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Is the IPCMC a discriminatory provision against the police?
The IPCMC, the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission, is intended to be a non-police, (“civilian”) institution focused on effectively handling complaints of misconduct of police officers. Today, at a meeting, I heard a retired senior police officer say that
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Trump’s aggressive, mixed signals on China whiplash Wall Street
SAN FRANCISCO: US President Donald Trump’s aggressive stance and often mixed signals in his trade war with China are taking a toll on the shares of US companies that are most reliant on the world’s second largest economy. US stocks
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Brazil tells ambassadors no time off due to Amazon fires
BRASILI: Brazil’s Foreign Ministry yesterday ordered its ambassadors in Europe and other G7 countries not to take vacation for the next two weeks in order to coordinate a diplomatic response to global concerns over the fires raging in the Amazon
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Capital punishment sought for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
LOS ANGELES: US prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Pennsylvania man accused of bursting into a Pittsburgh synagogue last year with a semi-automatic rifle and shooting 11 people to death, according to court papers filed on Monday. Robert
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60 houses gutted in fire
TAWAU: At least 60 homes were destroyed in a fire in Kampung Otentik, Tanjung Batu Keramat last night. Tawau Fire and Rescue station chief Sharudy Delamin said firefighters had difficulty putting out the fire due to strong wind as well
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Trump administration sued over migration detention
NEW YORK: Attorneys general for 19 states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to block a sweeping new rule to indefinitely detain migrant families seeking to settle in the United States. The lawsuit, filed
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Asian stocks expected to rise
NEW YORK: Asian stocks are set to gain at the open Tuesday as the erratic trade narrative turned hopeful, lifting U.S. equities. The dollar strengthened while 10-year Treasury yields were little changed. Futures were higher in Tokyo and Sydney, with
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Students, activist arrested over protest
PETALING JAYA: Seven students and an activist were arrested at a protest in front of their college in Ara Damansara, Kelana Jaya yesterday. Petaling Jaya district deputy police chief Supt Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood said the eight, aged between 20
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Najib’s daughter sought over RM10.3 in unpaid taxes
SHAH ALAM: The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) is seeking RM10.3 million in unpaid income taxes from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s daughter Nooryana Najwa. The LHDN filed the writ of summons against Nooryana on July 24 at the
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Tariq Ramadan hit with gang rape allegation
PARIS: Tariq Ramadan, a leading Islamic scholar charged in France with raping two women, has also been accused of taking part in the gang rape of a journalist, French judicial sources said Sunday. The sources confirmed reports on Europe 1
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