Man nabbed over false bomb threat at mall
IPOH: A 38-year-old man has been detained in connection with yesterday’s false bomb threat call at Aeon Mall Klebang, Chemor. Ipoh district police chief ACP Yahaya Hassan said the local man was arrested at 9.30 pm yesterday in the Tasek area, near here. “The man is believed to be responsible for making the bomb threat […]
Finance Ministry denounces false claim of RM600 STR addition
The Finance Ministry has refuted the widespread misinformation regarding an alleged additional RM600 supplement for the Rahmah Cash Aid (STR), asserting that the claim is entirely false. In a statement, the ministry cautioned the public to be vigilant and not to be easily deceived by such news circulating on Telegram. They advised individuals to refrain […]
‘State govt has nothing to do with it’
KUCHING: Sarawak police has denied the state government’s involvement in fielding 500 security personnel to Sabah for official duties. Recently, a Facebook user claimed that the Sarawak government had ordered 500 security personnel to Sabah recently for the state election. This, however, was proven false by Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner Datuk Dev Kumar M M […]
Socso detects 30 false claims
One case detected in Sarawak KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has so far identified 30 false claim cases related to misuse of the wage subsidy scheme (PSU) funds since it was introduced last March. Its chief executive Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said there would be no compromise with employers who […]
Dayaks not marginalised
BETONG: Sentiments on the ground accusing Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg of having marginalised the Dayaks are untrue, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He said one would understand that the accusations made were false when reading and observing the policies and programmes implemented by the chief minister. “Do […]
Anwar’s quirky claim
MIRI: Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau describes Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s claim of having a strong and formidable majority to form a new government as ‘quirky’. “It was a very strange announcement, when there were no political party representatives or leaders whom he claimed supported him were seen there with […]
Court release remanded company directors
KUCHING: Two company directors with ‘Datuk’ titles, who were remanded for two days to facilitate further investigation into a corruption case, were released by the Magistrate’s Court here on Sunday (Sept 13). They were released on a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bail of RM100,000 with one surety. They were detained by MACC for alleged submission […]
Human organ trade claim untrue
Police re-arrest man for criminal breach of trust instead KUCHING: The case of a man claiming to be an international human organ trader took a new twist today when Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail announced that the claim is untrue. A Bernama report said instead, the 48-year-old suspect, who had been remanded since Aug […]
