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PUTRAJAYA, May 13 — The prosecution has objected to former Sabah infrastructure development minister Datuk Peter Anthony's application for a review of the Court of Appeal's earlier decision, which upheld his three-year jail sentence and RM50,000 fine for falsifying documents related to a maintenance and service contract at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The King and Queen of Malaysia, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim and Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, have conveyed their condolences to the families of the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel who were killed in a road crash in Teluk Intan, Perak earlier today.

ALOR GAJAH, May 13 — A married couple pleaded not guilty at the Alor Gajah Sessions Court today to charges of neglecting their two-month-old baby, resulting in serious injuries earlier this month.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain has extended condolences to families of Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel killed in a road crash on Jalan Chikus-Sungai Lampam in Teluk Intan today.

By Sofia Nasir KUALA SELANGOR, May 13 — The Raw Water Security Scheme (SJAM) project can resolve issues related to water pollution or drought in Selangor by up to 99 per cent, said Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari. He said the water scheme, which involves four packages, is now almost...

By Sofia Nasir KUALA SELANGOR, May 13 — The Selangor government is prepared to coordinate talks between insurance firms and victims of the Putra Heights gas pipeline explosion. Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said this will be discussed with the state disaster unit today. “We will...

KUALA SELANGOR, May 13 — State executive councillors will discuss the proposal to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes in Selangor, said Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari.

PUTRAJAYA, May 13 — Malaysia has recorded a significant decline in drug abuse and addiction cases nationwide during the first quarter of this year, reversing a three-year upward trend.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Malaysia has made significant progress in strengthening workers’ welfare and labour rights over the past year, with the national unemployment rate dropping to a 10-year low of 3.1 per cent, said Human Resources Minister Steven Sim.

PUTRAJAYA, May 13 — The interim moratorium on implementing a 45-hour work week for nurses has been extended by another month, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Malaysia has decided to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on the importation of certain flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel from China, India, Japan, and South Korea.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Malaysia’s services sector grew by 6.0 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 (1Q 2025), reaching RM630 billion in revenue, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade sector recorded total sales of RM154 billion in March, marking a year-on-year (y-o-y) growth of 5.7 per cent, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Malaysian filmmaking firm Skop Productions and Hong Kong’s Mandarin Motion Pictures has been deemed a strategic move in strengthening regional film cooperation.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The 100-basis point cut in the Statutory Reserve Requirement (SRR) ratio by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) on May 8 was to give the Monetary Policy Committee room to assess the impact of the United States-led tariff shock on exports, said Moody’s Analytics.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The latest United States-China tariff rollback will impact Malaysia’s glovemakers, delaying purchasing decisions due to ongoing uncertainty, said Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB).

DHAKA, May 13 — Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) has suspended the registration of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, effectively barring the party from contesting the next national elections.

PETALING JAYA, May 13 — National badminton men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik jointly won the Sportsman of the Year award at the National Sports Awards (ASN) ceremony here today.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Connecting wildlife habitats, especially elephants, through ecological corridors is among the long-term measures that can be implemented to deal with human-mammal conflicts, said Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Bursa Malaysia continued to trade higher in mid-morning, buoyed by positive sentiment spilling over into local and regional markets following the 90-day rollback of US-China tariffs.