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Fahmi to meet management of three news portals today
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 –– Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil will meet with the management of three news portals today to address the issue of unpaid salaries for media personnel. Expressing his dismay over the matter, Fahmi said he would closely
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High Court orders mental evaluation for jobless man who admitted to killing parents
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 –– The High Court here yesterday ordered an unemployed man, who pleaded guilty to murdering his parents last year, to undergo a mental evaluation. Judge K. Muniandy ordered Muhammad Agus, 43, to be sent for a
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Ferrari stolen at Hulu Kelang car wash: Singer’s son, friend plead not guilty to stealing car; another suspect still at large
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 –– The son of a singer from a popular 90s band and his friend pleaded not guilty at the Ampang Magistrates’ Court yesterday to charges of stealing a luxury car belonging to a businesswoman two weeks
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Teacher arrested in PJ for alleged drug trafficking, cannabis worth RM6,300 seized
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — A male teacher was arrested on suspicion of involvement in trafficking of ganja around Damansara Damai, Petaling Jaya, near here. Petaling Jaya district police chief ACP Shahrulnizam Ja’afar said in a statement yesterday that the
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Judge warns families of accused over alleged witness intimidation
TAWAU, Nov 28 — High Court Judge Datuk Duncan Sikodol yesterday warned the families of 13 students charged with the murder of a Kolej Vokasional Lahad Datu student in March not to intimidate or threaten witnesses involved in the trial.
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‘Don’t burden us any more’: Penang ratepayers call on state to defer quit rent, assessment and parking rate hikes
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 28 –– The Penang Ratepayers Association has called on the state government and city councils to defer plans to increase quit rent, assessment rates and parking rates next year. Association president Lee Kim Noor said the timing
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Floods worsen in Kelantan and Terengganu as evacuee numbers surge, Kedah and Perlis latest to be hit while Perak, Johor unchanged
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 –– The flood situation in Kelantan and Terengganu has worsened, with the number of evacuees rising, and additional temporary evacuation centres being opened, as of 8 yesterday evening. Kedah and Perlis became the latest states to
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RM1.6b Leonardo helicopter leasing contract backed by Italian govt, not ‘direct nego’
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told Parliament today that the RM16 billion contract to lease over two dozen Leonardo helicopters for 15 years is backed by a tacit guarantee from the Italian government. He
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UiTM Palapes trainee died from multi-organ failure due to heat stroke, says Selangor top cop
SHAH ALAM, Nov 28 –– The tragic death of a Reserve Officers Training Unit (Palapes) trainee from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) on November 13 has been confirmed to be caused by multi-organ failure due to heat stroke. Selangor police chief
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Lahad Datu vocational college murder trial: Forensic expert details 107 injuries on victim
TAWAU, Nov 28 — A forensic pathologist specialist told the High Court here that there were 107 injuries on the body of the deceased, Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul, from the Lahad Datu Vocational College. The fifth prosecution witness Dr
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