Melaka hotel terminates contract with agency over illegal immigrant staff
MELAKA: A Taman Melaka Raya hotel has immediately terminated its contract with a foreign manpower recruitment agency for providing illegal immigrants as staff. Read full story
World’s oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for US$38 million
A HEBREW Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for US$38.1 (RM172) million in New York yesterday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction. The Codex Sassoon – which dates to the late ninth to early 10th century – is the earliest near-complete Hebrew Bible known to still exist.
Mexican ex-mayor sentenced to 92 years for kidnapping
A FORMER Mexican mayor was sentenced yesterday to 92 years in prison for the kidnapping of six civil society leaders in 2013, judicial sources said. Jose Luis Abarca, 62, was also fined 920,700 pesos (RM235,000) for the abductions in the city of Iguala in the southern state of Guerrero.
Authorities sniff out diesel smuggling syndicate, seize 31,000 litres of fuel
IPOH: A diesel syndicate disguised as a sawmill in Sauk, Kuala Kangsar was exposed when the Perak Ministry of Domestic Trade and Living Costs seized 31,000 litres of the subsidised fuel in a raid at an unnumbered premises today. Read full story
Immigration Dept nabs 13 workers in raid on Melaka hotel
MELAKA: The state Immigration Department nabbed 13 foreign workers when it raided a hotel here suspected of employing illegal foreign workers in Op Sapu on Tuesday (May 16). Read full story
Kelantan Info Dept to use social media to update public on hot weather
KOTA BARU: The Kelantan Information Department is using social media extensively to give updates on the latest weather conditions including the current hot spell, said its director Mohd Nur Aswadi Md Nor. Read full story