Category: General

SHAH ALAM, Seven individuals arrested in Selangor yesterday in connection with the GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) case have been remanded for seven days. The remand order, which begins today, was issued by Deputy Registrar Muhammad Firdaus Abdul Rashid at the Magistrate’s Court here. Lawyer Rosli Kamaruddin, who represented the seven, aged 18 to 55, said they are being investigated under, among others, Section 31(a) of the Child Act 2001 and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2022. According to him, they were arrested in Rawang last night. They comprise six women, including four believed to be

SHAH ALAM, The Selangor Zakat Board (LZS) confirmed that it had never received any kind of zakat payment from GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) or its subsidiaries. LZS Head of Collection Division Mohd Fikri Naim Harun said this was despite the board having held talks on tithe collection at GISBH premises. “There are more than 20 GISBH-related companies on our list but none have made zakat payments to LZS. We also cannot determine the tithe amount required to be paid by GISBH and their subsidiaries because we have never received any information regarding their assets and liabilities,” he said. He

JAKARTA, Seminars to uphold the importance of Nusantara manuscripts will continue to be held periodically, focusing on content that can be produced from such scripts in cooperation with book publishers participating in the programme, according to the Malaysian Institute of Translation and Books (ITBM). ITBM chief executive officer Sakri Abdullah said in addition to focusing on collaboration between local and foreign publishers, he plans to expand such seminars in ASEAN countries to internationalise the archipelago’s manuscripts. “We plan to hold this seminar once or twice a year. The first one was held in Jakarta, the next in Kuala Lumpur, and

KLUANG, A total of 29.08 per cent of the 61,274 electors eligible to vote in the Mahkota by-election today have cast their ballots as of noon, according to the Election Commission (EC). Voting at the 20 polling centres, which have 109 streams, started at 8 am and will end at 6 pm. EC chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun said they are expecting a voter turnout of more than 60 per cent. After the polling ends, vote counting will be done at the polling centres before ballots are taken to Dewan Tunku Ibrahim Ismail for vote-tallying. The results are expected to

KUCHING, Sarawak, the newly crowned King of the Pool at the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) here, have drawn up a strategic blueprint to produce swimmers for the national team who can make waves on the world stage. This development was shared by Sarawak’s para swimming head coach, Sarini @ Syarbini Kedri, who revealed that five other coaches have been assigned to different divisions such as Miri, Sibu and Kuching to unearth and nurture young talents. ‘Alhamdulillah for being the overall swimming champions by winning 17 golds to surpass the 15-gold target. This success is firstly due to us