KUALA LUMPUR: A Swiss luxury watch was presented to former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng as a birthday gift to ensure that the Penang undersea tunnel project would go on smoothly, the Sessions Court heard. Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd executive director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli, who is a key witness in the project’s graft trial involving Lim, said he had … [Read more...] about Witness prepared RM100,000 and timepiece but ex-CM returned the cash
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Special PSD team to study four-day working week
KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Service Department (PSD) has set up a special team to study the implementation of a four-day working week following a request for a thorough analysis from various parties. "The team will research on behalf of the government which sectors, as well as maximum and minimum working hours based on the Employment Act 1955, before making a decision,” PSD … [Read more...] about Special PSD team to study four-day working week
Imposing new fees is an outrage
I REFER to the letter “ HRDC microcredential fee a fair price to pay ” (The Star, June 28; online at https://bit.ly/3NnFZza ). I beg to disagree with the learned writer, who appears to have only a cursory understanding of the issue and perhaps has not considered the grave implications to employers. HRDC (Human Resource Development Corporation) by law imposes a one … [Read more...] about Imposing new fees is an outrage
Singapore’s death penalty for drug trafficking saves lives: Shanmugam tells BBC
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Critics of Singapore's mandatory death penalty for convicted drug traffickers miss the point that it saves lives and protects Singaporeans, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam has said. In an interview on the BBC's HARDtalk programme that aired on Wednesday (June 29), he noted that the BBC focused on the hanging of one … [Read more...] about Singapore’s death penalty for drug trafficking saves lives: Shanmugam tells BBC
Businessman fined RM100K for trying to bribe policeman
SEREMBAN: A 34-year-old businessman was fined RM100,000 in default 24 months' jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of giving a RM200,000 bribe to a policeman. Mohd Zaed Asan did not contest the charge after it was read to him before Sessions Court judge Rushan Lutfi Mohamed here on Thursday (June 30). The court also ordered that the RM200,000 bribe money be forfeited in … [Read more...] about Businessman fined RM100K for trying to bribe policeman