Bukit Aman postpones date for Anwar to give statement

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s appointment with the police in Bukit Aman tomorrow has been postponed to another date which will be announced later. Federal police Criminal Investigation Department director, Datuk Huzir Mohamed said in a statement today that the PKR president was earlier scheduled to give his statement on…

Solid fundamentals gave Malaysia strength to deal with pandemic shocks – Bursa chairman

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Solid fundamentals built over the years accorded Malaysia some resilience to deal with COVID-19 shocks, said Bursa Malaysia Bhd chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar. The country’s healthcare system has demonstrated robustness and resilience in the ongoing health crisis, while diversified sources of growth and external trade structure have helped mitigate…

Moderate earthquake hits Myanmar-India border

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, struck the Myanmar-India border region at 1.38 am today. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) in a statement today said the epicentre of the 53km-deep quake was 307km east of Narsingdi, Bangladesh. There is no tsunami threat to…

Malaysia reports 374 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The number of new COVID-19 infections in the country remained at three digits for the 10th straight day after 374 cases were reported Saturday, taking the case tally to 15,096.  Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of active cases now stands…

1,140 armed forces staff deployed to help Sabah contain COVID-19 spread

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A total of 1,140 military personnel have been deployed to assist the authorities, in particular the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MoH), contain the COVID-19 pandemic which has now entered its third wave. The Malaysian Armed Forces headquarters in a statement today said personnel from the Malaysian Army (TDM), the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN)…

Sabah CM Hajiji tests positive for COVID-19, undergoing treatment

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now undergoing treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Public Relations Secretary to the Chief Minister Effendi Mohamed Sunoh said.  Effendi, in a statement tonight, said Hajiji, who had been under self-quarantine, had taken another COVID-19 test…

Malaysian police on hunt for seven illegal immigrants who fled Tawau detention centre

TAWAU, Oct 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Sabah police are hunting for six illegal immigrants from the Philippines and one from Indonesia who fled while being quarantined at the Tawau Temporary Detention Centre (PTS) here today. Tawau district police chief ACP Peter Umbuas said 14 detainees had escaped in the incident but seven had been recaptured. He…

Malaysia sees 354 new COVID-19 cases, six deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The number of new COVID-19 infections in the country in the last 24-hours remained at three digits with 354 cases recorded, while six deaths were reported.  Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the case tally now stood at 14,722, with 3,863 active cases. The majority…

80,000-year-old fossil of Stegodon elephant found in Perak

File photo/BENGBU, China: The now extinct species of Stegodon elephants recreated and on display at the national muzium in this northeastern Chinese city, Photo courtesy of BERNAMA. KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Universiti Malaya (UM) paleontologists have discovered the first ‘Stegodon’ elephant fossil in Malaysia, believed to be between…

Explore Ukraine for new buyers, MITI urges Malaysian companies

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysian companies are encouraged to explore emerging markets such as Ukraine in finding new buyers, International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Lim Ban Hong said. He said Ukraine is one of Malaysia’s key trading partners in the Eastern European region with diplomatic relations established way back in 1991…