KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — A mother of four was forced to choose between HIV medication and her children. Norlela Mokhtar, 50, was diagnosed 14 years ago as being HIV positive and three years later, she was in dire need…
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KUCHING: The just-concluded Umno General Assembly was marked by racist slurs, religious intolerance and bigotry, observed Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, while Christians and Muslims elsewhere in the civilised world are reaching out to each other in peace and tolerance. Anwar…
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A Malaysian doctor, who boasted that he is Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh’s half-brother, has been jailed for five years in the UK. The voyeuristic Dr Yeoh Lam Hoe, a renowned hearing expert, had earlier pleaded guilty to videotaping over 1,000 people using…
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SINGAPORE: A 27-year-old Malaysian who had earlier been found guilty of bringing into Singapore 22.24g of diamorphine, the pure form of heroin, was on Monday (Sep 22) sentenced to death. Prabagaran a/l Srivijayan was arrested in the early morning of…
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A 37-year-old Penang-born man has brought his Singaporean family to Syria where they are believed to be in different locations fighting alongside jihadists or supporting them. His Singaporean wife was a 47-year-old widow who had a daughter and a son…
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