Two killed in highway crash while refueling on emergency lane

REMBAU, Dec 27 — Two men were killed after being hit by a trailer when they were believed to be trying to refuel a lorry on the emergency lane at KM241.6 of the North-South Highway (northbound) here, early today.Rembau police chief DSP Hazri Mohamad i…

MAF denies UN trucks involved in flood relief in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) has denied that the United Nations (UN) was involved in flood relief missions in Malaysia, as claimed by some quarters in a viral video on social media.Chief of Defence Force Gen Tan Sri Affendi …

Twitter ignores Malaysian government’s request to censor Tweets about flood response

Published by Global Voices An aerial view of a flooded area in Klang during the December 2021 Malaysian floods. Screenshot was originally uploaded on YouTube by AiMediaMY under (CC BY…

Flood: Drop in number of evacuees in three states, no change in Melaka

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 — A total of 35,521 evacuees, involving 10,479 families, are still at 223 flood relief centres (PPS) in the flood-hit states of Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka at noon today, from 37,295 people (10,944 fa…

MOTAC identifying potential tourism products in Lahad Datu

LAHAD DATU, Dec 26 — The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) is identifying products in the Segama area here with potential to be promoted for tourism to help generate economic activities for the local community, said its minister, Datuk Ser…

UMT to develop sea forecasting system application

KUALA NERUS, Dec 26 — Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) is developing a sea forecasting system application for the benefit of the general public.Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Mazlan Abd Ghaffar said the Malaysia Marine Forecast System (MFAST) which was …

Malaysian envoy promotes silat in Cambodia

BANGKOK, Dec 26 — Clad in black traditional baju Melayu and tengkolok (headgear), Malaysia’s Ambassador to Cambodia Eldeen Husaini Mohd Hashim performed basic silat techniques to a group of Cambodian teachers and students. Despite busy with diplomati…