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“Tainted” Najib a “liability” in denial
KUALA LUMPUR: Padang Rengas MP Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz has raised the heat by describing former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as a tainted leader who is in denial as the latter holds the BN advisory chairman position. “I
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Malaria outbreak: No need to worry, says Dzulkefly
PUTRAJAYA: There is no need to worry about the malaria outbreak affecting the Orang Asli people from Pos Lenjang in Kuala Lipis, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad. Speaking to reporters, he said that the Orang Asli people contracted
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PAC: GST refund money not missing
KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has confirmed that no goods and services tax (GST) refund money has gone missing. The PAC however found that the transfer of the funds into a consolidated revenue account instead of the GST
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People’s consultative paper to be tabled on PTPTN
KUALA LUMPUR: A People’s Consultative Paper (KKR) will be tabled to the Cabinet on a new mechanism for repayment of National High Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans, the Dewan Rakyat heard today. Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik said the findings
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Lim pours fuel into fire over BN’s recipe for electoral catastrophe
PUCHONG: DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang has poured fuel into the fire by jumping into the bandwagon by describing Pekan MP Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appointment as BN advisory council chairman as a recipe for electoral catastrophe to the coalition.
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Novak Djokovic wins Wimbledon in men’s singles final
ANKARA: World number one in tennis, Novak Djokovic won the 2019 Wimbledon title in men’s singles, beating his Swiss opponent Roger Federer in Sunday’s final which lasted nearly five hours (at Centre Court in London), Anadolu Agency reported. Djokovic beat
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Over RM12,000 spent on each drug addict a year
KUALA LUMPUR: The government spent RM12,775 on treating each drug addict per year, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman told the Dewan Rakyat today. He said the amount was estimated together with RM35 spent on rehabilitation cost per day
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Lift sanctions then we talk, Iran tells a sceptical US
DUBAI/PARIS: Iran is ready to hold talks with the US if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it quit last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Sunday. US President Donald Trump’s
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Judge limits ‘fishing expedition’ to 10 minutes
KUALA LUMPUR: High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali limited a ‘fishing expedition’ – the questioning by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s defence team – to 10 minutes after the prosecution raised objections. Deputy public prosecutor V Sithambaram
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Vets remove arrow from cobra, miraculously recovering
PURI: A cobra pierced with an arrow made a miraculous recovery after being rescued by vets in India’s eastern Odisha state on Friday. Locals of Puri city attacked the cobra with an iron arrow which pierced the snake’s body and
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