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KUALA LUMPUR -- Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Narkotik (JSJN) Bukit Aman mengenal pasti 30 jenis jenama minuman ringan, teh dan kopi pracampuran yang dipeketkan semula setelah dicampur dadah sebelum dijual di pusat-pusat hiburan untuk mengelirukan pihak berkuasa. Pengarahnya, Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh berkata berdasarkan kepada kajian dan siasatan sejak dua tahun lepas, pihaknya telah mengesan taktik sindiket-sindiket dadah ini melalui beberapa siri operasi serbuan di pusat-pusat hiburan di seluruh negara. “Antara dadah yang turut dikenal pasti dipasarkan dengan taktik sebegini adalah Eramin 5, ketamin, syabu dan ekstasi,” katanya dalam sidang media di Bukit Aman, lapor Bernama. Menurutnya, taktik sebegini disasarkan kepada golongan remaja yang mengunjungi pusat-pusat hiburan dan parti-parti liar. Kata Mohmad, jenama-jenama minuman yang telah dikenal pasti itu adalah daripada jenis yang mudah diperole...

KOTA BHARU -- PAS masih tetap dengan pendirian menyerahkan kepada kebijaksanaan anggotanya untuk mengundi calon pilihan mereka pada Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Dewan Undangan Negeri Sungai Kandis 4 Ogos ini. Naib Presiden PAS  Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah berkata keputusan mengenai perkara itu berdasarkan kepada kenyataan rasmi oleh Setiausaha Agung PAS  Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan sebelum ini. "PAS tetap dengan pendirian menyerahkan kepada kebijaksanaan anggota dan kita tiada arahan spesifik mengenai perkara itu dan PAS juga tidak turun berkempen pada PRK ini," katanya kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri Mesyuarat Exco Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan di Kompleks Kota Darul Naim di sini, lapor Bernama. Sebelum ini, Takiyuddin meminta anggota PAS di Sungai Kandis membuat pilihan berpandukan...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has defended 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) former CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy’s RM5-million salary package. Bernama report, Najib said Arul Kanda had received a lower salary at 1MDB compared to that at his previous job at a bank in the United Arab Emirates. He said Arul Kanda took a big pay cut to join the state-owned company and had even successfully reduced its debt from RM50 billion to RM30 billion. “So, he has accomplished that part of his responsibility. You must see it in the context that whatever was paid to him was much smaller than what he was earning before he joined 1MDB,” Najib said when approached by reporters at the Parliament lobby. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday said Najib had approved the RM5-million salary package for Arul Kanda. Lim said that half of the payment had been made for the p...

KUALA LUMPUR – “Buruh nelayan dan juga petani, gaya hidup kini dah berubah, anak-anak terasuh mindanya, lahir generasi bijak pandai, pakar IT pakar ekonomi, jaguh sukan dan juga jutawan, berkereta jenama negara, megah menyusur di jalan raya”. Pasti ramai yang mengingati bait-bait lagu patriotik ini, yang merupakan lagu Hari Kebangsaan Malaysia dari 2000 hingga 2006. Lagu bertajuk ‘Keranamu Malaysia’ menceritakan transisi rakyat dan negara yang semakin ke hadapan dalam mencipta pelbagai pencapaian yang membanggakan. Pada masa sama, ia menampilkan kebanggaan rakyat Malaysia terhadap kereta nasional generasi pertama, Saga, yang dikeluarkan Proton, syarikat yang diasaskan Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad pada 9 Julai 1985. Tidak setakat menjadi simbol ‘Malaysia Boleh’, kelahiran kereta sulung itu membolehkan lebih ramai rakyat berpeluang memiliki kereta nasional sendiri. Selepas lebih tiga dekad melalui zaman ‘jatuh bangunnya’, malah dengan Prot...

PUTRAJAYA – Any form of recognition for the communists will be an insult to the nation’s warriors who had fought for the country’s independence, say veterans. Brigadier General (Rtd) Jamil Rais Abdullah said many of the country’s warriors were killed or injured during the fight against the communists, especially during the emergency between 1948 and 1960. “We feel the loss. Many of my friends were killed. I cannot accept giving recognition to the communists and including its movement in our history text books. It is not appropriate and can hurt the feelings of the country fighters and warriors. “We put our lives at stake and fought hard because it is our passion to protect the country’s sovereignty,” he told  reporters after a parade held in conjunction with the 2018 Warriors Day at Dataran Pahlawan Negara here Tuesday. Jamil was among the soldiers involved in Ops Iblis in 1971 in the forest of  Ulu Kinta Perak...

PUTRAJAYA -- China is confident that Malaysia will continue to flourish and develop under the leadership of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said China’s visiting Councillor of the State Council and Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi. Since Dr Mahathir took office on May 9, he said China, being a good friend of Malaysia, was happy to see the achievements that Malaysia had made, and these would promise the people of Malaysia to stay united and achieve a glorious progress. "We respect the choice made by the Malaysian people and we support Malaysia in full path of development that suits Malaysia's own development conditions. We are happy to see that since the assumption of office by Dr Mahathir, many dimensions had been opened up for the national development of Malaysia. "As Malaysia's good friend, China is happy to see these achievements that Malaysia has made and we have confidence under the leadership of Dr Mahathir, the people of Malaysia will stay united...

SEREMBAN -- Nombor pendaftaran kenderaan edisi ‘Malaysia’ telah dibuka untuk bidaan mulai hari ini hingga 15 Ogos dengan harga tempahan minima RM10,000 bagi nombor 1 hingga 10. Menteri Pengangkutan Anthony Loke Siew Fook berkata orang ramai boleh mula membuat bidaan di Ibu Pejabat Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) Malaysia di negeri masing-masing dan keputusannya akan diperoleh pada 29 Ogos ini. “Nombor pendaftaran kenderaan edisi Malaysia ini mempunyai empat kategori dan masing-masing mempunyai  nilai  bidaan  minima yang mana bagi kategori ‘Nombor Bernilai Utama RM10,000’ iaitu nombor 1 hingga 10 serendah RM10,000, Nombor Menarik RM2,000 dan RM300 untuk Nombor Popular dan Nombor Semasa. “Mereka yang berminat boleh membuat bidaan mengikut sistem manual sedia ada…tiada nombor yang boleh di’reserve’ (tempah) oleh mana-mana pihak termasuk orang kenamaan, saya sendiri pun bida di pejabat JPJ hari ini,” katanya. Beliau dite...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Australia hari ini berkata ia masih belum menerima sebarang permohonan dari Malaysia untuk mengekstradisi bekas anggota Unit Tindakan Khas (UTK) Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar yang memohon perlindungan di negara itu. Menteri Luar Australia Julie Bishop berkata Sirul Azhar, yang dijatuhi hukuman mati atas pembunuhan model Mongolia, Altantuya Shaariibuu pada tahun 2009 di Malaysia, kini ditahan di pusat tahanan imigresen di Australia. “Biar saya jelaskan, dia berada dalam tahanan imigresen. Dia sedang ditahan dan tiada permohonan untuk ekstradisi. Ia telah disahkan oleh (Perdana Menteri Malaysia) Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad baru-baru ini,” katanya dalam sidang media selepas membuat kunjungan hormat ke atas Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail di pejabat Dr Wan Azizah di Parlimen. Bishop juga ditanya mengenai jangka masa Sirul Azhar...

KUALA LUMPUR – There was no import declaration made to the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) regarding the delivery of 44 pieces of jewellery linked to the wife of former prime minister Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor,  said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. “From a check of the records available under the customs information system for seven years in line with the period of record keeping, it was found that there were no import declaration made on the jewellery,” he said when winding up the debate on the motion of thanks for the Royal Address for his ministry at the Dewan Rakyat sitting. According to Lim, it was an offence if no import declaration was made on imported items including seizing the goods brought in. “If police reports could not link the said consignment with any offence, the Customs can link it to the Customs Act 1967 as it is an offence and can lead to various actions including seizures,” he said. On July 10, a jewellery ...

SHAH ALAM – PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has rubbished speculation that Prime Minister  Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is using  PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali to undermine his (Anwar’s) influence in Pakatan Rakyat The former deputy prime minister said Dr Mahathir’s actions should not be interpreted  in the context of politics. “He (Dr Mahathir) has his arguments. He thinks in the interest of the nation and the institutions. If I am in a certain position I most certainly must determine my priorities and approach,” he told reporters after  attending “tahlil” prayers for the late Sungai Kandis assemblyman Mat Shuhaimi Shafiei here. He said Dr Mahathir must be given space to administer the country. However, Bernama reported that he admitted it was difficult to prevent people from making their own interpretations regarding a certain matter. “In terms of curbing my role, my influence, I honestly do not wor...

LABUAN -- Illegal immigrants who turned entrepreneurs overnight have made major cities in the country centres for imitation goods, according to the Immigration Department. Its director-general, Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali, said the issue must be addressed effectively as the open sale of imitation goods reflected a poor image and embarrassment for the country. The immigrants who occupied premises where they conducted their business had been found to have not complied with the by-laws of the local councils from the aspect of cleanliness, nature of business and renovation. "I was with the Kuala Lumpur mayor recently on a recent inspection of business premises and we found premises illegally renovated for many types of business, including a small room equipped with a single bed for prostitution purposes," he said. Mustafar said there was a need to intensify operations, along with the local councils, to stamp out these illegal activities that were social ills. He also re...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail opines that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's decision to lead Khazanah Nasional Bhd as chairman of the board is aimed at improving the country's economy.  "I think the Prime Minister has decided to manage (Khazanah) so that the economic level of this country can be improved," she told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.  Dr Wan Azizah was commenting on the appointment, which took effect yesterday.  The Prime Minister's Office also announced yesterday in a statement that Minister of Economic Affairs Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, former Petronas president and chief executive officer Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican,  former deputy governor of Bank Negara Malaysia Dr Sukhdave Singh and former executive director of strategy and development at the Securities Commission of Malaysia Goh Ching Yin have been appointed directors of the sovereign wealth fund.  Dr Wan Azizah said the appointment ...

PUTRAJAYA -- Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today reiterated the government's commitment to empower Islam in Malaysia according to the teachings in the Quran and authentic hadiths.  He reiterated this during a special meeting with 37 ulama and Muslim intellects at his office here, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusuf Rawa at a press conference held after the two-hour event.  Mujahid said during the meeting, Mahathir shared the government's aspirations to make Malaysia a model of the best contemporary Muslim nation in the world.  "The world often connects Islam with violence, war and economic weaknesses.  "In this matter, Tun Mahathir wants the ulama and Muslim intellects to make use of the openness of the Pakatan Harapan government to show a more compassionate Islam," he said.  Among those who were present at the meeting were Perlis Mufti Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, Islamic Centre lecturer in the ...

SHAH ALAM -- Selepas hampir sebulan ditahan di Penjara Sungai Buloh, Ketua UMNO Sungai Besar Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos hari ini dibebaskan dengan ikat jamin RM20,000 dengan tiga penjamin berlainan oleh Mahkamah Tinggi di sini. Hakim Datuk Yazid Mustafa membuat keputusan itu selepas membenarkan permohonan Jamal yang diwakili peguam Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah untuk menyemak keputusan Mahkamah Majistret Ampang semalam yang membatalkan perintah ikat jamin yang diberikan kepada Jamal bagi dua pertuduhan menceroboh premis. Yazid dalam penghakimannya berkata mengambil kira fakta dan keadaan kes bagi pertuduhan melarikan diri dari hospital, mahkamah membenarkan Jamal, 48, diikat jamin RM10,000 dengan seorang penjamin. Bernama melaporkan, hakim itu turut bersetuju dengan hujahan peguam bahawa bagi kesalahan menurut Seksyen 448 Kanun Keseksaan iaitu dua pertuduhan menceroboh premis dan juga berdasarkan kes lain di mahkamah...