Tax arrears: Lawyer Shafee fails to obtain leave to file counterclaim

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah has failed in his application to obtain leave from the High Court here today to file a counterclaim against the Inland Revenue Board’s (IRB) demand that he pays income tax arrears amounting to RM9.41 million. Judicial Commissioner (JC) Roz Mawar Rozain dismissed Muhammad Shafee’s application after finding that […]

Ministry agrees employers give workers vaccination leave

KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Ministry agrees that employers grant their employees leave to take Covid-19 vaccine shot. Its Minister, Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said the leave would give confidence to Malaysians to be vaccinated as some are still worried about the jab. “However, it depends on the employer to give leave as the government […]

March 24 case management in SIB Church’s case on discovery of documents

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has fixed March 24 for another case management in Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) Church’s case over discovery of documents pertaining to the cabinet’s decision which prohibited the use of the word “Allah” in non-Muslim publications. SIB Church had filed an application in the Federal Court for leave to appeal against the […]

Give youth seven days leave

KUALA LUMPUR: Youth who work in government agencies or private companies should be given an allocation of seven days leave to be able to attend youth programmes and courses, especially those that involve nationhood, patriotism and unity. Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin said, currently, there was a lack of encouragement […]

Leave for MAF personnel tightened

KOTA BHARU: Leave for Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) personnel has not been frozen but tightened throughout the movement control order (MCO) period to deal with the spread of the Covid-19 infection. Army chief Gen Tan Sri Ahmad Hasbullah Mohd Nawawi said leave would still be granted to the officers and staff members on duty especially relating to the death […]