(Reuters) – In his final months in self-imposed exile avoiding jail, Thailand’s billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared his time as a fugitive was over and he was ready to face the music. “I want permission,” the tycoon said on social media last May. “It has been 17 years …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has objected to lawyer Rosli Dahlan’s application for leave for judicial review against the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), the Malaysian Immigration Department and the government for wrongfully arresting and detaining him in October last year. Senior Federal Counsel Rahazlan Affandi Abdul Rahim, who was …

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – An intensifying conflict between Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army and the Tutsi-led M23 rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has disrupted food supplies to the eastern city of Goma, affecting over two million residents and displaced individuals. Clashes have escalated since the start …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia has publicly reprimanded CN Asia Corp Bhd (CNASIA) and seven of its directors for breach of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Main Market Listing Requirements (Main LR). In addition, the seven directors of CNASIA were imposed total fines of RM225,000, the local bourse said in a statement. …

KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah minister has taken the Federal Land Commissioner’s office in the state to task over an apparent lack of urgency in acquiring land for critical infrastructure needs like rural clinics. Sabah Community Development and People’s Well-being Minister Datuk said 23 health clinic projects in the state had …

Daniel Williams, come pick up your junk. For more than six months, a parade of unsolicited Amazon packages – large and small, cheap and expensive, free or fraudulently billed – have arrived at John DeFiore’s rural Woodside home, addressed to a mysterious Mr Williams. “It’s like the Twilight Zone,” said …

THE National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) and Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) have set up the first AADK Intermediate Home Service facilities on Jalan Raja Alang, Kuala Lumpur. The first such facility in Malaysia, it represents an intensive effort to help drug addicts and recovering addicts receive appropriate treatment and …

PETALING JAYA: Proton Holdings Bhd’s vehicle sales for Brunei rose 87% to 789 units in 2023, which was a new record for the national carmaker. In a statement, Proton said the exceptional performance pushed the brand up to fifth overall in the sales table and garnered it a market share …

SEOUL: Round-up of South Korean financial markets: South Korean shares rose more than 1% on Monday to their highest level since May 2022, as chipmakers jumped and foreign buying continued on optimism around the government’s corporate reform plan. The benchmark KOSPI closed up 31.50 points, or 1.19%, at 2,680.26 – …

MELAKA: A food peddler claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to 10 charges for allegedly performing unnatural sex acts and molesting three teen boys. The plea of the accused Yusri Nadin, 57, was recorded before Judge Azaraorni Abd Rahman on Monday (Feb 19). Based on the charge sheets, the …