Day: September 26, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, The High Court here today ordered a former technician of a production company to serve 10 years in prison sentence and be given 10 strokes of the cane for two counts of drug possession amounting to 217.25 grammes. Judge Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid handed down the sentence on Zainal Abidin Mohd Ali, 46, after he pleaded guilty to both charges. He sentenced the man to 10 years in prison with 10 lashes for the first charge and one year in prison for the second charge, to be served concurrently from the date of arrest, which was Sept 8

PETALING JAYA, A total of 20 hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, and pharmacy, health, and beauty chains will no longer provide single-use plastic bags at their 8,000 outlets from Oct 1. Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming said among the retail chains are 99 Speedmart, Aeon, 7-Eleven, TF Value Mart, and Guardian. “Some have already implemented this initiative, but today they are signing a pledge to commit to doing it on a large scale starting next week. If customers do not bring their own bags, they can purchase recyclable bags at the stores,” he told a press conference after

GEORGE TOWN, The majority of Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) members in the Northern Region, covering the states of Perlis, Penang, Kedah and Perak, were found to not have sufficient basic savings of at least RM240,000 at the age of 55. EPF Northern Region director Jeffary Mohamed Isa said, for example, Penang has 746,000 members, aged 55 or below, but only 27 per cent or 199,000 members, have reached the basic savings balance while another 547,000 (73 per cent) have not yet reached the basic savings balance. “Financial sufficiency is important when they retire later. If they do not have enough

KUCHING, Following are selected results of the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) today: ATHLETICS ——————- (Note: GR denotes Games Record and NR: National Record) Final: Men’s Discus Throw F54: GOLD: Jap Soon Hung (SAR) – 21.07 metres (m) (GR) SILVER: Freddy Waldie (SAB) – 20.44m BRONZE: Muhamad Khairi Military Lorin (SAB) – 18.45m Men’s Long Jump T13: GOLD: Muhammad Nazri Hazim Mohan (KUL) – 5.90m SILVER: Ainur Haikal Danial Bahrudin (TER) – 5.80m BRONZE: Flexcyvius Michael Ketet Bakar (SAR) – 4.50m Men’s Discus Throw F55: GOLD: Muhammad Amirul Alif Abdul Raof (SEL) – 25.69m (GR) SILVER: Samri Butak (SAB)

ISKANDAR PUTERI, The Johor state government is finalising the details of a complete local transportation network in Johor Bahru (JB) with the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to complement the Rapid Transit System Link (RTS Link), scheduled to begin in January 2027. Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said the initiative would connect the city to the other developments throughout the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ). ‘We are also making good progress on ‘soft connectivity’, such as the implementation of a passport-free QR code clearance system and the adoption of digitalised processes for cargo clearance at land checkpoints, the results