Woman pleads not guilty to causing death of teen cyclists
A 22-year-old saleswoman has claimed trial at the magistrate's court here with causing an accident which claimed the lives of eight cyclists. Sam Ke Ting was charged with dangerous and reckless driving causing death under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, which was read to her by a court translator in Mandarin on […]
Genneva Malaysia, 11 acquitted of money laundering charges
Eleven people and a company, Genneva Malaysia Sdn Bhd, were acquitted and discharged by a Sessions Court here of more than 1,000 counts of money laundering and illegal deposit taking. They are Genneva Malaysia's directors Datuk Philip Lim Jit Meng, 60, Datuk Tan Liang Keat, 45, and Ahmad Khairuddin Illias, 59; company advisers Datuk Marcus […]
Comeback bid by Malaysian news site that was shut down
The Malaysian Insider to return as The Malaysian Insight The Malaysian Insider, a widely followed online news site that was forced to close just over a year ago by Prime Minister Najib Razak's administration, is set to make a comeback under a new masthead, The Malaysian Insight. Straits Times Leslie Lopez Regional Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur, […]
Video of MPV ramming motorcyclist goes viral
A video recorded on Tuesday afternoon of a car crashing into a motorbike at a busy Pandan Indah T-junction has gone viral. The 81-second-video taken from a dashboard camera at 4.25pm was posted by 26-year-old Ng Sin Ji on Facebook and has received 3,906 shares as of press time. It shows a white Perodua Alza […]
Teen drives against traffic, one dead
A 19-year-old part-time model, who was allegedly high on drugs, drove against traffic on the North-South Expressway here and crashed her car, killing one motorist and damaging five vehicles. //players.brightcove.net/4405352761001/default_default/index.html?videoId=5358951964001 In the early morning incident yesterday, the teenager drove her vehicle against traffic at the 134th kilometre of the three-lane express- way and first collided […]
Malaysian family in Pyongyang stopped from taking flight home
A MALAYSIAN family was prevented from boarding a flight to leave North Korea yesterday. A Facebook post by one Kamil Ghazali claimed that his cousin, Iza Karmila Ramli, her husband and their three children were among Malaysians who were stopped by North Korean authorities during an attempt to catch a flight to return to Malaysia. […]
In tit-for-tat, Malaysia bans North Korean embassy officials from leaving country
All North Korean embassy officials are barred from leaving Malaysia with immediate effect. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi made the announcement today in an immediate reaction to Pyongyang's ban against Malaysians from leaving North Korea. "As a response to foreign minister of North Korea, the Home Ministry via Immigration has released an […]