Ms Indira Gandhi, thanking her legal team outside the Ipoh High Court, including her lead counsel, Mr M. Kulasegaran (far left). A Malaysian court on Thursday, July 25, 2013, ruled against the 2009 conversion of three Hindu children to Islam without their mother, Ms Indira Gandhi's knowledge, a verdict welcomed by non-Muslim groups. -- PHOTO: THE STAR ...
Kamalanathan No plans to replace meritocracy system with quota system
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has no plans to replace the meritocracy system with the quota system, says Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan. He told the Dewan Negara Thursday that based on the meritocracy principle, all students with the highest merit points regardless of race, religion and background, would not be denied the opportunity of furthering their studies at the public ...
Japan offers Malaysia high-speed rail technology for KL-Spore rail link
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) speaks at a joint press conference with his Malaysia counterpart Najib Razak at the prime minister's office in Malaysia's administrative capital in Putrajaya on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Japan on Thursday offered Malaysia technology to build a multi-million-dollar high-speed railway and other infrastructure, as its Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...
Armed robbers attempt to carjack cop get shot at instead
BENTONG: Two armed robbers who tried to carjack a motorist near Lurah Bilut were instead shot at after their victim turned out to be a policeman. It is learnt one of them was injured. The cop, with the rank of corporal, had earlier noticed he was being trailed by a car with two occupants inside. Upon reaching a secluded spot near the settlement at about 4.30pm on Thursday, the car overtook ...
Nigerian student gets death for 6.25kg cannabis
SHAH ALAM: A Nigerian private college student was sentenced to death by the High Court here today for trafficking in 6.25kg of cannabis three years ago. Ugonna Philip Nwankwo, 29, was found guilty by Justice Noor Azian Shaari, of trafficking in 4.85kg of cannabis at a bus stop near Sunway Pyramid, Bandar Sunway at 1 pm on Nov 9, 2010 and 1.4kg of the same substance at a house in Jalan SS12/2D, ...
Beauty pageant contestants who dispute ban can be charged in Syariah court
PEKAN: The four Muslim women who disputed the National Fatwa Council decision banning Muslim women from participating in beauty pageants can be charged in the Syariah Court. Deputy president of Pahang Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (Muip) Datuk Seri Wan Abdul Wahid Wan Hassan said they could be charged under Syaria law if they participated in the beauty pageant. "This is ...
Engineer fined RM7000 for careless driving in air stewardess? death
GEORGE TOWN: An engineer was fined RM7,000 in default seven months' jail by the Magistrate's Court here Thursday after pleading guilty to careless and inconsiderate driving that resulted in the death of an air stewardess in 2010. Tan Chia Hui, 25, was also ordered by Magistrate Sri Pracha Nanthini Balabedha to pay RM4,000 compensation to the victim's family. He committed the ...
Official welcome for Japan?s PM Shinzo Abe
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan was accorded an official welcome at Bangunan Perdana Putra here, in conjunction with his two-day visit to Malaysia. Abe arrived there at 4.05pm and was greeted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Also present were Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa, and other Cabinet ...
Malaysia Jepun Setuju Beri Komitmen Untuk Gelombang Kedua Dasarpandang Ke Timur
(UPDATE: menambah fakta baharu mulai para 14) PUTRAJAYA, 25 Julai (Bernama) -- Perdana Menteri berkata Malaysia dan Jepun bersetuju memberi komitmen ke arah memperkukuhkan gelombang kedua Dasar Pandang ke Timur yang tidak lagi terhad kepada latihan dan pendidikan, malah lebih berpandangan ke hadapan dengan tumpuan yang lebih baik dan lebih berorientasikan ekonomi. Datuk Seri Najib Tun ...
Malaysia Japan Agree To Give Commitment Towards Second Wave Of Look East Policy
PUTRAJAYA, July 25 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Japan have agreed to give the commitment towards strengthening the second wave of the "Look East Policy" in that it should not be limited to training and education, but should be more forward-looking with better focus and more economic-oriented. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said this was in line with the economic ...
Sunway unit secures US$67m term loan from OCBC
KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Bhd's unit has secured a US$67mil (RM214mil) term loan from Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd, part of which would be used to refinance the existing Islamic term loan facility. Sunway said on Thursday Sunway Treasury Sdn Bhd had secured the facility from OCBC's Labuan branch. The loan would be for advances to Sunway and its subsidiaries and to refinance the ...
Haze moves north turning air quality in Ipoh Seberang Jaya unhealthy
KUALA LUMPUR: The haze has moved north, causing Ipoh in Perak and Seberang Jaya in Penang to have an unhealthy level of air quality Thursday evening. According to the Department of Environment's website, the Air Pollutant Index (API) reading recorded at 3 pm in Ipoh was 104, while in Seberang Jaya, the API reading was 100. In GEORGE TOWN, Penang Health, Welfare, Caring Community and ...
Three die after their house goes up in flames
It is learnt that there were five people in the house when the fire started, but two of them escaped and sought help from neighbours. Neighbours then rushed the two girls known as Eka and Along to the hospital. Among the three victims who died were a three-year-old child, a disabled and an unknown man. A neighbour Noraini Omar said that she was on her way out to work at about 4.30pm when ...
KLCI pauses after two-straight days of record highs
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's blue chips took a breather to end in slightly lower on Thursday, snapping two-straight days of record highs, while most regional markets were in the red. At the close, the FBM KLCI was down 1.58 points or 0.09% to 1,808.42. Turnover was 1.37 billion shares valued at RM1.86bil. The broader market was weaker, with losers beating gainers nearly three to two or ...
Chinese LCD maker BOE plans US$7.5b offering to expand production
SHANGHAI (Reuters): The world's fifth-largest LCD panel maker, BOE Technology Group Co Ltd, said on Thursday it plans to raise 46 billion yuan ($7.5 billion) in the biggest Chinese equity offering this year. The funds will be used in the construction of high-generation panel production lines and the acquisition of shares in an existing joint venture called BOE Display Technology. ...
Job pressure in China amid reform drive
BEIJING: China faces heavy pressure on employment in coming months, the labour ministry said on Thursday, highlighting the depth of the challenge facing Beijing as it tries to wean the economy off its manufacturing dependency without disrupting social stability. China's leaders are working to turn the economy into one led by domestic consumption and demand from a focus on manufacturing and ...
MIER revises economic forecast downwards to 4.8
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) has revised downwards Malaysia's economic growth forecast to 4.8% for this year from 5.6% earlier. Executive director Dr Zakariah Abdul Rashid said the lower growth projection was due to external factors such as weak global recovery, China's economic slowdown, moderate growth in Asean, financial market volatility and ...
High Court rules conversion of Indira?s three children unconstitutional
IPOH: The High Court here, in a landmark decision, quashed the certificate of conversion of M. Indira Gandhi's three children who had been converted by their Muslim convert ...
Netizens say RM200 maximum fine an insufficient deterrent for animal abusers
PETALING JAYA: Netizens unanimously agree that the maximum fine of RM200 for animal abusers as prescribed by Section 44(1)(d) Animals Act 1953 is not severe enough to prevent animal abuse in Malaysia. @Ratussa_M said that "anybody can pay RM200," and that it was definitely not enough to stop animal abuse cases. @MangaloveX also agreed; "No. No. No. No. Those abusers can easily ...
Japanese company to take over NFCorps assets and liabilities
KUALA LUMPUR: National Feedlot Corp Sdn Bhd (NFCorp) today clarified that Japanese company, Kirimitonas Agro Sdn Bhd, has agreed to purchase its entire shares and related companies, and accordingly take over all the assets and liabilities including the RM250mil loan with the Malaysian government. Both parties signed the sales and purchase agreement on February 21, NFCorp chairman Datuk Seri ...
Gabungan AQRS warrants lose ground
KUALA LUMPUR: The warrants of Gabungan AQRS, which were listed on Friday, fell in active trade as retail investors took profit after it hit an intra-day high of 48 sen earlier. At 2.56pm, the warrants were down one sen to 31 sen. There were 39.70 million units done. The shares were unchanged at RM1.62. There were 5.39 million shares done at prices ranging from RM1.61 to RM1.69. The FBM KLCI ...
Guan Eng Vs Dr Subra over probe into racist doctors claim
GEORGE TOWN: Several Pakatan leaders are annoyed with a statement made by Health Minister Datuk Dr S.Subramaniam that the Penang government was not being cooperative in the investigation over an allegation that some Chinese doctors are refusing to treat non-Chinese patients. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said his office did not receive any request for any information from the Health ...
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