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Penang CM promises minimal traffic disruptions as major projects including LRT, PSI take shape
GEORGE TOWN, June 4 — The Penang state government has assured that effective traffic management strategies will be implemented to minimise disruptions during the construction of upcoming large-scale projects. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the projects including the Penang
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‘Datuk Seri’ arrested for allegedly assaulting woman with pistol grip in George Town
GEORGE TOWN, June 4 — A local man with the title Datuk Seri has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a 28-year-old female sales assistant with a pistol grip during an incident on Jalan Kelawei. According to Buletin TV3 (TV3), the 41-year-old suspect was detained
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PM Anwar welcomes Guinea-Bissau’s leader for first official visit, explores trade, agricultural cooperation
PUTRAJAYA, June 4 — President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who is on a three-day official visit to Malaysia, was accorded an official welcoming ceremony at the Perdana Putra Complex here today. Embalo, who arrived yesterday, is making his first
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PM Anwar congratulates S. Korea’s new president Lee Jae-myung, seeks stronger ties
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has extended his warmest congratulations to Lee Jae-myung on his election as the President of South Korea. He said that this marks a turning point for South Korea, a
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VEP enforcement for Singapore vehicles to start July 1, JPJ to issue summonse
PUTRAJAYA, June 4 — The Vehicle Entry Permit system for Singaporean vehicles entering Malaysian borders will take full effect starting July 1, Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced today. The VEP, introduced on October 1 last year, was initially enforced in
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New AI-powered AWAS speed cameras delayed despite June launch promise, Transport Ministry yet to confirm trial start
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The trials for the new Automated Awareness Safety System (AWAS) have not yet begun. In fact, the exact starting date for the trials has not yet even been set. This is based on the information
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CCTV suggests Taiwanese national’s fall at Puchong LRT station was accidental, police to investigate
PUTRAJAYA, June 4 — Transport Minister Anthony Loke said today a closed-circuit television recording showing a Taiwanese national falling onto the Puchong LRT station track yesterday indicated it was an accident, and the matter is now under police investigation. “A
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MACC says assets seized from ‘Tan Sri’ in highway sukuk scandal now reach RM143m
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has seized assets linked to the misuse of sukuk funds of the construction of a highway in Klang Valley believed to be owned by a highway concessionaire with a Tan
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Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah departs home after IJN hospitalisation, Anwar says in good spirits during visit
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had the opportunity to visit the Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, yesterday afternoon, before His Majesty departed for Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei yesterday. Anwar, through a post on
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Fahmi, Azalina to collaborate on tightening social media regulation
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil has expressed his readiness to hold further discussions with Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform), Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, to strengthen the regulation of social
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