PUTRAJAYA, Dec 8 — The Court of Appeal today upheld the 15-year jail sentence and 14 strokes of the cane imposed on a former tabligh (religious) teacher for seven counts of committing physical sexual assault on a Year Six student four years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — Nine Malaysian tabligh members arrived home safely from Kolkata, India yesterday via an Air India Express flight, said Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — A transition in government does not disrupt the effort of the Ministry of Health (MOH) from continuing to combat the spread of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — A total of 13 Covid-19 clusters have ended, including the two recently announced by the Health Ministry (MOH) on May 18.

PUTRAJAYA, May 4 — A new Covid-19 cluster with 37 cases has been identified at Taman BDC in Kuching, Sarawak, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — Wisma Putra has been informed of the detention of 17 Malaysian citizen tabligh members by Indian authorities over their alleged involvement in visa abuse.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — Police have so far identified 55,000 close contacts of Covid-19 patients including from the tabligh cluster, says Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has received the data on the chain of the Covid-19 infection, which involves about 40,000 individuals, including those linked with the cluster on the tabligh assembly, from the Ministry of Health (MOH).

PUTRAJAYA, March 23 — The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed that 11 Malaysians who had travelled to Sulawesi, Indonesia to attend the international tabligh gathering had been detected in Tawau, Sabah yesterday.