M Update, 26/2/2019 – A Sunday morning (Feb 24) altercation in Eunos ended with a cyclist punching a lorry driver and cycling away. The incident happened at around 10.20am. It was captured in a video that has gone viral. Chinese evening newspaper Shin Min Daily News reported that the lorry…
M Update, 26/2/2019 – One person was killed and 16 were taken to hospital after a bus accident occurred at Tuas Checkpoint at 4.21am on Tuesday (Feb 26). The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that it responded to a call for assistance at 4.25am to the accident site where…
M Update, 25/2/2019 – Sabah’s dusk-to-dawn sea curfew, which ends at 6pm yesterday, will be extended for another two weeks until March 12, said state Police Commissioner Datuk Omar Mammah. He said the decision to extend the 6pm-to-6am curfew was made based on continuous threats coming from cross-border criminals, including…
M Update, 22/2/2019 – The government is looking into the possibility to introduce new legislation or a parliamentary committee to curb misuse of social media which, if left unaddressed, can cause uncontrolled spread of hatred and extremist ideologies. Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo said it was high time…
M Update, 22/2/2019 – The security forces are working with the Philippine authorities to ensure the safety and release of three kidnap victims, a Malaysian and two Indonesians. This follows the uploading of a video on Feb 14 by Facebook user Kim Hundin at 5am (local time) that showed a…
M Update, 21/2/2019 – A negotiation team of the government of China is expected to visit Malaysia shortly for further discussion on Malaysia’s derailed East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, says Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin. “Let’s put it this way, we are still negotiating. “Actually,…
M Update, 21/2/2019 – Singapore’s streets remain safe even at night, but the Internet remains a lawless place. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Wednesday (Feb 20) that loan scams, usually conducted via WhatsApp and other messaging platforms, saw the largest increase last year. Other technology-enabled crimes such as…
M Update, 21/2/2019 – Dr Magaret Sivapragasam, a Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) postdoctoral research scientist at the Centre of Research Ionic Liquids, has been chosen as one of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s (IUPAC) “Periodic Table of Younger Chemists”, the university announced via a statement on Wednesday…
M Update, 21/2/2019 – Samsung officially announced its new flagship phones, the Galaxy S10 and its larger sibling, Galaxy S10+, at its Unpacked press event in San Francisco on Wednesday morning. The new phone features a punch-hole cut-out for its front-facing camera, which allowed the company to use an edge-to-edge…
M Update, 20/2/2019 – A private hospital in Kedah has apologised for putting up a scholarship advertisement “deemed racist” by the public on social media. “We are deeply sorry for the unacceptable content on our scholarship banner,” the Pantai Hospital Sungai Petani said in a statement on its Facebook wall.…