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…

Singapore’s NParks to mark Elephant Day by crushing nine tonnes of ivory

SINGAPORE, Aug 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — National Parks Board of Singapore (NParks) will be crushing nine tonnes of ivory worth S$18 million to commemorate World Elephant Day, which falls on Aug 12. The ivory was seized from various shipments in past years, said NParks in a statement here today. On July 21 last year alone, the…

Journalist detained for flying drone near Butterworth Session Court

BUTTERWORTH, Aug 10: The crowd outside the Butterworth Session Court where former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng was charged with abuse of power when he was Penang Chief Minister in relation to the Penang undersea tunnel and main road projects. BUTTERWORTH, Aug 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A Sin Chew Daily journalist…

1MDB audit report trial: Abnormal, unprecedented for NAD to amend a finalised audit report – ex Auditor Gen

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) – It is ‘abnormal’ and ‘unprecedented’ for the National Audit Department (NAD) to make amendments on a finalised audit report prepared by the department itself, said former Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang in the High Court, here, today. The sixth prosecution witness, who was referring to the 1Malaysia Development…

56 injured in Air India Express crash discharged from hospitals

NEW DELHI, August 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Fifty-six of those injured in the Air India Express crash have been discharged from hospitals, the airline said. The death toll in Friday’s crash at Kozhikode airport in Kerala state is now 18, including four children and two pilots. The flight AXB-1344 from Dubai,…

Drugs worth RM15 million destroyed

KEPALA BATAS,  Aug 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Various drugs worth about RM15 million which were seized in 11 cases in Penang from 2008 until 2018, and could have been abused by 1.97 million drug addicts, were destroyed today. Penang Police Chief Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said these cases involved 23 arrests whose…

Iranian escapes gallows, gets 20 years jail for possession of drugs

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) — An Iranian escaped the gallows when his charge of trafficking in methamphetamine was changed to possession of drugs Monday, leading to him being sentenced to 20 years’ jail and 10 strokes of the rotan (caning). A Court of Appeal three-member bench comprising Justices Yaacob Md Sam, P. Ravinthran…

COVID-19: 188 new cases in Singapore, 12 imported

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Aug 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Singapore has reported a total of 188 new cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, including 12 imported cases and one case within the community. No new clusters were identified yesterday, and the latest cases bring the infection tally for the republic to 55,292. According to brief data released here by the republic’s…

I will prove I am not guilty – former M’sian minister Guan Eng

BUTTERWORTH, Aug 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia’s former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng, who faced a corruption charge in connection with the RM6.3 billion Penang roads and undersea tunnel project at the Sessions Court here today, said he is ready to clear his name and prove that he is not guilty. “This…

HBA urges govt to consider income tax waiver, reduction for M40 group

By Rosemarie Khoo Mohd Sani KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The National House Buyers Association (HBA) is asking the government to consider granting an income tax ‘wholesome’ waiver or a reduction of 50 per cent for the first RM100,000 of chargeable income tax for the next two years.  The suggested amount is used as it…