Today's top Malaysian news, sport and lifestyle.
Australian authorities have withdrawn assault charges against Ahmed al Ahmed, the fruit seller hailed for his heroic actions during the Bondi Beach mass shooting that claimed 15 lives last December.
Former Chief Justice Tun Zaki Azmi has identified judicial expansion and continuous professional training as essential measures to alleviate Malaysia's persistent court backlog while maintaining judicial competence in an evolving legal landscape.
After seven years of legal proceedings, former actress Zizie Izette faces a defining court verdict today in connection with allegations that she aided her late husband Bung Moktar Radin in a RM2.8 million corruption scheme.
A High Court judge has upheld a 10-year prison sentence imposed on a former company executive, Ooi Vin Shen, for rape and blackmail involving a 14-year-old girl, finding the sessions court made no legal error.
Malaysia's judiciary has appointed 17 new judicial commissioners in one of its largest recruitment drives in years, a move designed to address mounting case backlogs within the High Court system.
Malaysia has appointed 17 new judicial commissioners to strengthen its High Court bench. The appointments, made in Putrajaya, include the daughter of a former Court of Appeal president, continuing efforts to expand the judiciary's capacity.
The Federal Court has upheld the acquittal of Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman on all charges relating to alleged criminal breach of trust and money laundering involving Armada youth wing funds, ending a six-year legal ordeal.
A former secondary school student in Tawau has been acquitted and discharged by the Magistrate's Court in connection with a gang rape allegation against a 15-year-old schoolmate dating back two years.