News & Reviews:   blacklist

Starting July 2025, the Road Transport Department (JPJ) will continue to block and blacklist vehicle owners who have outstanding charges involving three types of summons issued by the enforcement agency. The three types of summons notices issued by the JPJ are the Automatic Awareness Security System (AwAS) summons (Summary 53A), Investigative Interview Notice (114) and Stamped Summons Notice/JPJ(P)23 (115).

The Communications and Digital Ministry (KKD) has advised the public to beware of suspicious calls in which irresponsible quarters are using KKD’s name to commit scams. The modus operandi of these scammers is to call unsuspecting victims and claim that their phone number is blacklisted for being involved in criminal acts.

Earlier, Xiaomi had been blacklisted by the United States as former President Donald Trump designated the company as a “Communist Chinese military company". As a result, US citizens and companies were barred from investing or dealing with Xiaomi. Until now, it is reported that the Chinese tech company is finally removed from the blacklist following a lawsuit to US courts.

It looks like the US government is now after Xiaomi for the same reason that they imposed a trade ban on HUAWEI. Earlier, it was reported that US individuals or companies are not allowed to invest in the Chinese tech company anymore as it was added to the blacklist of companies suspected of having ties to the ruling Chinese Communist Party. However, the good news has arrived today with an official statement from Xiaomi claiming that the restriction has now been removed.

After HUAWEI, it looks like Xiaomi has also stumbled upon something that doesn't look nice with the U.S. Last week, it was reported that Xiaomi has been added to the country's government’s blacklist, which means that U.S. investors will not be allowed to purchase shares from the Chinese company. However, unlike HUAWEI, Xiaomi will still able to import and use technologies from the U.S. without a need for a license. Following the news, Xiaomi has issued a statement on the matter as follows:

It seems that Xiaomi has recently been placed in the US government’s blacklist, which means that US investors will not be allowed to purchase shares from Xiaomi. Unlike Huawei, Xiaomi is still able to import and use technologies from the US without a need for a license.