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JAKARTA -- National pencak silat champion, Mohd Al Jufferi Jamari collected a silver medal after losing in a controversial Putra Class E final at Padepokan Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. Mohd Al Jufferi who was the 2016 world champion and 2017 SEA Games gold medalist lost to Indonesian exponent Komang Harik Adi Putra after withdrawing from the remaining two seconds of the match. He made the move after alleging the final witnessed by thousands of local spectators was marred by the match jury’s biased decisions. “I should have won the fight. It was unfair and I am not blaming anyone or my opponent as the problem arose from the jury.  “It was an unfair match and that is why I left the ring. As the Sportsman’s of the Year, I am disappointed and I cannot accept the decision. I respect all parties but I cannot respect the jury,” he told Malaysian media after the medal presentation ceremony here today. Commenting further, he said if pencak silat continued to be plague

KUALA LUMPUR -- “I was offered RM1.5 million if I admit to killing Kevin Morais,” the seventh accused in the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais told the High Court here today. S. Ravi Chandaran, 47, claimed that the money was offered to him on Dec 25, 2017 by an army pathology,Colonel Dr R. Kunaseegaran, who is the first accused in the murder case. “He (Dr Kunaseegaran) said he would give me RM1.5 million. He would also bear the living cost of my family,” he said during examination-in-chief by lawyer V.Rajehgopal on the 21st day of the defence hearing, bernama reported. Ravi Chandaran, who is the sixth defence witness, said Dr Kunaseegaran also told him that he (Dr Kunaseegaran) would appoint another lawyer to represent him (Ravi Chandaran) at the Court of Appeal. Earlier, Ravi Chandaran said he did ask Dr Kunaseegaran why he wanted him to admit to the murder charge,  although he was not involved. “Dr Kunaseegaran said there was no other way an

KUALA LUMPUR -- Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who was also the finance minister, should have been aware of the movement of the money in the Consolidated Fund meant for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) refunds, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. "Yes ... he (Najib) should have known where the money is. Money belonging to the government can't be spent just like that … (there is a) need to fill in forms, have to get permission and there has to be a written record of all movement of money. "If he says he does not know ... there must be something wrong. The government will trace the culprit and is ready to take any legal action," he said at a media conference after opening the ‘Cities 4.0: Building a Smart & Digitalised City’ International Conference and Exhibition. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng had said in a statement yesterday that it was hard to believe that Najib was not aware that as of May 31, 2018, up to 121,429 companie

PUTRAJAYA -- Harga kawalan gula turun sebanyak 10 sen sekilogram (kg) berkuat kuasa 1 Sept,  menjadikan harga baharu gula pasir kasar RM2.85/kg dan RM2.95/kg bagi gula pasir halus. Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail ketika mengumumkan langkah itu hari ini berkata ia selaras dengan trend penurunan harga gula di pasaran dunia. Katanya langkah sama turut dilaksanakan di beberapa negara jiran seperti Singapura, Indonesia dan Thailand dengan harga gula di Malaysia masih antara yang terendah di rantau ini. "Kerajaan juga prihatin terhadap isu kos sara hidup rakyat yang antara lain turut disumbangkan oleh peningkatkan harga beberapa barangan keperluan," katanya pada sidang media selepas perhimpunan bulanan kementerian, di sini hari ini. Saifuddin Nasution berkata langkah itu diharapkan dapat mengurangkan jangkaan kesan berangkai (multiplying effect) ke atas harga makanan dan minuman di pasaran. Menurut Saifuddin, ka

BALAKONG -- An all-rounder and one who is capable of serving the constituents are the criteria that will be used by voters in the Balakong by-election to decide on the choice of their elected representative when they go to the polls this Sept 8. From observation by Bernama, majority of the constituents  want an elected representative who is efficient and capable of resolving their problems, no matter which political parties they are affiliated with. They have this in mind because Balakong, although it is very near the federal capital of Kuala Lumpur, is plagued with problems such as flash floods, dengue and poorly-maintained roads. Kampung Baru Balakong Development and Security Committee chairman  Aw Fui Koon (she), 50, said flash floods had become a norm for residents in Balakong during the rainy season. "Most affected are traders, including at the morning market and also food shops, as they have to move their goods and belongings to higher ground and this affects th

KUALA LUMPUR -- Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had the power to approve the decision not to transfer RM19.25 billion to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Refunds Trust Account. He said if Najib, who was the then Finance Minister, did not give approval for the money not to be transferred to the GST Refunds Trust Account, then the former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah should be held responsible for all the alleged offences. “Not only for the alleged criminal breach of trust, but also for abusing or unlawfully taking the role of a minister. “This is because only the Minister of Finance has the power to approve the decision not to transfer the RM19.25 bilion to the GST Refunds Trust Account or for the GST refunds not to be made within two weeks as stipulated by the law,” he said in a statement, Bernama reported. The statement was issued in response to Najib’s answers to the three questi