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JOHOR BARU: A 34-year-old housewife lost RM500 after taking up an "attractive business opportunity" that promised her an additional start-up fund of RM1,500 to sell Hari Raya cookies overseas. Johor police chief Comm Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the woman was presented with the offer via WhatsApp on Dec 2 last year but only lodged a police report on March 23 after realising that she might have been cheated. "The victim was told that she only had to fork out RM500 to participate in the scheme, where she would receive an additional funding of RM1,500 and 1,600 jars of festive cookies to be sold overseas. "Taken by the offer, the housewife debited RM500 into a bank account under the name of Siti Asmah," he said. On Dec 11, a few days after their first contact, the victim and several others met up with the scheme organiser at Dewan Muhibbah Kulai to further discuss the business opportunity. However, the victim was put off after she was asked for additional funds, which was ... » Learn More about Housewife losses RM500 in Hari Raya cookie scam

Leading convenience store operator Philippine Seven Corp. (PSC) returned to profitability in the fourth quarter of 2020 as sales gradually improved alongside the reopening of the economy amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. “We are not out of the woods, by any stretch. Our financial performance has been abysmal, and when our profit and growth numbers will return depends on not just the pandemic and how the Philippines navigates its end, but on how quickly our online and offline pivots take root, if at all,” Jose Victor Paterno, PSC president and chief executive officer, said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Friday. Due to losses incurred in the second and third quarters of 2020, the Philippine licensee of 7-Eleven stores ended with a full-year net loss of P419.7 million, a reversal of the P1.44 billion in net profit posted the previous year. For the fourth quarter alone, net profit amounted to P165.6 million, down by 77.9 percent year-on-year. However, this marked ... » Learn More about 7-Eleven operator sustains 2020 loss of P419.7M

KOTA KINABALU: There is no truth to the rumours of a movement control order to be imposed in the capital, says Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun (pic) . The Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister said this as Sandakan district joins Tawau and Lahad Datu as MCO imposed districts, while the MCO in Keningau is set to end on Sunday (April 18) as scheduled. “Kota Kinabalu appears to have stabilised with seven new cases on Saturday, and so there's no truth to the rumours of a MCO in Kota Kinabalu, ” he tweeted on Saturday (April 17). Sabah recorded 163 new cases on Saturday, with Tawau contributing the highest figure at 95 cases, followed by Lahad Datu (25 cases) and Sandakan (13). Masidi, in a press statement afterwards said two new clusters were reported in Tawau, which is the Bukit Quoin cluster with 11 cases and the Jalan Damai cluster with 14 cases. “The index case for the first cluster is an agriculture assistant for the Bukit Quoin Agricultural Research Station, who tested ... » Learn More about Masidi: No truth to rumours of MCO in KK

PETALING JAYA: Independent mixed pairs Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie and Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing have received a timely boost ahead of the final stretch of the Olympics qualifiers, starting next month. Both pairs can heave a huge sigh of relief after securing a one-year sponsorship deal with sporting equipment manufacturer Victor last week. The major deal could not have come at a better time as Soon Huat-Shevon and Kian Meng-Pei Jing are still scrambling for funds to keep their Tokyo Olympics bids afloat after they were surprisingly axed from the national team two months ago. The quartet can now look forward to salvaging their slim qualifying hopes in remaining three events – Indian Open (May 11-16), Malaysian Open (May 25-30) and Singapore Open (June 1-6). Soon Huat-Shevon and Kian Meng-Pei Jing are ranked 11th and 13th respectively in the Road to Tokyo standings behind Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying (seventh). A country can have two pairs if both of them are ranked in the ... » Learn More about Indie pairs sign major deal ahead of Tokyo qualifiers

Seri Alam district police chief Supt Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said the 61-year-old man was picked up at his home in the city on Friday (April 16) night. "The elderly man has been remanded for six days beginning Saturday (April 17), and police are still tracing three more individuals in connection with the case,” he told reporters after the Infaq Ramadan programme in Taman Molek here today. Two days ago, a video went viral on social media showing the 18-year-old driver of a Proton Wira being beaten up by several road users who apparently held him responsible for an accident involving a Honda EX5 ridden by a woman at the traffic light intersection. The 38-year-old woman sustained multiple injuries to her head, legs and hands. The motorist also suffered injuries on his head, face and right leg, and broke his nose and fingers as a result of the assault. - Bernama ... » Learn More about Senior citizen nabbed over assault of motorist in Pasir Gudang