PUTRAJAYA: The projected ceiling for foreign worker intake, set not to exceed 15 per cent of the national workforce by the Ministry of Economy, is expected to be met by December 31 this year, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said.

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stated it was irrelevant that Malaysia had seen a drop in the press freedom index, saying it was more important that his government was open to criticism.

Kuala Lumpur: Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin has instructed its lawyers to gather evidence for an election petition to challenge Pakatan Harapan’s victory in the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election.

PETALING JAYA: Two men have pleaded guilty to attempting to trespass into Istana Negara last Friday, according to Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa.

PETALING JAYA:  The body of the man who attacked the Ulu Tiram police station in Johor Bahru last week was buried apart from the graves of other people to serve as a reminder to the public not to emulate his actions.

PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested 15 people who recently used a gas stove to cook while gathered at a petrol station in Genting Highlands, Pahang.

PUTRAJAYA: Police are investigating if the recent attacks on the Ulu Tiram and Dato Keramat police stations as well as the failed attempt by two men to trespass on Istana Negara grounds were random incidents or coordinated.

GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested a 35-year-old local man who attempted to trespass into the Dato’ Keramat Police Station here and seize a firearm from a sentry personnel early this morning.

PETALING JAYA: DAP MP Teresa Kok has received a death threat in a letter sent to her house along with two bullets.

KOTA BAHRU: A man with intellectual disabilities was charged in the Sessions Court here today with committing physical sexual assault on a teenage boy in March.