Today's top Malaysian news, sport and lifestyle.
Malaysia's traffic police chief has emphasized that road safety requires strengthened education and community involvement alongside enforcement, following a fatal motorcycle accident on the East Coast Expressway.
Miri police conducted a raid on a warehouse and arrested a local man while seizing frozen pork products valued at RM6.19 million suspected of being imported illegally without valid authorisation.
Malaysia's government is implementing stricter legal measures to combat misuse of disabled parking spaces through unified development guidelines and enhanced enforcement powers across local councils.
Thailand's Public Health Minister Pattana Promphat is advancing a draft Cannabis and Hemp Act to restrict cannabis to medical purposes, addressing control gaps at cultivation stages while cracking down on estimated 6,000 unlicensed or expired outlets operating nationwide.
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Malaysia's Parliament is examining the proposed public-private partnership model for the East Coast Expressway Phase 3, with particular focus on toll implications, while lawmakers also scrutinise enforcement strategies against vape syndicates marketing harmful products to students.
Malaysian authorities arrested 86 undocumented migrants from multiple nations during a coordinated enforcement operation at a Klang shopping mall, signalling renewed efforts to combat irregular immigration.
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The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested one of its own senior enforcement officers for allegedly accepting a RM50,000 bribe. The suspect is remanded for three days as investigations continue.
Police and regulatory agencies arrested nine individuals and recovered RM3.75 million in equipment and bauxite-bearing soil from an illegal mining site at a Felda plantation in Kuantan's Bukit Goh area.
A Sessions Court in Kelantan has handed down sentences to 54 undocumented migrants, imposing financial penalties and custodial alternatives for multiple immigration breaches.
The Kedah branch of Malaysia's Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living has raided an animal feed processing factory in Kuala Ketil, seizing 53.3 tonnes of wheat flour worth RM100,251 after finding no proper authorisation for storage.
Thailand's Department of Special Investigation has launched a sweeping operation against an illegal forex investment network, conducting raids across 24 locations and freezing 77 bank accounts. The crackdown uncovered THB65 million in cash and has potential links to politicians and entertainment figures.
Authorities dismantled a major illegal e-waste operation in Bukit Mertajam, impounding materials valued at RM3 million and apprehending five individuals suspected of involvement in the unlicensed processing and stockpiling of electronic refuse.