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Malay Mail
24-07-2025
- Malay Mail
Tawau police arrest four for armed rioting over attack on civil servant
KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 — Four men have been arrested in connection with a riot incident in Tawau involving the assault of a civil servant. According to the district police, the victim was drinking at a restaurant on Jalan St Patrick when he was attacked by several known individuals, resulting in facial injuries. Following the police report lodged by the victim, a team from the Tawau District Criminal Investigation Division launched an operation to track down the suspects. The first suspect was arrested in Kampung Pukat, while the second was apprehended in the Takada area. The remaining two suspects were arrested within the vicinity of the Tawau District Police Headquarters (IPD). Police checks revealed that two of the four suspects have prior criminal records related to drug offences and other crimes, and the case is being investigated under Section 148 of the Penal Code for armed rioting.
Bloomberg
17-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Can the Man Who Cleaned up UK Banks Fix the Water Industry?
When Jon Cunliffe arrived at the Bank of England in 2013 he had a daunting task: implement the biggest ever clean-up of Britain's banking system — designed in the wake of the financial crisis — to prevent highly leveraged lenders from collapsing. Tempted out of retirement in 2024, the 72-year-old has been asked to pull off a similar job, but this time as the architect of a reform package to fix the UK's heavily indebted and wildly unpopular water industry. For the past nine months, Cunliffe — a career civil servant described by current and former colleagues as someone who is not afraid of saying what he thinks — has been traveling around England and Wales to find out what is wrong with the nation's water sector. Next week he will reveal what he found. Some believe his recommendations could be the last chance to restore public trust and possibly the finances of a sector that is key for economic growth but which has struggled to contain everything from shareholder dividends to sewage spills.
The Sun
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
‘This chapter will close' – Rising darts star, 24, quits day job as a civil servant to commit to the sport full-time
DARTS star Niko Springer has quit his day job to focus on the sport. The 24-year-old has been balancing his time at the oche with working as a civil servant. 1 But Springer is ready to be a full-time professional after losing the Dutch Darts Championship final last month. The German was eventually beaten by Jonny Clayton after seeing off the likes of Stephen Bunting, Jermaine Wattimena and Martin Schindler. Springer told the Tops Tops Tops podcast: "From August, things will change. I won't be working anymore. "I enjoyed my job and I did it well, so this wasn't easy. "But I've decided that this chapter will close — at least for now — in August. "When I have a weekend like Rosmalen, I get home around half past three in the morning. "Then I'm up again at seven for work — plus a one-hour commute. Over time, it just drains you. "That sense of security is going away for the moment, but I've got the option to go back at any time, no strings attached. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS Springer, who got knocked out by Scott Williams on his World Championship debut last year, has been tipped to be a future star. But he has taken an unusual route to becoming a pro after initially stalling to focus on his university studies. Springer said: "I usually prefer to play it safe. My education was always the priority."
Malay Mail
18-06-2025
- Malay Mail
MACC arrests two in Sabah over RM66,000 land application bribery case
KOTA KINABALU, June 18 — The Sabah chapter of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today detained a civil servant and a government pensioner for alleged involvement in a RM66,000 graft case involving land application and census. According to sources, the two men, in their 50s and 60s, were detained at the Sabah MACC Office after having their statements recorded this morning. The duo were suspected to have accepted bribes in connection with the case in 2016, even though they had no power to either approve the land application or conduct the census. 'Initial probe found that the first suspect had allegedly accepted a bribe of RM54,000, while the second took RM12,000 from several individuals as an inducement to process their applications and conduct land census under the state government's scheme,' the sources said. Sabah MACC director Datuk S Karunanithy, when contacted, confirmed the arrest, saying that the case is being investigated under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009. — Bernama
Free Malaysia Today
17-06-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
MACC nabs duo over graft involving land applications
Sabah MACC director S Karunanithy said the case is being investigated under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009. KOTA KINABALU : The Sabah chapter of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today detained a civil servant and a government pensioner for alleged involvement in a RM66,000 graft case involving land applications. Bernama quoted sources as saying the two men, in their 50s and 60s, were detained at the Sabah MACC office after having their statements recorded this morning. The duo were suspected of having accepted bribes in connection with a case in 2016, even though they had no power to either approve land applications or conduct a census. 'An initial probe found that the first suspect had allegedly accepted a bribe of RM54,000, while the second person took RM12,000 from several people as an inducement to process their applications and conduct a land census under the state government,' the sources said. Sabah MACC director S Karunanithy confirmed the arrests, saying the case is being investigated under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.
