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PDRM: Modifying exhaust pipes will attract imprisonment, fine
KUALA LUMPUR: Owners of vehicles found to have modified their exhaust resulting in noise pollution will face a jail term of up to six months and a fine of up to RM2,000. Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) chief,
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Special needs children regressing as families struggle amid pandemic
KUALA LUMPUR: Five-year-old Noah has stopped talking. Having spent most of his life in Malaysia, he had recently moved to Brunei with his mother and two sisters to join his father who works there. It is only the latest thing he
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Constitutional expert: ‘See you in court’ should not be a Malaysian culture
KUALA LUMPUR: ‘See you in court’ should not be part of a Malaysian culture, instead the out-of-court settlement should be adopted to maintain good relationship among the people in the country. The incumbent Institution of the Malay Rulers Chair at Universiti
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PJ police rescue foreign woman from sex trade
KUALA LUMPUR: Acting on information of sex service available via Locanto application, police apprehended a 49-year-old local man in front of leading hotel in Petaling Jaya yesterday suspected of being involved in prostitution. Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Nik Ezanee
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COVID: S’pore MOH investigates M’sian truck driver
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) said it is investigating a Malaysian truck driver who was denied entry into the republic on Feb 18 after testing positive for COVID-19 on an antigen rapid test (ART) at Woodlands Checkpoint. The ministry
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Perak to receive 79,560 vaccine doses
IPOH: Perak is expected to receive 79,560 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the first phase of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme. State Health, Environmental Science and Green Technology Committee chairman Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin said in the first phase, a total of
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King officiates Menara Kuantan 188, Jambatan Putra
KUANTAN: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today officiated the opening of Kuantan’s new landmark, Menara Kuantan 188, and Jambatan Putra, the second bridge linking Bandar Putra in Tanjung Lumpur and Kuantan city. His Majesty performed
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Public encouraged to support tourism in CMCO, RMCO areas
KUALA LUMPUR: The public is encouraged to support tourism activities at locations in the Conditional Control Movement Order (CMCO) and Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) areas, following the government’s decision to allow them to resume. Urging the public to travel
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COVID-19: Perak records highest infectivity rate in country-Health DG
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21: The average COVID-19 infectivity rate (Rt) based on the number of daily cases in the country today is 0.90, with Perak recording the highest Rt at 1.93. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah through
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SPM 2020: 401,105 candidates to sit for examination under new normal beginning today
KUALA LUMPUR: Today, a total of 401,105 students nationwide will sit for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 examination while the country is still facing the COVID-19 pandemic, a situation which requires them to bring extra “shield”. Besides armed with pens
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