The Public Accounts Committee has revealed that the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) not only used the Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF), which is paid monthly by employers, for high-risk investments but also for various lavish activities and overseas trips, with each event costing up to RM6 million, headlined China Press. Starting from September…
Several TikTok account holders have been implicated in the cyber bully case that led to the death of 28-year-old Tik Tok user known as Esha. Rajeswary Appahu better known as Esha, 28, passed away on July 5. She was using a second account @rajeswary_2717. A police report was filed by Esha’s friend where she named…
Pas’ Abidin Ismail retained the Sungai Bakap seat for PN in a straight fight against PH’s Dr Joohari Ariffin. Abidin obtained a bigger majority compared to his predecessor, the late Zamri Latiff who won it with a whisker of 1,563 votes. He polled 14,554 votes with a majority of 4,269 votes against Joohari’s 10,285 votes….
Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission has set up a task force to probe into the irregularities of Human Resource Development Corporation (HRDCorp) It would review the audit report of HRD Corp. “We have received the audit report submitted by the secretary-general (of the ministry). Based on this report, we have identified several issues that require documents…
Recovering assets linked to 1MDB is the priority over capturing fugitive financier Low Taek Jho who is better known as Jho Low, said Home Minister Senator Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. “Our focus is on asset repatriation. It is understood that there has been a resolution between the DoJ and Jho Low. “This is a…
Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won a run-off presidential election against ultra-conservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said. Pezeshkian got more than 16 million votes and Jalili more than 13 million out of about 30 million votes cast, electoral authority spokesman Mohsen Eslami said, adding that voter turnout stood at 49.8%, AFP reported….
Penang PH chairman Chow Kon Yeow is hopeful that the voter turnout in the ongoing Sungai Bakap polls would be above 65%. He pointed out that there were two polling centres with the highest numbers of voters. The two, SMK Tasek Mutiara and SJKC Boon Beng, are polling centres for over 13,000 voters. “There are…
Selangor Bersatu chief Datuk Seri Azmin Ali and the latest high profile Bersatu member Tan Sri Noh Omar would be at loggerheads, predicted Selangor PH and BN. The clash between the two would have a negative impact on the opposition coalition – PN. “Noh’s admission (into Bersatu) will cause division within PN and lead to…
Businessman “Datuk Roy” and a Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission officer will be tried as the duo failed in their attempt to convince the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) to review their charges of soliciting and receiving RM640,000 as bribes. The AGC dismissed the representation filed on July 1 by Mohd Rasyidi Mohd Said, 44, and Datuk…
A total of 39,279 registered voters of Sungai Bakap will have their chance to determine whether Pakatan Harapan wrest this semi urban Penang state seat today. Nine polling centres will be open until 6 pm after which the ballot boxes will be taken to the Jawi Multipurpose Hall in Taman Desa Jawi, Nibong Tebal for…
