PETALING JAYA: Perlis menteri besar Shukri Ramli has confirmed that his son was detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to assist in a graft probe.

PETALING JAYA: A McDonald’s billboard in Sungai Petani, Kedah, has been vandalised in the latest such incident against American companies following Washington’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza.

KUALA TERENGGANU: The contract farming programme by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) is one of the strategies to liberate farmers from the profiteering of middlemen, the Terengganu assembly was told today.

PETALING JAYA: Amnesty International Malaysia has commended Malaysia for the abolition of the mandatory death penalty and for imposing a moratorium on the execution of the death sentence, which has led to an overall decrease in the use of the death penalty by the courts.

PETALING JAYA: Capital A Bhd, the operator of budget airline group AirAsia, has extended the contract of its CEO Tony Fernandes for another five years, enabling him to continue driving the group’s future growth.

Kuala Lumpur: An investigating officer admitted in court today that she did not ask former prime minister Najib Razak whether he had instructed a top 1MDB executive to remit US$700 million to a company owned by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, popularly known as Jho Low.

PETALING JAYA: A proposal to ban eateries from operating round the clock has drawn more objection than support from stakeholders.

PETALING JAYA: An unassuming vending machine stands in a corner of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Kelantan, with a long line of students patiently waiting to purchase their meals.

ALOR SETAR: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) issued summonses to three express bus drivers for making video calls and live TikTok videos while driving, during JPJ’s Op Hari Raya Aidilfitri from April 1 to 20, Kedah JPJ deputy director Shahrul Azhar Mat Dali said.

PETALING JAYA: A man suspected of being involved in the recent shooting at KLIA Terminal 1 was slapped with seven charges, including possession of a firearm, at the Kota Bharu sessions court today.