Court releases Wan Saiful’s passport for official visit to Japan
KUALA LUMPUR: The Session’s Court here today allowed a temporary release of former Bersatu information chief Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan’s passport for an official trip to Japan. Judge Rozina Ayob allowed the release to enable the Tasek Gelugor Member of Parliament to go on a working trip to Japan with the Parliamentary Special Select […]
Passport: Ahmad Zahid files for review of court’s decision
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has filed for a review of a High Court’s decision in dismissing his application to have permanent access to his passport to enable him to perform his official duties as Deputy Prime Minister. Last Feb 3, High Court Judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah, in dismissing the application […]
Man pleads not guilty to using forged papers for passport renewal
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A Bangladeshi man pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today to a charge of using forged documents for the purpose of cheating when applying for his passport renewal. Kazi Monir, 35, made the plea before Magistrate Mohd Harith Mohd Mazlan. He was charged with submitting a forged police report, receipts and […]
Ahmad Zahid applies for permanent return of passport
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi filed an application at the High Court to have his passport returned permanently to him, to enable him to carry out his official duties as deputy prime minister. The passport was previously surrendered to the court as an additional bail condition after he was charged with 47 […]
Court allows Ahmad Zahid’s application for temporary release of passport to seek treatment in Germany
SHAH ALAM: The High Court here today allowed an application by Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is facing 40 charges of corruption involving the extension of contract to Ultra Kirana Sdn Bhd (UKSB) to operate the Foreign Visa System (VLN), for the temporary return of his passport to enable him to go to […]
Malaysians in Singapore should renew passport at least 6 months before expiration
SINGAPORE: The High Commission of Malaysia in Singapore is advising Malaysians in the republic to apply/renew their passports at least six months before the expiry date. The High Commission said it is experiencing a drastic increase in passport application/renewal following the implementation of border control measures by Malaysia and Singapore since April 2020. In its […]
People inoculated with Russian covid vaccine may be able to travel across Europe
MOSCOW: The EU’s draft project to implement certificates for those inoculated against Covid-19 envisages that people vaccinated with Russian or Chinese vaccines will be able to enter the EU member states that have registered these vaccines, Sputnik quoted an El Pais newspaper report on Tuesday, citing the draft. The draft project is set to be […]
Singaporean’s passport cancelled for breach of stay-home notice
SINGAPORE: Singapore authorities have cancelled the passport of a citizen who breached a 14-day stay-home notice over Covid-19. The 53-year-old man was issued the notice on March 19 when he returned to Singapore via the Tanah Merah ferry terminal from Batam, Indonesia, where he had gone on March 3, according to the republic’s Immigration & Checkpoints […]
Brunei passport ranks 16th most powerful globally
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: With visa-free or visa on arrival access to 153 countries or destinations, Brunei’s passport was ranked 16th most powerful globally in the latest Arton Capital’s Global Passport Index, reported Xinhua News Agency. According to local daily the Borneo Bulletin on Sunday, the index is a ranking of all the passports of the […]
Three Americans ordered to leave Sabah immediately
TAWAU: Three Americans have been ordered to leave Sabah immediately after they were found to have entered and resided in Malaysia without a valid pass or permit, said Sabah Immigration Director Datuk Dr Muhamad Sade Mohamad Amin. He said the three Americans – a 38-year-old man, his son and daughter aged 14 and 16 years […]
