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Training centre resolves dispute with union leaders
SUBANG: The Allied Aeronautics Training Centre Student Union (AATCSU) clarified that the issues they have raised have been resolved with the return of their chairman and secretary who was expelled. “The AATC cancelled the expulsion letter to the chairman and
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Mini buses make a comeback next month
KUALA LUMPUR: After a lapse of almost 21 years, the mini bus will be making a comeback in September via Rapid KL Sdn Bhd’s trial run from the Bukit Indah hub to Ampang Point, via Jalan Rasmi from Sept 1
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Dr M test drives made-in-Vietnam car
HANOI: Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today test drove a model of VinFast, a car manufactured by Vietnam. He drove the sports utility vehicle (SUV) LUX SA (A) 2.0 model for about 10 minutes during a visit
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Abdul Rahman to become Sime Darby chairman in Oct
KUALA LUMPUR: Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) president and group chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Abdul Rahman Ahmad will assume the role of chairman and non-independent non-executive director of Sime Darby Bhd after Tan Sri Dr Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah’s
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Gopal Sri Ram’s appointment as prosecutor raised again
KUALA LUMPUR: The defence team of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak raised the appointment of retired judge turned fiat prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram on the first day of the 1MDB trial over RM2.3 billion even though the
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High Court dismisses prosecution’s application to transfer Zahid’s case
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today dismissed an application by the prosecution team to revise the Sessions Court decision to allow the transfer of Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s seven corruption charges to the Shah Alam Sessions Court. High Court
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Rahul Gandhi slams Pakistan over violence in Kashmir
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has come out to clarify that although the grand old party disagrees with the Modi government on a number of matters, there is no two ways about the fact that Kashmir is an internal matter for
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Ground shifts in Indonesia’s economy as conservative Islam takes root
JAKARTA: Arie Untung, a former video jockey for the Indonesian offshoot of MTV, says he used to drink alcohol regularly and – back then – was a jeans-clad, spiky-haired rocker who was only a nominal Muslim. But he says his
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S’pore housing market ain’t enticing, Taiwan and Malaysia are
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s housing market isn’t turning out to be the beneficiary many may have thought from Hong Kong’s increasingly fraught protests. Instead, investors are looking to cheaper property markets like Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan. “People here tend to think there
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Gopal Sri Ram’s opening speech in Najib’s 1MDB trial in full
This case concerns the monies of a company called 1Malaysia Development Berhad, widely known as 1MDB. It was originally called Terengganu Investment Authority or TIA. The accused was instrumental in changing its name to 1MDB. He also caused amendments to
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