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Lee Chong Wei to retire next week
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s number one badminton player Datuk Lee Chong Wei is expected to retire next week after playing for the game for 19 years. Sources told Malay daily Berita Harian that the 37-year-old opted for retirement to avoid further
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PAS: Disband PSC on public appointments
PUCHONG: PAS has called upon the government to disband the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on major public appointments, following Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s unilateral decision to appoint rights lawyer Latheefa Koya as the new MACC chief recently. PAS
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US to decide on US$300 billion China tariffs after G20 meeting
FRANCE/BEIJING: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would decide whether to carry out his threat to hit Beijing with tariffs on at least US$300 billion in Chinese goods after a meeting of leaders of the world’s largest
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Singer R. Kelly faces new sexual assault charges
Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to 11 new felony counts of sexual assault and abuse at a Chicago court hearing on Thursday, after prosecutors expanded an indictment against the Grammy Award winner dogged by the allegations for decades. The
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Charred body found in luxury yacht fire in Langkawi
ALOR SETAR: An Indonesian man was found charred while four others suffered breathing difficulties after a luxury yacht in the boatyard in Bukit Malut, Langkawi caught fire on Wednesday. Kedah Fire and Rescue Department operation assistant director, Senior Supt Mohamadul
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Anwar: Dr M needs to clarify Latheefa’s appointment
PERMATANG PAUH: The prime minister needs to clarify the sudden decision to appoint human rights lawyer, Latheefa Koya as the new MACC chief commissioner at proper forums, said PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He also said that the prime
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MACC chief’s unilateral appointment a cause of concern
PUCHONG: Backbencher Ramkarpal Singh took Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Liew Vui Keong to task for defending Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s unilateral appointment of Latheefa Koya as Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission chief. The Bukit Gelugor MP pointed out the
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Long working hours turned doctor into meth-addict
KUALA LUMPUR: A medical doctor with drug addiction may be a strange combination but it happened as one medical doctor got hooked up on methamphetamine due to the long working hours as a houseman. It all started nine years ago
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Gerakan to Latheefa: Probe Guan Eng’s bungalow and two other cases
PUCHONG: Gerakan president Dominic Lau Hoe Chai has dared the newly minted Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief Latheefa Koya to probe into the bungalow purchase of Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng below market price which Lau deemed as one of the
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Neymar’s rape accuser reveals details on TV
Brazilians for the first time heard from the woman yesterday, who says that football superstar Neymar sexually assaulted her at a Paris hotel. Extracts of a televised interview with Najila Trindade Mendes de Souza, the alleged victim, aired just one
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