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Pahang royal, four others charged with injuring man using knife
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — Pahang royalty member Tengku Eddie Akasya Tengku Abd Rahman, 20, pleaded not guilty to charges of injuring an individual last June in the Kuantan Magistrate’s Court today. According to national news agency Bernama, he claimed
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PAC flags National Professors’ Council for mismanagement, advises govt to review its relevance
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today flagged several mismanagement issues in the National Professors Council (MPN) and advised the government to assess the council’s relevance moving forward. In a report of its findings released today,
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PAC to probe RM43.9m Khazanah, PNB losses in FashionValet investments
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will launch an investigation into a RM43.9 million loss incurred from investments by Khazanah Nasional Bhd (Khazanah) and Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) in FashionValet, its chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
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Penang to implement four major water projects with federal govt support to secure supply
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 7 — The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) and the state government will be working with the federal government to implement four major water supply projects in Penang. One of these projects, the Lahar Yooi Pump House
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Police crack case of bag with RM1m that vanished from Ampang Point
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — Police have located a bag containing RM1 million in cash that was reported missing at the Ampang Point shopping complex yesterday. The Star reported Selangor deputy police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Sasikala Devi Subramaniam as
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U Mobile chosen for 5G through open tender and not direct award, Fahmi tells Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — Communication Minister Fahmi Fadzil today said that U Mobile Sdn Bhd was chosen as Malaysia’s second 5G network provider via an open tender process, and not a direct award. He said that the Malaysian Communications
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Police investigating death of Form Four boy in predawn fall at Seremban school, counsellors on hand to support students
SEREMBAN, Nov 7 — A 16-year-old boy died at about 6am today, believed to have fallen from the fourth floor of a secondary school building here. He was pronounced dead at the scene, The Star reported this afternoon, without disclosing the name
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In ongoing spat with Umno, Guan Eng asks Zahid not to milk pre-dawn SOS call from 2017 Penang floods
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — Former chief minister Lim Guan Eng today urged Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to not exploit the tragic floods in Penang in 2017 when seven people died. Lim’s remarks today are part
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Man who went on window-smashing spree in Bayan Lepas arrested
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 7 — Police have arrested a man for causing a disturbance and breaking car windows of members of the public on Dr Lim Chong Eu Highway in Bayan Lepas near here yesterday. Barat Daya District Police Chief
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Govt struggles to probe GISBH’s teachings as they appear ‘lawful on paper’, says religious affairs minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — The government is finding it challenging to investigate Global Ikhwan Sdn Bhd (GISBH) practices and teachings due to its appearance of legitimacy, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar.
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