Day: October 6, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Palestine’s ambassador to Malaysia, Walid Abu Ali, has confirmed that the woman featured in a recently circulated apology video is indeed one of the two Palestinian women involved in an altercation with security personnel at Wisma Transit, Kuala Lumpur. In a short statement to Bernama on Sunday, Walid said: ‘Yes, this is the woman who created the problem. ‘In this video, she realised that she was wrong and has apologised to the officer and to Malaysia. She admitted she was emotionally unstable that day.’ On Oct 4, Bernama reported the incident, which went viral earlier this week, has

KUALA LUMPUR, Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) bagged a double when they defeated Selangor 3-2 in the Malaysia Futsal Cup final at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil here today. The win more than makes up for the disappointment of finishing as runners-up in the second edition of the competition last year, when they lost 3-1 on penalties to Pahang Rangers after both teams were tied 4-4 in regulation time. Against Selangor today, coach Juan Antonio Miguel Garcia’s JDT team started aggressively to draw first blood with an early goal through import Bruno Taffy Nogueira Aguiar. Selangor, however, drew level in

JOHOR BAHRU, Wanita DAP chief Teo Nie Ching has been elected as Johor DAP chairman for the 2027/2027 term, replacing Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong, who has held the position since 2014. In a statement, Johor DAP announced that Teo, who is also Deputy Communications Minister and Kulai MP, garnered 692 votes, the third-highest in the election at the Johor DAP Ordinary Convention today. Kluang MP Wong Shu Qi, who obtained 606 votes, was elected as the deputy chairman, and Penggaram assemblyman Gan Peck Cheng, with 601 votes, was named the state DAP vice chairman. Sheikh

SIBU, The Sarawak government has channelled various assistance amounting to RM149,750, including in cash, to victims of a fire in Kampung Hilir here, said state Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She said the amount of aid channelled through the Social Welfare Department (JKM) included the initial assistance that was distributed to 142 victims a day after the Sept 22 blaze. According to her, 15 houses were razed in the incident. “Preliminary assistance like dry food, kitchen utensils and sleeping equipment has been given to the household heads at the temporary relief centre. “Today, we

KUALA SELANGOR, A total of 8,500 premises across the country have been issued warnings for violating the The Control Of Smoking Products For Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852) that came into effect on Oct 1. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the offences were detected through 283 special operations held in five days involving 4,481 Health Ministry enforcers that ended on Saturday. “We cannot take enforcement action like imposing compounds, instead only warnings in the form of literature and explanations,’ he said at a media conference after a walkabout programme in Selangor here today. He added that