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Mitsui and Rohto to buy US$594m Singapore-based Chinese medicines company Eu Yan Sang
SINGAPORE, April 5 ― Japan’s Mitsui & Co said yesterday it had teamed up with Rohto Pharmaceutical Co, to buy Eu Yan Sang International in a deal valuing the Singapore-based traditional Chinese medicines firm at S$800 million (RM2.8 billion). Mitsui
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PAS sec-gen tells interfaith council to stop being a ‘busybody’ over proposed amendments to Act 355
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan today slammed an interfaith council for saying the proposed amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355), which includes the proposal to increase penalties for Shariah
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Cabinet did not discuss Dr Akmal’s stance on ‘Allah’ socks controversy specifically
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — The Cabinet has yet to discuss about Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh’s stance in calling for the boycott of KK Mart, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. According to a report in Free Malaysia Today,
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Nadma reports another death due to heat stroke in Kelantan
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 ― One new death due to heat stroke was reported this week, bringing the number of heat-related deaths to two, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma). Based on a brief report on the hot
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Driver who shared video of himself speeding on Pan Borneo Highway slapped with summons, pickup-truck seized
KUCHING, April 5 ― The driver of a modified pick-up truck who shared a video of himself speeding along the Pan Borneo on April 2 has been slapped with a summons while the vehicle has been seized by the police.
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Bersatu Youth chief says Dr Akmal’s arrest expected, to prevent tensions from boiling over
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — The detention of Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh is an expected pre-emptive measure to quell escalating racial and religious tensions in Malaysia, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s (Bersatu) Youth chief, Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan
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Jasmine Loo says believed Jho Low could have arranged for safe passage to Myanmar after declared wanted
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in-house lawyer Jasmine Loo today said she believed fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low could have arranged for her safe passage to Myanmar after she was declared a
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Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal will be released once statement taken
KOTA KINABALU, April 5 — Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh will be released once he gives his statement to the police here. State police commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun confirmed that police took him in for questioning based on
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Sarawak minister expresses his confidence Putrajaya will address state’s Padu concerns
KUCHING, April 5 — Sarawak Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Minister Datuk Seri Abdui Karim Rahman Hamzah today expressed his confidence that the federal government will address issues relating to the state’s concerns about the Central Database Hub’s (Padu) security
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Police detain firebrand Umno Youth chief who led boycott calls on ‘Allah’ socks controversy
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Police have detained Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh, who has been leading boycott calls against local convenience store chain KK Mart, over the sale of several socks with “Allah” wording printed on them.
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