Day: September 18, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, King of Malaysia, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim’s personal medical team today extended a helping hand to two motorcyclists involved in a road crash in Jalan Sultan Ismail here. According to the post on His Majesty’s Facebook page, the King’s medical team, comprising a doctor, paramedics and emergency medical technicians, was part of the King’s entourage passing by the scene when the accident occurred. ‘As soon as they spotted the accident, the doctor and the King’s medical team stopped and quickly offered emergency medical treatment to the two motorcyclists. ‘One of the victims was also taken to the Kuala

MELAKA, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) has offered its Anak Emas Scholarship to S. Dharshini to pursue the Bachelor of Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) programme next month. UTeM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Massila Kamalrudin, said the scholarship, provided through the Yayasan Tun Canselor UTeM, is one of six packages to assist Dharshini, 21, a top student from a B40 family. ‘The Anak Emas Scholarship will cover Dharshini’s education costs, including tuition fees from the start to the end of her studies, along with a monthly living allowance of RM500 until she graduates. ‘The other five aid packages are RM1,500 in

PUTRAJAYA, The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has found no evidence of corruption in the ongoing investigation by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) into the charity organisation, Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holding (GISBH). Chief Commissioner, Tan Sri Azam Baki, said PDRM will continue its investigation without MACC’s interference. “We leave the investigation to the police because I don’t see any corruption issue here. The police will continue their investigation,” he responded at a special press conference today when asked if GISBH would also be investigated for money laundering. On Sept 11, the police launched Operation Global and rescued 402 children

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki disclosed that nearly RM800,000 in cash was discovered in the bedrooms of two immigration officers linked to the ‘counter setting’ syndicate. This sum is part of the RM1.49 million seized during Ops Setting, an operation that began last month. The haul also included US$9,900 and 5,470 Thai baht. According to Azam, RM518,250 was found in a senior (KP22) immigration officer’s luggage in Pahang, stashed in the bedroom, while RM248,443 was recovered from a KP19 officer in Melaka, hidden under the bed in the main bedroom. The operation followed six

PUTRAJAYA, Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform), was awarded the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) Special Award 2024 for Leadership in Legislative and Institutional Reforms related to Islamic Finance, yesterday. In a statement today, the Legal Affairs Division (BHEUU) of the Prime Minister’s Department announced that the award was in recognition of Azalina’s role and contributions to the arbitration reform agenda, particularly concerning Islamic finance. “The GIFA Awards Committee also considered several other personalities. After careful deliberation and discussion, the committee decided to award this honour to her (Azalina) based on