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The robe is not a get-out-of-jail card - Abbi Kanthasamy

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 8 -- Sri Lanka has found itself in a furious national argument about a convicted man's clothes. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero is back in prison, serving the remainder of a six-ye... Read More


Lim Guan Eng urges Anwar to deliver tangible economic relief, raise tax threshold to RM12,000 in likely 'final' pre-election Budget

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 8 -- Bagan Member of Parliament Lim Guan Eng has urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to use Budget 2027 to deliver tangible economic relief, calling it the administration'... Read More


When it is one straw too many for trucking - Chandra Mohan Sinnandavar

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 8 -- Last week, I had an unpleasant surprise at a petrol station. Driving home to Klang from Kuala Lumpur, my Myvi was already on its last bar of fuel. I stopped to refuel, only t... Read More


A bridge, fresh paint and 'like Deepavali': Wangsa Sari PPR in KL gets a makeover

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 7 -- The park is just across Sungai Bonus, but for children at the Wangsa Sari People's Housing Programme here, getting there has meant balancing along water pipes. By the end of t... Read More


Kota Bharu nurse stabbed six times at home, husband surrenders to police

KOTA BHARU, Oct. 7 -- A 44-year-old nurse was seriously injured after she was allegedly stabbed six times by her husband at their home in Kampung Padang Lepai, near Kadok, here last night. The woman ... Read More


Bus driver arrested after woman dies at Singapore-Johor terminal

SINGAPORE, Oct. 7 -- A bus driver was arrested after a 30-year-old woman died in an accident at the Queen Street Bus Terminal in Bugis yesterday evening (October 6). In response to AsiaOne's queries,... Read More


Singapore egg supply stable for now as Thailand cuts exports, with Malaysia among alternative sources

SINGAPORE, Oct. 7 -- Singapore's egg supply remains stable for now despite Thailand's move to cut exports by up to half, with Malaysia among more than 10 countries the city-state can turn to for suppl... Read More


Human rights shouldn't be a box-ticking exercise, Azalina tells businesses

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 7 -- Malaysia must now move from policy to practice on business and human rights, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina ... Read More


Man accused of killing 73-year-old at Singapore void deck remanded for psychiatric assessment

SINGAPORE, Oct. 7 -- A 32-year-old Singaporean man who allegedly killed a 73-year-old man and injured another at a Telok Blangah void deck before calling police to surrender has been charged with murd... Read More


Singapore landlord jailed after being caught on CCTV taking tenant's underwear, performing lewd acts twice

SINGAPORE, Oct. 7 -- A landlord secretly entered his female tenant's room while she was away and took her undergarments to perform a lewd act. CCTV camera caught the Filipino man, 61, committing the ... Read More