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1MDB audit tampering: Najib, Arul joint trial in Nov, Jan
KUALA LUMPUR: The 1MDB audit tampering trial involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and 1MDB’s former president and CEO, Arul Kanda Kandasamy will take place from Nov 18 to Nov 29, as well as from Jan 13 to
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Najib Trial: Two teams from Bank Negara raided Ambank
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara investigation officer Azizul Adzani Abdul Ghafar revealed that there were two teams raiding the Ambank Raja Chulan branch four years ago. He was part of the first team that conducted the raid, arriving at the venue
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PH’s hattrick losses stopped Umno exodus into Bersatu
PUCHONG: Penang deputy chief minister II, P Ramasamy viewed the Pakatan Harapan (PH) hattrick losses in the Cameron Highlands, Semenyih and Rantau by – elections positively for PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as it stopped the Umno exodus into
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Najib’s trial: Defence to cross-examine first witness
KUALA LUMPUR: The trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s case involving RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds continues today with his defence team set to cross-examine the first witness. On April 3, High Court
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Malaysian Bar to Putrajaya: Abolish, not amend, NSC Act
PUCHONG: Malaysian Bar president Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor has called upon the government to abolish the controversial National Security Council Act 2016 (NSC Act) as promised by Pakatan Harapan in its manifesto instead of amending it. “The tabling of the
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Kadir Jasin reminds new MB that Johor people supported PH, not royalty
PUCHONG: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s media advisor, Datuk A Kadir Jasin stopped short of congratulating newly minted Johor Menteri Besar Dr Sahruddin Jamal and instead reminded him that the people of Johor backed Pakatan Harapan while the royalty
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WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram facing outage again
PUCHONG: Popular messaging app WhatsApp and social media platforms Facebook and Instagram went down and inaccessible worldwide. Facebook and Instagram were both inaccessible, with news feeds refusing to refresh and the main Facebook.com domain unavailable for around two hours. WhatsApp
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Calls for massive police reports against Dr Zakir Naik
PENANG: Malaysian Tamilar Kural president David Marshel has called upon the public to lodge mass police reports against Indian Muslim televangelist preacher Dr Zakir Naik in a bid to prevent him from speaking in Universiti Utara Malaya. Zakir is scheduled
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Newly minted Johor MB Dr Sahruddin Jamal confirms exco reshuffle
JOHOR BARU: The newly minted Johor Menteri Besar Dr Sahruddin Jamal confirmed that he would reshuffle the state exco line up within a fortnight. “Despite having 14 days to make changes to the state executive committee line-up, I will personally
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Marathwada’s women go wombless due to career opportunity
MAHARASHTRA: Women folk in Marathwada region opt to undergo hysterectomies to remove their wombs to boost their career opportunity in the sugar cane industry. “You will hardly find women with wombs in these villages. These are villages of womb-less women,”
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