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Woman charged with making false fertility treatment claims worth RM200k
KUANTAN: An administrative assistant pleaded not guilty at the sessions court here today over 32 counts of making false claims on fertility medical treatment worth RM209,233, since 2014. Mazuin Zulkifli, 33, from Taman Impianku, Jalan Sungai Lembing here, made the
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Malay majority seat not an obstacle for PKR’s Indian candidate
By K Pragalath EXCLUSIVE RANTAU: Dr S Streram does not view the Malay majority Rantau state seat as an obstacle for an Indian candidate like himself. “I don’t see that as an obstacle. As a doctor, I don’t treat patients
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Facebook to deploy new transparency tools ahead of European elections
PARIS: Facebook announced on Friday changes to the way political advertisements are handled on the social media site ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections. “We are introducing some new tools to help us deliver on two key goals that
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EU risks trade war with Malaysia over palm oil: Mahathir
LANGKAWI: The European Union risks opening up a trade war with Malaysia over its “grossly unfair” policies aimed at reducing the use of palm oil, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday. This month, the European Commission concluded that
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Anwar Ibrahim: Infighting in PKR a small matter
RANTAU: PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim has downplayed the ongoing infighting within PKR as merely a small matter. “(It’s) A small matter, we focus on the election, differences of opinion are allowed… the difference of opinion is small but now we
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‘Infighting, sabotage won’t affect my chances in Rantau’
By K Pragalath EXCLUSIVE RANTAU: PKR’s candidate for the Rantau by-election Dr S Streram downplayed PKR’s internal infighting. He also dismissed the possibility of the sabotage affecting his chances in the by-election on Apr 13. “The party polls are over.
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Lim: Over 3.2 million applications for BSH cash aid so far
KUALA LUMPUR: Over 3.2 million applications for the Bantuan Sara Hidup (BSH) cash aid were recorded as at yesterday, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (. He said of the total 530,000 were new applications and 2.67 million were updated cases.
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Najib’s trial on SRC set on Wednesday
PETALING JAYA: The Kuala Lumpur High Court has fixed April 3 to hear former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s trial for money laundering, corruption and abuse of power related to SRC International. Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali fixed the
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Mahathir to officiate Al Sharq youth conference
PUCHONG: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad would be officiating the Al Sharq Youth conference in Kuala Lumpur on May 1 and 2 this year. Al Sharq which translates to the orient brings about youths from various races and faiths to
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RM21.5m for survey of NCR land in Sarawak: Baru
KUCHING: A grant of RM21.5 million out of an allocation of RM40 million this year is reserved specifically for the survey of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land in Sarawak, Works Minister Baru Bian said today. He said the RM21.5 million
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