Day: October 10, 2024

KUCHING, The Sarawak government has successfully trained 211 Certified Integrity Officers (CeIOs), Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said. A total of 25 officers have been assigned to various state ministries, 64 to departments, 55 to statutory bodies, 28 to local authorities, 27 to Resident offices and 12 to other agencies, he said. This significant achievement makes Sarawak the state with the highest number of CeIOs in Malaysia, Abang Johari added. ‘While this is a remarkable milestone, what truly matters is the ability of these CeIOs to perform their roles and responsibilities with excellence, accountability, and integrity. ‘When CeIOs

KUALA LUMPUR, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia today received a telephone call from King Charles III of the United Kingdom, at Istana Negara. According to a post on Sultan Ibrahim’s Facebook page, the telephone conversation between Their Majesties focused on the forthcoming 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which will be held in Apia, Samoa, from Oct 21 to 26. King Charles also conveyed to Sultan Ibrahim his best regards to the people of Malaysia. According to The Commonwealth website https://thecommonwealth.org, the theme for this year’s CHOGM is ‘One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Common Wealth’, which

SHAH ALAM, An operations director of a housing company with the title ‘Datuk’ has been remanded for four days from today to assist in the investigation into the false claims involving a housing project in Temerloh, Pahang worth RM4.25 million. The remand order against the 44-year-old man was issued by Magistrate Wan Noora Nisa Ngadirin after allowing an application submitted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). According to a source, initial investigation found that the suspect had submitted false claims involving payment vouchers and house construction certificates for 19 units of semi-detached houses in a housing project in Temerloh from

MUAR, The remains of Muhammad Akmal Md Tukirin, 25, one of the three Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Dungun Campus students who tragically lost their lives in a crash last night, were laid to rest at 5.15 pm today. His remains arrived at the family residence at 4.20 pm, where funeral prayers were held, before being taken to the Kampung Parit Baru Muslim Cemetery in Batu 18. More than 200 people, including family members and villagers, accompanied his body in a sombre atmosphere, with cries of sorrow echoing from the bereaved family. The deceased’s grief-stricken father, Md Tukirin Saringat, 60, was

MARANG, Sultan of Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin today graciously made a 17-metre (M) dive to place an inauguration plaque on an existing artificial reef in the waters off Alur Tuman here. The dive, five nautical miles from the shore, was to symbolise the inauguration of the Terengganu Recreational Juvenile Cuboid Artificial Reef Trawl Net Barrier Programme in those waters by Sultan Mizan. A total of 20 juvenile cuboid artificial reefs deployed today are part of the 100 reefs constructed and deployed this year through the Terengganu State Marine Fisheries Resource Enrichment Programme. Meanwhile, state Agriculture, Agro-Based Industry, Food Security