Day: 4 March 2023

RM1,000 Aid will be given to disaster victims on urgent basis, says Armizan

MUAR: The RM1,000 government cash aid (Bantuan Wang Ihsan) will be given to every household affected by floods and other disasters related to the Northeast Monsoon once complete information has been furnished by the state and district Disaster Management Committees, says Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali. Read full story

Ex-Goldman banker Leissner ordered to surrender US$44 million, Celsius shares

A US court yesterday ordered former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner to surrender US$43.7 million (RM643.2 million) cash and 3.3 million shares in energy drink company Celsius Holdings over his role in the defrauding of Malaysian sovereign fund 1MDB, Bloomberg reports. The former head of the investment bank’s Southeast Asia division had pleaded guilty in […]

Iraq issues arrest warrants in ‘heist of the century’

IRAQ’S judiciary issued arrest warrants today for four former officials who are accused of facilitating the theft of US$2.5 billion (RM11.2 billion) in public funds in one of the country’s biggest-ever corruption scandals. An investigating judge in Baghdad has “issued arrest warrants for four senior officials of the former government”, the government’s anti-corruption agency said […]

A ChatGPT response to the higher education minister

(Gerak asked ChatGPT about the Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin’s proposal to allow higher education institution students in Malaysia to study two years online and only one year on campus. This is its response. We share the obvious points raised by the AI tool.)

MCA open to all election possibilities, says Ka Siong

MCA could stand under its own banner in the six state elections, its president Wee Ka Siong said today. The party could also sit out of the polls altogether, he said on the 74th anniversary of MCA, a component of Barisan Nasional