Day: October 10, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, The Royal Malaysia Police will collaborate with religious authorities and related agencies to ensure that the teachings and beliefs propagated by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) are not revived. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said that discussions with various agencies, including the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia, the Ministry of Health Malaysia, and the Department of Social Welfare, would yield proposals for the government’s further action. He explained that the investigation involving GISBH is extensive and goes beyond just understanding and ideology. “It involves more than just understanding and ideology; they

KUALA LUMPUR, The Union of Pos Malaysia Berhad Uniformed Staff Peninsular Malaysia (UPUS) president Ismail Ali has expressed relief with Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil’s statement regarding the jobs of postmen. “Despite the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the Minister has given an assurance that Pos Malaysia Bhd postmen will not be laid off despite the adoption of AI technology in its services and will remain relevant in this country,’ he said in a statement today. He said this (assurance) has certainly given the spirit to the 7,204 postmen and courier workers to continue contributing to Pos Malaysia and the

BANGKOK, Kaspersky, the global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, commends Malaysia for making notable progress in beefing up its cybersecurity measures against the rising threats, both online and offline. Kaspersky general manager for Southeast Asia, Yeo Siang Tiong, said Malaysia has emerged as one of the leaders in the cybersecurity regulatory framework within Southeast Asia. ‘Malaysia has been catching up with cybersecurity very quickly, with the two leading agencies NACSA (National Cyber Security Agency) and CSM (CyberSecurity Malaysia), along with the new Cybersecurity Act 2024 (came into force) in August, I think these are commendable steps moving in the right

PORT KLANG, The Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM) today busted a prostitution ring, believed to have been active for the past two years, operating from an abandoned shophouse in Jalan Kem here. Its deputy director-general (Operations), Jafri Embok Taha said in the two-hour operation, conducted at about 12.30 pm today, a total of 60 foreign nationals were checked, with 58 of them arrested for offences under the Immigration Act. He said those arrested comprised 28 men and 30 women, aged between 24 and 60 years old, who were Bangladeshi, Indian, Indonesian and Pakistani nationals. ‘Based on information from the public, the

KUALA LUMPUR, Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives continued their downtrend today to close mostly lower for the third consecutive day amid signs of higher stock levels in the country following the Malaysian Palm Oil Board’s (MPOB) September 2024 data release, a trader said. Palm oil trader David Ng said palm oil stocks rose nearly seven per cent month-on-month in September, driven by a weaker-than-expected export pace that contributed to the overall increase in inventory in the country. ‘Stocks in September increased owing to a weaker-than-expected export pace. This trend is likely to put pressure on prices