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KUALA LUMPUR, Jalan Masjid India, here, is now closed to all vehicles following the occurrence of another sinkhole near a police beat here, about 50 metres from the location of the first sinkhole incident. A Bernama survey found that the road, from Masjid India all the way to Maybank, Jalan Bunus, here, has been cordoned off with yellow Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) tape. Pedestrians, however, are still allowed to pass through the part of the road that is not affected, while the surrounding shops are still open as usual. Speaking to reporters, here, Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Suliezmy

KUALA LUMPUR, Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has submitted names of 635 company directors to the Immigration Department between January and June 2024 to be barred from leaving the country, due to unpaid EPF contributions as stipulated under Section 39 of the EPF Act 1991. EPF Chief Operating Officer Sazaliza Zainuddin said the contributions remind all employers of their obligation to remit their employees’ contributions promptly, as stipulated in Section 43(1) of the EPF Act. ‘Failure to make timely EPF contributions is considered a serious offence, and the EPF will not hesitate to pursue legal remedies, including civil and criminal actions,

RICHARDSON, Texas, Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider building the future of networks, and Whitestack, an open source-based developer of Telco Cloud solutions, today announce successful completion of a technology alignment that enables Mavenir’s Cloud-Native IMS solution to be seamlessly integrated into Whitestack’s Telco Cloud platform – demonstrating Mavenir’s pivotal expertise in facilitating cloud-native deployments. The collaboration was initiated as part of a deployment with a leading Tier 1 operator in Latin America and harnesses the power and performance capabilities of the Intel Xeon processor and Intel Ethernet technology. Empowering mobile operators to deploy telco workloads on its cloud solutions

KUALA LUMPUR, The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa has given the assurance that Kuala Lumpur remains safe following public concern due to the sinkhole incident on Jalan Masjid India last Friday. However, she reminded the public to exercise caution when in the vicinity of the area. ‘The police are taking measures to secure the area and we do not allow the public to enter, but other areas in Kuala Lumpur remain safe,’ she told reporters after visiting the location where a drain collapsed in Jalan Pantai Permai, leaving a massive hole in the ground.

KUALA LUMPUR, The retail price of RON97 petrol and diesel in Peninsular Malaysia will drop five sen to RM3.42 and RM3.18 per litre respectively, from tomorrow until Sept 4. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) in a statement today said the price reduction for RON97 and diesel in the peninsula is in line with the reduction in the global crude oil prices. ‘The Government will continue to monitor market developments and adjust the diesel fuel’s retail price based on global oil market fluctuations, whilst supporting price stability,’ it said. However, the statement said the retail price of RON95 petrol will remain