Malaysia

Haze effect: Significant rise in patients in Malacca

Even more people sought treatment at Malacca General Hospital today because of the haze. There were 355 cases of respiratory and eye ailments compared to the 247 on Tuesday and 159 on Monday.The new figure was released by State Health and Sports Development Committee chairman Datuk Ab Rahaman Ab Karim. "In three days, the increase in the ... Read More

Putra Mosque shrouded with haze in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur. - Reuters pic, June 20, 2013.

Putra Mosque shrouded with haze in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur. - Reuters pic, June 20, 2013.

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Ensure Dewan Rakyat Speaker is impartial, says Anwar

Pakatan Rakyat has proposed Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar as deputy speaker and urged the Barisan Nasional to propose another name to assist the Speaker when the Parliament starts next week.Opposition leader ... Read More

William Yau case: ‘It’ll never be okay’, says dad

By Jennifer Gomez

"My son is gone, it can never be okay." This was the response from William Yau's father, Yau Kok Kang, after the inquest ruled the death of the boy as a misadventure.Coroner Mohd Hezri Shaharil also ruled ... Read More

Black 505: Meeting with cops called off

By Elizabeth Zachariah

Hours after Pakatan Rakyat leaders said they had been asked to meet the Dang Wangi police chief for a discussion over the Black 505 rally, the latter was instead summoned to Bukit Aman for a meeting with ... Read More

UKM drops out of education rankings

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) failed to hold its spot in the Times Higher Education (THE) 100 Under 50 list this year, organisers said today, adding other universities had improved to join the ... Read More

Kuala Pilah’s ‘exotic’ coconut drink

By Kurniawati Kamarudin

Malaysians are intimately familiar with exotic traditional thirst quenchers such as the 'cendol' and 'air nira,' which are variants of fermented coconut juice.To make cendol, one requires coconut milk, ... Read More

Filipino immigrant made Umno branch secretary, Sabah RCI told

By Mohd Farhan Darwis

Filipino immigrant Shukor Abdullah became an Umno branch secretary after being made a citizen using a Kudat address as his birthplace, hetold the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Sabah illegal immigrants ... Read More

Gunman killed in shootout with police in Sungei Buloh

A wanted man believed to have been involved in 10 cases of crime, including murder, was killed in a shootout with police at the Muslim cemetery in Paya Jaras, Sungai Buloh, early today.Azman Aini, better ... Read More

Instil patriotic values, film industry told

Film industry players have been urged to instil the values of patriotism and culture in their products to educate society. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said this was in ... Read More

Anwar: Vernacular schools should not be abolished, focus on national unity instead

By Rita Jong

Malaysia should not abolish the vernacular school system but instead focus on national unity due to racial issues that flared in Election 2013, Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today."The ... Read More

Two Pakistani men charged with American pastor’s murder

Two Pakistani men were charged in the Ampang Magistrate's Court Thursday with the murder of an American pastor last month.Shaheen Murad, 37, and Hassan Raza, 21, and two others still at large, are alleged ... Read More