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Ampang teen raped after letting man met on Litmatch app into home, mum discovered CCTV disabled
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — A 16-year-old girl was raped by a man she had met on the networking app Litmatch, police said. Ampang Jaya police district chief ACP Mohd Azam Ismail said in a statement that a 24-year-old labourer
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Puspakom loses concession for vehicle inspection, but becomes first licensed firm amid interest from nearly 50 others
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 26 — The Computerised Vehicle Inspection Centre (Puspakom) became the first company to be authorised to carry out motor vehicle inspection under the new mechanism of the Road Transport Act (Act 333). Transport Minister Anthony Loke said under
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Teluk Cempedak runner, 20, dies of heatstroke after morning event; second case in Pahang
KUANTAN, Aug 26 — A man died due to heatstroke at Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) here yesterday after participating in a running event held around Teluk Cempedak on Saturday. Pahang Health Department director, Datuk Dr. Rusdi Abd Rahman said
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Terengganu Education Dept tells canteen operator to go by year end after fried egg poisoning case at boarding school
KUALA TERENGGANU, Aug 26 — The contract for a canteen operator at a boarding school in Kuala Nerus allegedly involved in a food poisoning incident recently will not be renewed, said Terengganu State Education Department (JPNT) director Jelani Sulong. He
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What is ‘Kutty’ in a name? Here’s what Dr M told the court
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — What does the word “Kutty” mean in a name? Two-time former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who has been repeatedly called that in the past, gave his understanding of what it means in the
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No Dr Sarah Jamal works here, UM says after viral online post of ‘huge empty cave’ beneath KL credits her as varsity’s geologist
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — The Geology Department of Universiti Malaya (UM) has denied a report attributed to one Dr Sarah Jamal, stating that no such geologist is employed at the university. Associate Professor Dr Meor Hakif Amir Hassan, head
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No tussle within Umno on who will be named Mahkota by-election candidate, says Zahid
JOHOR BARU, Aug 26 — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi denied that there was a tussle between the party‘s wings on who will be named the Mahkota by-election candidate. He said he will announce the candidate before September
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Ebit Lew sexting trial: Married woman says too many pictures, messages so she deleted them, unsure if it was to ‘save own skin’
TENOM, Aug 26 — A woman told the Magistrate’s Court here today that she deleted pictures and messages from her mobile phone before making a police report in Bukit Aman on Aug 7, 2021, against Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew or
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Little things stack up, says MACC chief in backing call for public service reform in war against corruption
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 26 — Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki has reiterated the call made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for reforms in the public service to be in line with its economic progress,
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