Woman loses more than RM100,000 to job scam syndicate

KUANTAN: A woman lost RM118,767 after being duped by a scam syndicate that offered high-paying part-time jobs online. Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the 22-year-old victim claimed to have received a job offer on July 23 from a woman she knew through Instagram. “The victim was asked to take screenshots of the […]

High-paying jobs way out of poverty

KUCHING: The best way out of poverty is through well-paying jobs, which means the government needs to increase domestic and foreign investments to create good-paying jobs. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Honorary Professor Datuk Dr Madeline Berma said the government should consider employment subsidies to help long-term unemployed and other disadvantaged workers to re-enter the labour […]