahru, is believed to have been unable to break in time and hit the back of the Nissan lorry,’ he said in a statement today. ‘As

KUALA LUMPUR, Underaged-driving has again reared its ugly head on the indifference of parents or guardians, as a wheelie stunt by two 13-year-old teenage friends ended in a fatal tragedy when both died after their motorcycles collided near the Elmina Business Park in Sungai Buloh, Selangor last night. Sungai Buloh police chief Supt Mohd Hafiz Muhammad Nor said in the 11.20pm incident, the motorcycles of the two friends collided head-on during the stunt where a biker lifts the front wheel, as mat rempits notoriously show off at dangerously high speed. ‘As a result, the two astride Yamaha Lagenda and Yamaha