Three men including two Thai nationals die in road crash in Kelantan

File photo of the Kuala Krai-Gua Musang road in Kelantan state. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA. KOTA BHARU, Aug 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Three men, including two foreigners, died after the Mitsubishi Triton they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a lorry near Kampung Pahi at Jalan Kuala Krai-Gua…

1MDB audit report trial: Najib did not say which of two conflicting financial statements to be included in final report – Witness

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Former auditor-general Tan Sri Ambrin Buang told the High Court today that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had never told him which of the two conflicting versions of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) 2014 financial statements  that he (Najib) wanted to be…

Four months jail for Nepalese who beat up security guard

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) — A Nepalese man was sentenced to four months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for beating up a security guard who is also a fellow countryman. A recording of the incident went viral recently. Magistrate Wong Chai Sia passed the sentence on Ram Gopal…

Indonesia’s COVID-19 cases rise to 128,776

File photo of a medical staff member taking a swab sample from a Bank worker during large-scale testing operations for Covid-19 in Medan, Indonesia earlier in June. Photo courtesy of Albert Ivan Damanik/ZUMA Wire/dpa JAKARTA, Aug 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — COVID-19 positive cases in Indonesia have increased to 128,776 with 5,824 deaths…

Petronas lost RM17 bln in petroleum revenue during MCO – PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysian’s national oil company Petronas reported a loss of around RM17 billion in petroleum revenue from March till June this year during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period. In a brief written reply to Tuan Noor Amin Ahmad’s (PH-Kangar) question in Parliament on the loss of…

Nine villages in Kinabatangan forest reserve gazetted

KINABATANGAN, Aug 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Nine villages in the Kinabatangan forest reserve area have been gazetted, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said today. He explained that the villages had been occupied by the local community for decades and had long applied for these villages to be gazetted. “We (the state government) recognise the…

Malaysia’s new COVID-19 cases back to single digit

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia’s number of new COVID-19 positive cases returned to a single digit with nine new cases reported today involving five imported cases and four local transmissions. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brings the cumulative figure of positive cases to 9,103 and the number of active cases with infectivity…

DNA tests confirms bone found in bushes at Batu Gantung, Penang belonged to Anna Jenkins from Australia

GEORGE TOWN (Penang, Malaysia) Aug 11 (Bernama) — The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test on the pelvic bone found in a bushy area near Jalan Batu Gantung here on June 24 is compatible with Anna Jenkins, the Australian woman who was reported missing in Penang three years ago. Penang Police Chief Sahabudin Abd Manan said police received…

Updated: Former CM Lim Guan Eng, Phang Li Koon plead not guilty to corruption charge

BUTTERWORTH, Aug 11  (NNN-BERNAMA) — Former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew Gek Cheng and businesswoman Phang Li Koon were charged in the Sessions Court here today with corruption and money laundering. Lim, 60, Chew, 56, and  Phang, 48, all pleaded not guilty to the charges…

ECRL will complement country’s railway network – Transport Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The resumption of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project will complement the existing railway network system in the country, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said the project will also benefit the states in the East…