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EC: No postal votes for peninsula-based Sabahans ahead of November polls

KOTA KINABALU, Oct. 16 -- The Election Commission (EC) has ruled out allowing Sabahans living in Peninsular Malaysia to cast their ballots by postal vote in the upcoming state election, EC chairman Da... Read More


Singapore maid jailed a week for making false rape report to end tryst with employer's husband

SINGAPORE, Oct. 16 -- An Indonesian domestic helper who filed a false police report accusing her employer's husband of rape in a desperate attempt to end their affair has been sentenced to one week in... Read More


Public warned after QR code on Bandar Utama stabbing victim's obituary replaced with scammers' accounts

PETALING JAYA, Oct. 16 -- Scammers have been targeting the family of the 16-year-old student killed in a Bandar Utama school stabbing by replacing the donation QR code on her obituary with their own. ... Read More


Temasek-backed 17Live sees director quit after US names her in global fraud probe

SINGAPORE, Oct. 16 -- An independent director of the Singapore-listed live-streaming company 17Live Group has resigned after she was added to a US sanctions list for her alleged links to a massive glo... Read More


Bandar Utama school stabbing: Police look at gaming, social media links after suspect's alleged 'Zero Day' note

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16 -- The suspect in the stabbing of a 16-year-old female student is believed to have been influenced by video games and social media content, which allegedly drove him to commit th... Read More


Suspect in Bandar Utama school stabbing is cooperating with police, says Selangor top cop

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16 -- The suspect accused of stabbing a female student to death at a school in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, is cooperating with the investigation, said Selangor Police Chief, Datuk ... Read More


Home Ministry destroys 5.5 tonnes of seized sex toys valued at RM146,000 in Selangor

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16 -- The Home Ministry (KDN), through its Enforcement and Control Division (PK KDN), has disposed of 4,667 units of sex toys weighing 5.5 tonnes worth about RM146,000 that were sei... Read More


The new divide: Who gets left behind in the age of automation - Sharon Pasion Vinluan

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 16 -- The rapid rise of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the global landscape of education and work. From administrative systems that process student data to... Read More


South Korean author Baek Se-hee, known for 'I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki', dies at 35

SEOUL, Oct. 16 -- South Korean author Baek Se-hee, known for her best-selling book I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, has died. According to Chosun Biz, Baek, 35, was declared brain-dead and... Read More


Fadhlina clarifies Education DG's 'swept under the rug' remark as ministry steps up school safety measures

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16 -- Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has sought to downplay her ministry's top officer's remark suggesting that bullying and sexual harassment cases in schools were long overlook... Read More