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KUALA LUMPUR, Additional allocations are needed in Budget 2025 to upgrade the Malaysian Halal Certification System (MYeHALAL), aimed at expediting the halal application and certification process, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar. He said the development and enhancement of the system were among key proposals by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM), and that he participated in an engagement session with Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan, expressing various aspirations and suggestions, including efforts to upgrade MYeHALAL. “Currently, halal issues are among the matters being raised. Therefore, we have

KUALA LUMPUR, The Sessions Court here today ordered a former financial consultant to enter his defence on one charge of deceiving the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) related to an investment scheme amounting to RM85,530,000 and four charges of money laundering involving RM3.9 million. Judge Suzana Hussin made the ruling after finding that the prosecution had successfully established a prima facie case against Datuk Ahmad Azwan Aboo Mansor, 54. “After reviewing all the evidence presented by the prosecution witnesses and the arguments from both parties, the court finds that the prosecution has established a prima facie case for all

PUTRAJAYA, The Court of Appeal today upheld a seven-year jail sentence and one stroke of the cane meted out on a former physical education teacher convicted of sexual assault against two female students at a primary school in Dungun, Terengganu, five years ago. Judge Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, dismissing Tuan Sembok Tuan Puteh’s final appeal, said the sentences for all three charges, effective from Nov 11, 2022, were not excessive and did not warrant intervention by the court. “This court finds the conviction on all three charges to be sound, and the appellant is fortunate that the deputy public prosecutor

KUALA LUMPUR, The ringgit closed marginally higher against the US dollar on Monday as a lower domestic inflation rate helped to extend its recent gains, an analyst said. At 6 pm, the local currency climbed to 4.2000/2060 against the greenback, compared to last week’s close of 4.2005/2070. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid noted that Malaysia’s latest consumer price index (CPI) print for August 2024 came in at 1.9 per cent, lower than the 2.0 per cent rate for three consecutive months before August. He said this indicated strong economic growth in Malaysia, with inflation

KUCHING, The sacrifices of Asyiil Raziin Razman’s family to send her for swimming classes at the age of nine in Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur was definitely worth every effort since she managed to break the Para Sukma Games record (Para SUKMA) at the age of 14, here today. . Despite making her maiden appearence in Bumi Kenyalang and the Para Sukma, Asyiil Raziin who represented Kuala Lumpur said she did not feel nervous because he felt that the swimming pool has already ‘integrated’ with her since young. ‘Thank God for blessing to win the gold medal in my first Sukma appearence.