News about armed forces

"To resolve this, we have devised a plan to determine which assets LTAT should retain a larger direct shareholding in and which should remain under Boustead’s management.

Under the previously scrapped "Project Moonshot", Boustead was to transition from a diversified conglomerate into a real estate-focused entity.

In a written parliamentary reply dated Aug 3 to Seremban Member of Parliament Loke Siew Fook which was uploaded on the Parliament website, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong noted the contract cost was maintained at RM4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has criticised the government’s move to allow the military to arrest or take action against those found violating the movement control order (MCO).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 25): Former Armed Forces chief General (Rtd) Tan Sri Dr Hashim Mohd Ali does not support the ban on the sale of hard liquor at sundry, grocery shops, convenience stores and Chinese medicine shops in the city.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained two people, including a former senior officer of the Malaysian Armed Forces who holds a Datuk title, in connection with an investigation into false claims linked to a project worth about RM800 million to upgrade rural roads in Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): The National Audit Department said housing facilities for families of Armed Forces personnel (RKAT) are in poor shape due to insufficient financial allocations, inefficient financial management and inconsistent monitoring, the Malay Mail reported yesterday.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): Budget constraints are causing over a fifth of the Rumah Keluarga Angkatan Tentera (RKAT) homes to be unfit for occupation, forcing thousands of armed forces personnel to seek pricier homes elsewhere for their families, according to an audit finding.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 27): The Defence Ministry (Mindef) has clarified that Boustead Holdings Bhd has yet to dispose of the Royale Chulan Bukit Bintang Hotel, saying the valuation process is still underway.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 8): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has said it does not take "half a day" to confirm the allegation by former Minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz (pictured) about land owned by a company that has three shareholders.