PETALING JAYA • The Crown Prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim, has said he is ready to face any criminal action if he has indeed made any seditious remarks. “Sila (please do). If I have to go down for upholding the Constitution, the Malay rulers and Islam. By all means. You know where […]
ZURICH (Reuters) – Three Germans on trial in Switzerland for helping expose a tax-stripping scheme that cost European governments billions of euros will likely avoid prison after a verdict on Thursday that fell well short of prosecutors’ demands. The men, Stuttgart-based lawyer Eckart Seith and two former employees of Basel-based Bank J. Safra Sarasin, had […]
SINGAPORE – It would be “very useful” for the law to provide for heavier penalties against those who abuse private security officers, said security industry associations, in the wake of an officer being assaulted by a man at the Roxy Square car park. In a joint statement on Thursday (April 11), the Security Association Singapore […]
MELAKA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Crows have become a menace here, driving residents to despair while leaving one local councillor trying to figure out why the birds are targeting women’s undies. Melaka Historic City (MBMB) councillor Tan Chin Gwan said he was perplexed by why crows were snatching undergarments placed on clotheslines, especially at […]
NEW DELHI — In the machine tools market in the catacombs of Old Delhi, Muslims dominate the business stalls. But at night, they say, they are increasingly afraid to walk alone. And when they talk politics, their voices drop to a whisper. “I could be lynched right now and nobody would do anything about it,” […]
SINGAPORE – A chemical surveyor, who unlawfully let off fireworks in Yishun last November, lied to the police and tried to implicate another man during investigations. Jeevan Arjoon, 29, was jailed for three weeks and fined $5,000 on Thursday (April 11) after pleading guilty to one count each of letting off the fireworks and giving […]
SINGAPORE – Four years after work started to transform an open-air carpark into a 10-storey complex with shops, restaurants, leisure attractions and facilities for travellers, Jewel Changi Airport is ready for its public unveiling. Over the next six days, from 1pm on Thursday (April 11) to 10pm next Tuesday, about half a million people who had […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – A deadly fungus that is spreading across the globe is sending Chinese pharma stocks surging. Investors rushed to buy shares in biomedical companies in the mainland and Hong Kong after media reported that China has confirmed at least 18 cases of infection “in recent years” by the Candida auris fungus highlighted […]
Many farmers in India have found themselves overwhelmed by debt – but should those loans be written off, often at great expense? That’s a question politicians and others in India have been debating in the run-up to nationwide elections in April. Claim: India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, says waiving loans for farmers is not really […]
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has described the 1919 Amritsar massacre as a “shameful scar” on Britain’s history in India. Speaking in Britain’s parliament, Mrs May reiterated the “regret” expressed by previous prime ministers. Her statement, however, fell short of a formal apology that some people have called for. Hundreds of people were shot dead […]