Malaysia, Indonesia agree on use of drones for border patrol

Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Indonesian Manpower Minister Ida Fauziya at their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, today. (Facebook pic) JAKARTA: Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed in principle on the use of technology such as drones to monitor security and crime along their common border. Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the Malaysia-Indonesia border agreement, which will […]

Teens arrested as Spain police smash global paedophile ring

MADRID: Seventeen people, most of them teenage boys, have been arrested in Spain for sharing images of “extremely violent” child pornography on Whatsapp, police said Tuesday following a two-year investigation spanning three continents. The arrests came as part of a wide-ranging international probe led by Spain’s national police, in which 33 people were detained in […]

Retired chief justice Richard Malanjum now chairman of Berjaya Land

Richard Malanjum was Chief Justice of Malaysia from July 2018 to April 2019. PETALING JAYA: Former chief justice Richard Malanjum has been made chairman of the board of directors of Berjaya Land Bhd, according to a filing with the stock exchange. The company said Malanjum, 67, was appointed to the group’s board, following the retirement […]

Malaysia’s crisis of credibility, cronyism and the climate

This is the first full year report card on the PH government’s human rights record. Unfortunately, like the previous BN government, detention without trial, enforced disappearances, killings and tardy police action remain the top civil and political rights concerns. There is a serious credibility crisis of police efficacy and the home minister’s lack of accountability. […]