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PH party leaders slam opposition parties for criticising EC
KUALA LUMPUR: Several Pakatan Harapan (PH) leaders today slammed some opposition parties and their leaders for finding fault with the Election Commission (EC) over the dates set for the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election in Johor. MCA and UMNO have claimed
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PHISGOC changed dates for 10 sports
KUALA LUMPUR: The 2019 SEA Games host, the Philippines SEA Games Organising Committee (PHISGOC) was still amending the dates and venues of the competitions, with less than two months before the opening ceremony on Nov 30. Malaysia’s deputy Chef-de-Mission, Nurul
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Consumers lose RM360 mln due to faulty products, poor services
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian consumers had to endure a huge loss of more than RM360 million last year due to dissatisfying products and poor service quality in various sectors. According to the National Consumer Complaints Centre (NCCC), the record was based
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Syed Saddiq: Foodpanda to revert to original payment scheme
KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet has urged online food delivery company foodpanda to reinstate its original payment scheme to ensure the welfare of their riders, said Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman. He said the government believed in
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Police nab indonesian man with syabu
KUNAK: Police detained an Indonesian man for having in his possession 5.2 grammes of syabu in an oil palm plantation in Kampung Lormalong near here, this morning. Kunak police chief Supt Baharin Md Tahir said the 37-year-old suspect was detained
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Six suspects arrested over brutal elephant killing
KOTA KINABALU: The police have arrested six suspects over the brutal killing of a juvenile Borneo pygmy elephant in a series of raids from 12.20am to this afternoon. Speaking at a press conference, Tawau district police chief assistant commissioner Peter
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Borneo can be an economic powerhouse in Asia
ARAKAN: The Borneo Island, which is shared by three countries including Malaysia, has the potential to be an economic powerhouse in the Asian region, said Sabah chief minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal. He said the area, covering Sabah dan
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CAP: Ban all vaping, e-cigarette products
GEORGE TOWN: The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the government to impose a total ban on e-cigarettes and vaping products in the country as such devices were also being used by minors. Its president, Mohideen Abdul Kader today
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Malaysia re-elected as ICAO member until 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been re-elected to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) council, under category III, for the 2019-2022 term, for the fifth consecutive term since 2007. The Ministry of Transport (MOT) in a statement said the decision was
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TweetDeck is down
KUALA LUMPUR: The dashboard management app for Twitter, called TweetDeck, is down. According to Outage.Report, the site reportedly could not be accessed across the Asia Pacific, Europe and the North America and South America regions. The issue appears to have
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