KUCHING, April 21 (Bernama) — Malaysia-China relationship is solid and will not be affected by the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 tragedy. The Chinese Consul-General in Kuching, Liu Quan acknowledged that there might be a problem but he believed it was only for a short period. “Maybe for …

KUALA LUMPUR: Four men have been arrested for attempting to break into a house in Taman Bahagia, Cheras and causing harm to the policemen who trailed after their getaway vehicle. In the Monday incident, a police spokesman said that their patrolling unit spotted the suspicious looking group in the re …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 (Bernama) — Former Deputy Home Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong was among the three leaders who took oath as senators before Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang here Monday. The other two were Jempol Umno division head Datuk Mohd Salim Shariff, 49, and MCA Youth …

PETALING JAYA: Heavy rain coupled with after work traffic is causing massive traffic jams on most roads leading out of the city centre on Monday. According to LLM traffic and KL Traffic update tweets, several roads including Sprint highway from section 16 onwards and Bulatan Dato Onn heading towards …

Sri Lanka first lady Shiranti Wickramasinghe Rajapaksa with Deputy Education Minister Datuk Mary Yap Kain Ching SEPANG, April 21 (Bernama) — Sri Lanka first lady Shiranti Wickramasinghe Rajapaksa has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to attend the International Autism Seminar 2014 Tuesday. She was met o …

SEOUL: The South Korean President has likened the actions of the sunken ferry’s captain and crew members to “murder” on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. “What the captain and some crew members did was akin to an act of murder that is unacceptable and not permissible from …

GEORGE TOWN: Technician R. Rajamony was the first person in the line when the doors were opened at Dewan Sri Pinang at 8.45am. “It’s my final chance to see him and I do not want to miss it,” said Rajamony, who had taken the midnight bus from Klang Valley with two friends so that they could attend Ka …

SEPANG: Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein praised the pilot of a troubled Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight that made a safe emergency landing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) early Monday, saying he had discharged his duty in a professional manner. “The pa …

GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of people converged at the Dewan Sri Pinang in Light Street here to pay their last respects to former DAP national chairman Karpal Singh who died on Thursday. Mourners also lined the streets to catch a glimpse of Karpal’s cortege leaving the building to the Batu Gantong cremat …

PETALING JAYA: With the 2014 FIFA World Cup set to kick off in less than two months, there are worries over the amount of money to be lost in bets placed by youths and children. A study by Gamblers Rehab Centre (GRC) Malaysia showed that 93% of the 600 primary schoolchildren surveyed gambled. Most o …

The temperature is rising in the contest for the PKR deputy president post which is the most intense and aggressive in the history of the party. REPORTERS rushed to the PKR headquarters on Wednesday when they heard that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was having a press conference. They thought he would an …

No one could stop Karpal Singh from speaking up on what he believed in. He did not care if he was taking on the prime minister or even a sultan. He had taken on all of them. SOME time in the middle of last year, I received a phone call from Karpal Singh. He offered to appear as a witness in support …

GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of people lined the streets of Penang to send off the hearse carrying Karpal Singh on his last journey.  The casket, bearing the body of the “Tiger of Jelutong”, was draped with a carpet with an image of a Tiger before it was carried out from the Dewan Sri Pinang on Sunday. Sh …

KUANTAN: An express bus that was on its way to Kuala Lumpur flipped over on the East Coast Expressway, leaving scores of passengers injured. Temerloh OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Salleh said the driver was believed to have lost control of the vehicle, causing it to hit the road divider on the right bef …

Published: Sunday April 20, 2014 MYT 9:30:00 AMUpdated: Sunday April 20, 2014 MYT 9:49:23 AM The Star Online pays tribute to prominent Malaysian politician Karpal Singh with a gallery of pictures of him. Photo Gallery 1