Day: August 28, 2024

MACHANG, The Prisons Department is planning to open tahfiz classes or schools in all prison institutions across the country following the successful implementation of the school in Kelantan and Johor prisons, said the deputy commissioner general of prisons (security and correctional) Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul Razak. He said the Tahfiz Al Quran Al Furqan school in the Machang Moral Rehabilitation Centre has become a benchmark for establishing such schools in most prison institutions. Abdul Aziz said establishing tahfiz classes in prison institutions in each state requires cooperation between the department and state religious authorities. ‘I have been informed that the

KUALA LUMPUR, The Life Insurance Association of Malaysia (LIAM) today launched the Starter Pack Insurance Fund (SPIF) through its i-MULA 50 initiative, designed to make life insurance more accessible and affordable for 100,000 eligible Malaysians. LIAM chief executive officer Mark O’Dell said the initiative provides a one-off RM50 subsidy for each qualifying life insurance policy, with coverage including benefits for death, total and permanent disability, critical illness, medical expenses and hospital income. ‘With SPIF, we are allocating RM5 million fund to benefit 100,000 eligible Malaysians, focusing on youth, young families and first-time buyers to own a life insurance protection plan

JOHOR BAHRU, A Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) diver has been confirmed dead during a salvage operation to recover the wreckage of KD Pendekar, which sank in the waters off Tanjung Penyusop, Kota Tinggi. Acting Kota Tinggi district police chief DSP Mohd Syamsuri Mohamad confirmed receiving a report on the incident but did not provide further details. ‘We have received a report, and the matter is still under investigation,’ he said when contacted by the media today. The KD Pendekar vessel sank after suffering a major leak and flooding upon hitting an underwater object during an operation on Aug 25. However,

TENOM, A woman testified in the Magistrate’s Court today that preacher Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew, also known as Ebit Lew, had confided that his sexual needs were purportedly unmet by his wife. The ninth prosecution witness, in her 40s, stated that Lew spoke of the matter during a 44-minute and nine-second video call on May 20, 2021. She also denied having shared any intimate details about herself with Lew during the video call and confirmed that no recordings were made. The complainant agreed with a question from Lew’s lawyer, Datuk Ram Singh, during cross-examination, acknowledging that she had voluntarily participated

SHAH ALAM, A Myanmar national pleaded not guilty in the Session’s Court today to a charge of bribing an Immigration officer to facilitate the entry of nine of his countrymen last year. Pho Cho, 37, an electrician, is accused of bribing the officer stationed at Terminal 2 of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport with RM5,650 at a food court in Kampung Baharu Lanjut, Sepang, at 3.55 pm on Oct 31, 2023. The charge is framed under Section 16(b)(B) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Act 2009, punishable under Section 24(1) of the Act, which provides for a jail term of up to