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Sandakan polls: 136 police stationed at 19 voting centres
SANDAKAN: A total of 136 policemen have been stationed at 19 voting centers for the Sandakan by-election from 7.30 am to 5 pm today. Sandakan District Police chief ACP Mohd Azhar Hamin said the personnel would oversee security control at
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Penang flood: One relief centre closed this morning
TASEK GELUGOR: The relief centre at Surau Kampung Tok Sani has been closed this morning after all the 35 flood evacuees from seven families were allowed to return home. State Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh
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Jho Low and rapper indicted for Obama donations
WASHINGTON: Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho – also known as Jho Low – and a founding member of hip-hop group Fugees have been indicted for making illegal contributions to US president Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Jho Low, 37, and
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Sandakan polls: Vivian Wong casts vote at SK Muhibbah
SANDAKAN: DAP candidate for the Sandakan by-election Vivian Wong Shir Yee, 30, arrived at the SK Muhibbah voting centre here at 8.09am today to cast her vote. The daughter of the seat’s incumbent, the late Datuk Stephen Wong Tien Fatt,
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Kit Siang willing to quit politics without PM Anwar, will Tok Mat?
SANDAKAN: Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang is willing to quit from politics altogether if Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad does not honor the agreement to hand over the top post to PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “If
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Selangor sultan suspend Najib, Rosmah state awards
SHAH ALAM: Selangor ruler, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah suspended the state awards and titles conferred on former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, effective from tomorrow. State Secretary Datuk Mohd Amin Ahmad
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Dr Mahathir regrets arrest of social media user
KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has expressed regret over the detention of a social media user last night. “I was informed that the authorities arrested a social media user last night. As I have stressed before, no leader in
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Exorcism scam: Chinese national charged
KUCHING: A Chinese national was charged in the Magistrate’s court here with cheating a 55-year-old woman into parting with RM180,000 in cash and an assortment of jewellery for rituals to rid her house of evil spirits last month. Li Yufen,
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Witness: Najib asked for RM2b loan to SRC to be expedited
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today heard that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak had asked Retirement Fund Incorporated (KWAP) to expedite approval for the RM2 billion loan to SRC International Sdn Bhd. KWAP’s Legal and Secretarial
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No more casinos, slot machines in Sabah
SANDAKAN: There will be no more mini casinos and slot machines in Sabah, according to Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal. He said he had given clear instructions to put an end to mini casino and slot machine
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