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Address malapportionment of seats, Bersih 2.0 tells govt
PUCHONG: Electoral watchdog, Bersih 2.0 urged the government today to address the issue of constituency malapportionment to provide Malaysians with fairer representation. In a statement, Bersih 2.0 said the imbalanced voting constituency sizes was the next area that needs reform
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Police report lodged against Tamil Nesan ex-boss for commercial crime
GOMBAK: Former editorial staff of Tamil daily, Tamil Nesan have lodged police reports against their former managing director and chief executive officer, S Vell Paari for allegedly committing commercial crime by failing to contribute to Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and
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Sex video: Judge reduces remand order for five except Haziq
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today has reduced the remand order for five suspects arrested in relation to the sex video scandal allegedly linking a federal minister from six to four days. However, the six-day remand order for Muhammad Haziq
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R. Kelly to be held in prison, denied bond on child porn charges
CHICAGO: A Chicago judge ordered R&B superstar R. Kelly to be held without bond on sweeping federal charges linked to child pornography and other crimes at a hearing yesterday. The musician who for decades has faced sexual abuse accusations was
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Latheefa: I’ll make MACC itself graft free
PUTRAJAYA: The biggest challenge for us is to make the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) itself a corruption-free agency, said MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya. The first woman appointed to head the country’s enforcement agency in combating corruption said she was
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Liew: No new lead to reopen corruption probe against Taib
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no new lead for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to reopen corruption investigation against Sarawak Governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud. In a Parliamentary reply, Law Minister Datuk Liew Vui Keong said while MACC had received information
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Lim: Calls to refer me to Parliamentary Committee a diversion
KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said he has no problem with the motion by the Opposition to refer him to the Parliamentary Rights and Privileges Committee on the issue of Goods and Services Tax (GST) repayment claims. He
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MH17 tragedy: Putrajaya vows to seek justice for those affected
PUCHONG: The Malaysian government will not rest until those responsible for shooting down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 are brought to justice. In a message on the fifth anniversary of the tragedy, the Transport Ministry said the government is still committed
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TMJ and wife welcome third child, a boy
JOHOR BARU: Tunku Mahkota Johor, Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim and his wife Che’ Puan Khaleeda Bustamam welcomed their third child today, a boy. In a post on his official Facebook page, the Johor Crown Prince uploaded a picture of
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Kelantan Sultan divorces Russian wife
KUALA LUMPUR: Sultan of Kelantan Sultan Muhammad V, 50, has divorced his wife, former Russian beauty pageant contestant Rihana Oksana Voevodina, 26, after a marriage of just over a year. They were said to have married on June 7 last
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