Selangor transportation authorities detained nearly 2,000 motorists operating without proper vocational or commercial driving credentials during a month-long enforcement campaign targeting overloaded heavy vehicles. Director Azrin Borhan reported that inspections of 50,839 vehicles since October 14 revealed 1,926 operators lacked required licenses for goods transport or public service work, while 1,745 drove without any authorization and 1,867 operated unregistered vehicles.
The crackdown documented 679 uninsured drivers, 747 overloading violations and 20 instances where cargo exceeded weight limits by more than half. Officers yesterday impounded a flatbed truck hauling steel coils after determining its operator held neither goods...
Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor reported that the state's economy expanded to 84.3 billion ringgit in 2024 from 77.8 billion ringgit in 2020, marking the strongest recovery since the pandemic through effective fiscal management and revenue collection systems. The administration maintained inflation at 1.2 percent last year, below the national 1.8 percent rate, while supporting 1,210 small business applications through microcredit financing totaling 2.37 million ringgit.
Federal allocations under the 13th Malaysia Plan will provide Sabah with 6.9 million ringgit in 2026 development funding, complementing the state cabinet's approved 12.02 billion ringgit expenditure ceiling covering 1,173 programs starting next year. Economic...
Kelantan authorities have designated Tanah Merah and Jeli districts as viable zones for traditional gold panning operations, with Deputy Chief Minister Mohamed Fadzli Hassan directing officials to establish regulatory frameworks covering permits, safety protocols, and legal requirements. The state administration plans to legitimize existing informal mining activities by creating supervised extraction areas outside prohibited locations where sediment prospectors face minimal hazards.
Mohamed Fadzli announced that licensing parameters remain under development as government officers finalize operational guidelines for the pan-based extraction method. The deputy leader confirmed that conditional permits will enable residents to legally...
Malaysia pledged continued mediation efforts between Thailand and Cambodia after Bangkok suspended bilateral agreements following a border landmine blast that wounded four Thai soldiers, one critically. Defense Chief Mohd Nizam Jaffar stated that Kuala Lumpur seeks to prevent interruptions in the reconciliation process despite Thailand implementing a cooling period to evaluate circumstances. The Asean Observer Team currently attends Thailand National Security Council sessions while barred from accessing the incident site approximately 40 kilometers from the frontier.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim emphasized Malaysia functions solely as coordinator without imposing conditions on negotiations between the neighboring states. The explosion...
Malaysian authorities retrieved four additional bodies from border waters with Thailand on Tuesday, raising the maritime disaster death toll to 16 on their side while rescuers located one more survivor on a resort island beach. The recovery effort spanning 272.78 square nautical miles began at 7:30 a.m. and involved 130 personnel from multiple agencies supported by 11 vessels and aircraft, including patrol boats and a Bombardier CL 415 plane.
Kedah and Perlis Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency director Romli Mustafa reported that civilians discovered the first victim near Pulau Beras Basah around midmorning, while navy and coast guard vessels found three others, including two boys, in waters off Tanjung Chincin and Tanjung Belua...
Rimbunan Hijau Group executive chairman Tiong Hiew King died this morning at age 91 following an extended illness. The Chinese-born businessman, who arrived in Malaysia as a teenager after leaving Fujian Province in 1934, built a commercial empire spanning timber, palm oil, hospitality, technology and finance across Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. He co-established the conglomerate with his brothers in 1975 after years of operating in hardware and construction materials.
Beyond business ventures, Tiong controlled multiple Malaysian Chinese-language publications, including Sin Chew Daily, Guang Ming Daily, Nanyang Siang Pau and China Press while founding newspapers in Brunei. Queen Elizabeth II awarded him Knight Commander of the...
Sabah's Perikatan Nasional coalition has nominated Ronald Kiandee to lead 41 candidates in the approaching state election, with Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia fielding 33 contenders, PAS five and Parti Gerakan three. Kiandee will compete for the Sugut constituency, marking his first attempt there since losing under the defunct Angkatan Keadilan Rakyat banner in 1990, when he fell to Parti Bersatu Sabah. The veteran politician previously served six terms as Beluran's parliamentary representative under Umno before switching to PPBM.
Coalition chairman Muhyiddin Yassin defended the candidate roster as sufficient for forming a majority government, noting that nominees underwent rigorous vetting without revealing corruption, tax, or traffic...
Selangor authorities broke up an international romance fraud operation during a November 5 raid in Kajang, detaining 13 foreign nationals who operated a call center targeting Japanese victims through social media deception. Police Chief Shazeli Kahar reported that the group had maintained activities for approximately three months, establishing fraudulent profiles on Instagram and Line before cultivating victim trust and extracting sensitive personal details through private messaging.
Officers confiscated 11 devices, including phones and laptops, while extending custody for all detainees through November 11. The operation revealed that members coordinated financial transactions using encrypted applications such as Telegram and Signal to...
Malaysia's Fire and Rescue Department has expressed concern over a three-year rise in fraudulent emergency calls despite their relatively small proportion of total reports. Officials recorded 141 fake calls in 2023, 196 in 2024 and 211 through September 2025, while genuine emergency contacts numbered 129,114 in 2023, 118,481 in 2024 and 91,096 through September this year.
Authorities warn that bogus reports drain operational resources, delay response times and potentially endanger lives when rescue teams cannot reach actual emergencies. All communications to the 999 line undergo recording and assessment to identify illegitimate calls.
Malaysian law treats false emergency reporting as a criminal offense under Section 233 of the...
