Year: 2024

CYBERJAYA, The Federal Territories football team is aiming for a bronze medal at the Malaysia Games (SUKMA) 2024 in Sarawak, which will be held from Aug 17 to 24. Federal Territories Sports Council (MSWP) director Nik Ahmad Zahiruddin Nik Saleh said this target was set after evaluating the performance and quality of the players, who are a mix of those who played in the 2022 Youth Cup and the 2023 President’s Cup. “I see something positive in this team. I aim for a top-four finish, matching our previous achievement, but if luck is on our side, we hope to stand

KUALA LUMPUR, Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Oxford Nanopore) has announced a landmark project with Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) programme, led by Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE). In a statement, Oxford Nanopore said this project aimed at developing a comprehensive structural variant catalogue representing three major ethnic groups in the country including Chinese, Malay and Indian ethnicities. These genetic variations have demonstrated significance in helping clinician scientists and researchers in understanding human genetic diversity and diseases. This initiative underscores Oxford Nanopore’s commitment to advancing genetic research and healthcare outcomes on a global scale, particularly for ethnically diverse populations that are typically

PUTRAJAYA, A former deliveryman convicted of raping a Year Six student failed in his appeal for a lighter sentence when the Court of Appeal upheld the 18-year imprisonment and 10 strokes of the cane imposed by the Sessions Court two years ago. This followed a decision by a panel of three judges consisting of Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, Datuk Azman Abdullah and Datuk Azmi Ariffin who dismissed the appeal by Muhammad Nur Hidayat Md Selliman to reduce the punishment. In a written judgment dated last July 31 that was uploaded on the judicial website, Judge Azmi said Muhammad Nur Hidayat

KUCHING, A Sarawak government delegation, led by Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, is on a four-day working visit to Australia to study crocodiles and adopt suitable methods for managing the reptile’s increasing population in the state. Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the visit, which started today, aims to analyse the ecosystems of crocodile species in Australia, specifically saltwater and freshwater crocodiles. ‘We want to study how they manage the crocodiles, when they hunt them, and what they do with the crocodiles, while ensuring they do not violate United Nations laws on killing the

KUANTAN, Pahang police have busted a local drug distribution operation with the arrest of a man and the seizure of ganja worth RM359,600 last week. State police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the 48-year-old suspect from Kelantan was arrested on the side of the road near the Sungai Ular food court on Jalan Kuantan-Kemaman here last Thursday after his car skidded while attempting to flee from police. Checks on the car’s boot revealed 107 transparent plastic packets containing compressed lumps of greenish dry leaves suspected to be ganja weighing 111,663.51 grammes. ‘At around 9 am on Thursday, East Coast