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Tunku Idris opens JB Chingay parade, celebrating over 150 years of tradition and heritage
JOHOR BARU, Feb 19 — Over 400,000 visitors are expected at this year’s Johor Bahru Chingay Procession, reputed to have started over 150 years ago. Tunku Temenggong Johor Tunku Idris Iskandar Sultan Ibrahim graced the symbolic officiation of the procession
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Party veterans Tan Kok Wai, Fong Kui Lun to step aside from DAP leadership, cite confidence in next generation
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — DAP veterans Tan Kok Wai and Fong Kui Lun have announced they will not contest the Central Executive Committee (CEC) election at the party’s 18th National Congress on March 16. The two long-serving members of
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Civil servants’ pension liabilities projected to hit RM46.36b by 2030
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Federal Territories Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said liabilities for the civil servants pension scheme are expected to climb to RM46.36 billion by 2030. In a written parliamentary reply today, Dr Zaliha said the financial implications
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Bintulu fisherman feared killed by crocodile after body found with bite marks
BINTULU, Feb 19 — A man who went fishing on the banks of the Sungai Nyigu late yesterday evening and failed to return home was found drowned today. He is suspected of being attacked by a crocodile. A spokesman for
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PDRM probes alleged RM12,000 extortion by narcotics officers during raid in Petaling Jaya
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Police are investigating claims that officers from the Petaling Jaya police headquarters’s narcotics department conducted a raid without following standard operating procedures (SOP) and allegedly engaged in extortion. Petaling Jaya district police chief Assistant Commissioner
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PM Anwar’s first official visit to aluminium-producer Bahrain to include economic talks and intra-Islam dialogue
MANAMA (Bahrain), Feb 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived here early this morning for an official visit to Bahrain under the invitation of Bahrain’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman Hamad Al Khalifa. The aircraft carrying the
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