Author: Daud Ishak

Thinking that she didn’t need to carry a passport while travelling in Johor Bahru, a Singaporean woman was apparently made to pay a hefty price. Marissa, 28, took to social media app Lemon8 last Saturday (Aug 12) to share her experience of getting pulled over by Johor traffic police and allegedly being asked to pay ‘coffee money’ of RM10,000 (S$3,000).  Marissa, who didn’t want to give her full name, said that she and her friend, both Singaporeans, were travelling in Johor Bahru back in May using a Malaysian-registered car. At around 6.30pm, Marissa mentioned that they were exiting Sunway Big Box Retail Park when she noticed that a Johor traffic police car was “tailing [them] but…

As U.S. lawmakers called on the government to release more information in line with the Pentagon’s efforts to track unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), a Chinese official told Newsweek that Beijing sought greater cooperation on matters related to outer space. The congressional calls came in the wake of a series of hearings held last week by the House Oversight Committee, where witnesses claimed the U.S. Intelligence Community had access to more evidence of UAPs than has been released as part of the Pentagon’s push to bring the issue out in the open. One former Air Force officer claimed that U.S. officials had access to…

SERDANG: The man suspected of beating his wife to death in Kajang on July 23 was finally arrested in Senai, Johor yesterday, Selangor Police Chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said. He said the man had been on the run until police managed to track him down, adding that police also seized several tools believed to be linked to the case. “The suspect fled to Johor, but acting on intelligence, we tracked him to his hiding spot,” he told reporters after the Sime Darby auxiliary police 7th anniversary guard-of-honour parade at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang on Tuesday (Aug 1). He said…

KOTA TINGGI: Police have arrested a man following a break-in at a warehouse near Pengerang here that resulted in several equipment worth a total of RM400,000 being stolen. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Hussin Zamora said a police report was lodged by the company’s representative at around 11.10am Monday (July 31) after their metal scaffolding and generator sets were stolen from the warehouse. “Based on information, police arrested a male suspect in his 40s at Pekan Jabi in Segamat at around 5pm Tuesday (Aug 1). We have reasons to believe that the suspect is involved in the case. “Following the suspect’s…

Sacked Russian top general exposed the counter-battery problem for the Russian army in Ukraine, British intelligence reported in its daily update on the Russo-Ukrainian war on 17 July. After being sacked as commander of Russia’s 58th Combined Arms Army in Ukraine, General Major Ivan Popov complained about the lack of counter-battery provision for the Russian army on the front line in southern Ukraine, where his troops operated, according to British intelligence. Russian ground forces’ survivability relies on effectively detecting Ukrainian artillery and striking against it, often with its artillery. Counter-battery radars, which allow commanders to locate enemy gun lines rapidly, are a…

The Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link is scheduled to be fully completed by 2026, with 41 per cent of Malaysia’s part of the project already completed by June 2023. This was according to state Works, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh, who made the statement at a press conference on Sunday (16 July). According to Bernama, Mohamad Fazli said the 4km rail network was divided into three components, the depot, station and marine viaduct, and all showed “good progress” and were “on schedule” for its projected 2026 opening. He was making the comments after an inspection…

A new high-resolution satellite image obtained by the BBC reveals hundreds of new tent-like structures at the site of a suspected Wagner camp in Belarus. This follows an agreement to relocate Wagner mercenaries and their controversial leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, to Belarus, following the recent mutiny against Russian forces. What does the satellite image show? The satellite image appears to show activity at a disused military base about 13 miles (21km) from the town of Asipovichy – around 64 miles from Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The area has been reported in Russian media as a place which could house Wagner fighters. BBC Verify has…

The unity government is focused on saving the country from race and religious bigotry and not winning the upcoming state elections alone, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said the religious narrative spread among PAS leaders is dangerous for the country. “Some really nonsensical issues have been brought up by PAS leaders, such as claims that Prophet Adam landed in Gunung Jerai (in Kedah), and no one questioned this, not even the PAS ulama,” he said in a brief press conference after a Qurban Perdana Madani event in Permatang Pauh. In Islam, Adam is considered the faith’s first…

MOSCOW: The Russian market did not collapse after the exit of foreign companies and imposition of Western sanctions, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, adding that the restrictions led to the opposite effect. “As I have already said, and have said more than once, because of sanctions, because of the exit of Western companies, the world did not collapse, on the contrary. Moreover, the opportunities for Russian entrepreneurs have expanded manifold,“ Sputnik news reported Putin said during an address to an economic forum. Russia needs a targeted policy to promote domestic brands, Putin added. Earlier this month, the Council of…

ISKANDAR PUTERI, June 29 – The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Service Department (Maqis) foiled an attempt to smuggle in 10 tonnes of rice worth RM50,000 from Singapore yesterday at the Sultan Abu Bakar Complex (KSAB) at the Second Link crossing in Gelang Patah here. It said the attempt was discovered during an inspection on a lorry that the delivery agent claimed was bringing in animal feed, at 12.30pm yesterday. “As a result of the inspection, Maqis Johor enforcement officers found 10 large sacks in the lorry that contained rice. “Further checks revealed that each sack contained about a tonne of…