Covid-19 cases in Malaysia jump to 2,875
KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): New Covid-19 infections jumped to 2,875 today, from 2,340 yesterday, raising the country's total cases to 384,688, the Health Ministry said.
RM2m ‘political donation’, receipt central issues in Ku Nan's graft case appeal
PUTRAJAYA (April 22): The RM2 million that Aset Kayamas Sdn Bhd managing director Tan Sri Chai Kin Kong testified was his political donation to former federal territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and the receipt issued to the businessman for the funds dominated the Putrajaya Member of Parliament's (MP) appeal today.
Malaysia’s labour market seen growing marginally in 2021 — DOSM
KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Malaysia’s labour market is seen growing marginally in 2021 in a Covid-19-driven challenging environment as factors including the pandemic's vaccination programme and government support for businesses are expected to accelerate the revival of the country's labour market, where unemployment rose to 4.
Najib defence’s claims that trial judge was 'prejudiced', 'incompetent' were uncalled for, says lead prosecutor
PUTRAJAYA (April 22): Claims that High Court judge Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali was “prejudiced” and “hopelessly incompetent” in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial were entirely unwarranted, said ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram.
US warns citizens against travel to Malaysia over high Covid-19 risk
KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised Americans to avoid all travel to Malaysia.
Convent Bukit Nanas issue: There has been no due process in this matter, says alumnae president
KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): The Ministry of Education (MoE) has not conducted “due process” for Convent Bukit Nanas (CBN) (pictured) to be gazetted as a fully government-aided school, The Malaysian Insight reported alumnae president Marina Yong saying today.
Covid-19: 2,340 new confirmed infections today; 7th day new daily cases at above 2,000 level
KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The number of daily Covid-19 cases remained above the 2,000 level today with 2,340 new cases detected as of noon today, compared with 2,341 cases yesterday.
Axis REIT declares interim distribution of 2.23 sen per unit
KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Axis Real Estate Investment Trust (Axis REIT) declared an interim distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.
SRC appeal: Najib himself never truly believed funds used were from Arab donations, prosecution asserts
PUTRAJAYA (April 21): Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s (pictured) continuous failure to verify the source of the billions of ringgit transferred into his personal accounts reflected how the former prime minister never truly believed that the source of the funds was actually an Arab donation, the prosecution argued today.
FT Minister: Convent Bukit Nanas ‘should not be touched’
KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pictured) thinks that “CBN should not be touched and should be allowed to continue operating”, The Star reported today.
