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Severe rain alert for Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an alert level warning of continuous rain in four states for three days starting this Saturday. MetMalaysia director-general Dr Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip said the four states are
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Bad date night? Cops seize RM2.4m in drugs from romantic couple in JB
JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 1 — The police arrested a pair of lovers and seized various types of drugs worth RM2.41 million following an inspection of a car on a roadside at Mutiara Rini, Iskandar Puteri, last Saturday. Johor Police Chief
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Unified border force will curb smuggling, cut redundancies
PASIR MAS, Jan 1 — The establishment of the Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) is capable of combating crimes such as smuggling of firearms, drugs and contraband, said Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu
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Two foreigners arrested over suspected murder of woman in Puchong hotel
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — Two foreign men have been arrested in connection with the death of a woman believed to have been murdered at a hotel in Taman Mawar, Puchong, yesterday. Serdang district police chief ACP A. A. Anbalagan
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Self-confessed hardcore smoker lawyer sues govt for right to puff away inside his law firm
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — Lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla has filed a suit to challenge the health minister’s new smoking ban on all workplace buildings in Malaysia as he wants his law firm exempted. Haniff, a self-described “hardcore smoker,”
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UM denies suspended don at centre of sexting scandal is still visiting campus as claimed
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — Universiti Malaya (UM) today denied news reports that a professor suspended for allegedly sharing nude pictures of himself with students, has been entering the main campus here. Malaysia’s oldest university clarified that none of its
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WeChat and TikTok now licensed, Google and X yet to apply
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 1 — Four major internet messaging and social media service providers have taken significant steps towards regulatory compliance by applying for licences to operate in Malaysia, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced. It said that Tencent
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Musa Aman sworn in as Sabah governor
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 1 — Tun Musa Aman took the oath of office as the 11th Yang Dipertua Negeri of Sabah during a ceremony at Istana Seri Kinabalu here today. Musa, accompanied by his wife, Toh Puan Faridah Tussin, arrived
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Singaporean and Malaysian who hit JB policemen arrested after 70km car chase
JOHOR BARU, Jan 1 — Two policemen were injured after they were hit by a car escaping a narcotics stop in Jalan Persiaran Alif Harmoni here yesterday. The suspects, a 38-year-old Singaporean woman and a 49-year-old local man, then led
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Jawi investigates zikir performance in Setapak graveyard
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 1 — The Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) has recorded statements from individuals who allegedly performed zikir in an unusual manner at a cemetery in Setapak, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr
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