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Mum, boyfriend charged over five-year-old son’s murder
PETALING JAYA, Sept 1 — A woman and her boyfriend were today charged in the Magistrates’ Court here with the murder of her five-year-old son. Mary Teh May Yee, 44, and lorry driver S. Puvaneswaran, 29, nodded after the charge
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Transport minister expects preliminary report on Elmina crash in two weeks
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — The preliminary report of the fatal air crash near Bandar Elmina in Shah Alam, Selangor two weeks ago is expected to be released in the second week of this month, according to Transport Minister Anthony
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US seeks seizure of Pablo Picasso art bought by Jasmine Loo with 1MDB’s US$1.3m; US$430,000 in her firm’s account
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — The US government has filed a civil suit in a bid to seize an artwork by famous Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, which it claimed was purchased by Malaysian Jasmine Loo using US$1.3 million misappropriated from
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Teenager in Perak charged with murdering Bagan Datuk neighbour
TELUK INTAN, Sept 1 — A teenager was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with murdering his neighbour. The 17-year-old was charged with murdering P. Hariaran, 21, at Jalan Pasir, Kampung Sungai Payung Baroh, Selekoh, in Bagan Datuk, between
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Four sections of West Coast Expressway expected to be ready by March 2024
IPOH, Sept 1 — WCE Holdings Bhd is targeting the four sections of the West Coast Expressway (WCE) which are currently in the construction phase to be completed by the end of the current financial year which ends on March
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PM Anwar wants enhanced role for National Audit Dept
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 1 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants the jurisdiction of the National Audit Department (NAD) to be enhanced and widened to include the role of ombudsman. Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said additional responsibility should
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Not right to start reclamation when fishermen’s legal appeal against project still pending
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 1 — The Silicon Island reclamation project should not start until the fishermen’s legal appeal challenging its environmental impact assessment (EIA) under the Environmental Quality Act 1974 have run its course, a non-governmental organisation said today. Jaringan
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PM Anwar to launch New Industrial Master Plan 2030 today
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 ― Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is launching the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030) today. The launching event will be held at the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) which is the
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Muda deputy president sues RoS to challenge its blacklist on her as office-holder
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) deputy president Amira Aisya Abd Aziz has filed a lawsuit in her bid to cancel the Registrar of Societies’ (RoS) indefinite blacklist against her that bars her from being an
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Preliminary works on man-made Silicon Island starts today
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 1 — Preliminary works to create Silicon Island off the southern coast of Penang Island starts today, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said today. He said the state has obtained all necessary approvals from the relevant agencies,
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