5+ hour, 47+ min ago   (274+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 13 — Economic challenges can deepen social and racial divisions, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong warned on Saturday, pointing to recent racist comments made online. Wong was weighing in on the “shameful” racist and xenophobic comments about Singapore Airlines’ investment in…...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago   (172+ words) KOTA BHARU, Sept 13 — Police have opened an investigation paper in connection with a viral video showing a man kicking a young girl at a well-known Thai restaurant in Telipot here. Kota Bharu police chief ACP Mohd Azmir Damiri said police…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (265+ words) NEW DELHI, Sept 13 — Segula Technologies India Pvt Ltd is advancing plans to establish Malaysia as its regional hub for South-east Asia following a “fruitful” discussion with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in India’s capital. Chief executive officer and managing…...

12+ hour, 25+ min ago   (773+ words) SEPT 13 — There are some things you don’t realise you miss until you are far away from home. When we travelled from Malaysia to China to work as educators, we expected the usual challenges that come with living abroad—adjusting to…...

12+ hour, 3+ min ago   (178+ words) NEW DELHI, Sept 13 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is scheduled to make an official visit to Malaysia next month. “Insya-Allah, several matters concerning Malaysia-Egypt relations will be discussed in greater depth during President…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (293+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 12 — The police have warned cryptocurrency users whose email accounts were recently hacked to check their account security after a rise in cases involving unauthorised access to linked crypto accounts since mid-August. The Straits Times reported that police investigations…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (316+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 11 — Sustaining strong and forward-looking Malaysia-Singapore relations is crucial to the resilience of both countries amid an increasingly challenging and unpredictable global environment, said High Commissioner of Malaysia to Singapore Datin Paduka Anizan Siti Hajjar Adnin. She said Malaysia…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (364+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) Asset Recovery Taskforce said claims for damages filed by four companies’ court-appointed liquidators suing DBS Bank are linked to accounts opened by Jho Low associate Eric Tan. On Wednesday, the liquidators of four companies,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (491+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 10 — The Singapore High Court has rejected a listed company chief executive’s bid to recover S$468,090 (RM1.5 million) he spent on his former girlfriend during their more than one-year relationship. The Straits Times reported that Senior Judge Lee Seiu Kin…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (339+ words) BALIK PULAU, Sept 10 — Four Chinese nationals were charged at the Sessions Court here today with kidnapping a Singaporean man in July and demanding a ransom of SGD1 million (about RM3.28 million). The accused, Liu Ting Jun, 46; Huang Jian, 39; Wang Hao Yu, 32; and…...