Hong Kong police condemn knife attack on off-duty officer

HONG KONG, Aug 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — Hong Kong’s Commissioner of Police Lo Wai-chung on Saturday strongly condemned the knife attack on an off-duty police officer, pledging a comprehensive investigation into the incident. The officer, 45, was attacked by three males with a knife when he was walking past Kwai Yi…

Wong delivers gold medal in 2019 Handisport Open in Paris

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 (NNN–BERNAMA) – National paralympic long jumper athlete, Jonathan Wong Kar Gee celebrated the 62nd National Day with a bang after winning the gold medal at 2019 Handisport Open World Grand Prix Para Athletics Tournament in Paris, France on Friday (Saturday in Malaysia). The 28-year-old Sabahan posted…

Airbus earmarks US$120 mln for projects to bolster local aerospace industry

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Airbus will be allocating about US$120 million (RM505 million) for three initiatives to further support the development of the local aerospace industry. Airbus chief executive officer Guillaume Faury said the initiatives were to further expand its unit Sepang Aircraft Engineering, increase funding to the…

MMEA nab 12 Vietnamese men for illegal fishing in Labuan

LABUAN, Aug 31 (NNN–BERNAMA) – The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Labuan arrested 12 Vietnamese men for illegal fishing less than 9.5 nautical miles from Pulau Mengalum yesterday morning (Friday). The team also seized the fishing vessel with 60 kilogrammes marine catch. Labuan MMEA regional director Maritime Captain Che Adnan…

Spirit of patriotism, anti-corruption embodied in ‘Sayangi Malaysiaku: Malaysia Bersih’

hereherePowered by Embed YouTube Video PUTRAJAYA, Aug 31 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The spirit of patriotism, national struggle, national identity and anti-corruption are the elements embodied in the National Day celebration this year as an aspiration to make Malaysia a clean, efficient and trustworthy nation. With the theme ‘Sayangi Malaysiaku: Malaysia Bersih…

3 leaders of Hong Kong groups advocating “independence” detained: police

HONG KONG, Aug 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – Three leaders of political groups advocating “Hong Kong’s independence,” Joshua Wong Chi-fung, Agnes Chow Ting and Andy Chan Ho-tin, have been detained, Hong Kong police confirmed Friday. Wong was arrested at around 7:30 a.m. Friday enroute to the South Horizons MTR station, according to…

Russia announces ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib from Saturday

MOSCOW, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Russia has announced a ceasefire in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province from Saturday morning, offering respite to civilians who have endured a months-long campaign of bombardment that has killed hundreds. An agreement was reached on “a unilateral ceasefire by Syrian government forces in the Idlib de-escalation…

Trump says US not involved in Iran satellite launch failure

WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) – US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States was not involved with a failed Iranian rocket launch, and he wished Tehran “best wishes and good luck” at finding out what went wrong. “The United States of America was not involved in the…

Situation not normal in Kashmir

HYDERABAD, Aug 25 (NNN- PTI) Describing the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 by the NDA government as “unconstitutional and undemocratic,” Communist Party of India general secretary D Raja said on Sunday the situation was not normal in Kashmir.Raja was part of the 11-member delegation of opposition parties from Delhi which…

Agong’s Indonesian visit further strengthens existing 62-year friendship

JAKARTA, Aug 25 (NNN-BERNAMA)– The four-day state visit of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah to Indonesia from tomorrow reflects the close and warm Malaysian-Indonesian ties, to simultaneously further cement the existing friendship established since 62 years ago. The state, visit from Aug 26 to 29,…