Darell set to meet ministers, CEOs of MNCs at WEF in Davos

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Darell Leiking is scheduled to meet and discuss bilateral trade and investment issues with his counterparts from Switzerland, Turkey and Palestine at The World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos. He will also be meeting chief executive officers (CEOs)…

Malaysia to host ACB 2020 in March

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Approximately 500 participants are expected to take part in the third edition of the ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity (ACB 2020) from March 16 to 20 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC).  Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Dr Xavier Jayakumar said the participants would be from ASEAN member…

Najib’s SRC Trial: Issue of forged signatures was never raised by defence – DPP

KUALA LUMPUR: File photo of former Malaysian Premier Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Last year, the High Court ordered Najib, 67, to enter his defence on seven charges of misappropriating RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds, comprising three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT), three counts of…

Former Interpol Chief Meng Hongwei Handed 13.5 Year Jail Sentence

MOSCOW, Jan 21 (NNN-SPUTNIK) — The former president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei has been sentenced to 13.5 years in prison by a court in Tianjin, China on Tuesday, reported Sputnik news agency. The court also fined the former executive nearly 2 mln yuan ($289,850). According to China’s central television network,…

MP, ex Felda chief charged for failing to declare to IRB money received from Najib

KUALA LUMPUR,  Jan 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Pontian Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan and former Felda chairman Tan Sri Shahrir Ab Samad were charged in separate Sessions Court here today with failing to declare their income, involving RM2 million and RM1 million, respectively, which they received from Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak,…

The identities of voices in audio recordings to be known within this week – IGP

IPOH, Jan 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The identities of the voices in the audio recordings revealed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Latheefa Koya earlier this month, are expected to be known within this week or next week at the latest. Inspected-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said…

M’sia sends back 150 containers of plastic waste, to send another 110 by June

“This is not about money, it is about dignity and Malaysia cannot become the world’s dumping ground.” Yeo Bee Yin, Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change BUTTERWORTH, Jan 20: Yeo Bee Yin (centre) taking a look at documents related to the containers of plastic waste to be…

No reports of Malaysian palm oil being held up at Indian ports, says SEA

By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) of India said it has not  received any reports of refined palm oil cargoes from Malaysia being held up at India’s ports due to customs clearance. SEA is a trade body representing India’s vegetable oil importers. “We…

Search for four S. Koreans missing in Himalayas suspended due to bad weather

Himalaya: This photo, provided by the Um Hong Gil Human Foundation, shows the scene of an accident in which four South Korean teachers went missing where an avalanche occurred while they were trekking in Annapurna, the Himalayas, in Nepal, on Jan 17. The blue line indicates a road and the…

Man acquitted more than 70 years after execution for aiding rebel forces

Relatives of man acquitted for aiding leftist rebels Relatives of Chang Hwan-bong, a man executed by the government for aiding leftist rebels during the Yeosu-Suncheon incident more than 70 years ago, speak to reporters after the district court in Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul, acquitted Chang posthumously of mutiny…