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Closed-door inquiry: Hamid Sultan fails to challenge JEC’s decision
KUALA LUMPUR: Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer today failed in his application to challenge the Judges’ Ethics Committee’s (JEC) decision to hold a closed-door inquiry against him. This is following a decision by High Court Judge Datuk Seri
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COVID-19: 46-year-old female M’sian among four new community cases in S’pore
SINGAPORE: A 46-year-old female Malaysian was among the four new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore yesterday, according to the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH). Labelled as Case 59513, the work pass holder works as a sales personnel at Toppan Merrill Pte Ltd of Church Street,
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Female elephant rampages through school compound in Gerik
GERIK: A female elephant, aged between 30 and 35 years, rampaged into the compound of Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) RPS Kemar, near here last Tuesday. Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director, Yusoff Shariff said the wild elephant wandered in the
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Three men arrested for encroaching on Ulu Galas Permanent Forest Reserve
KOTA BHARU, Jan 21: The Kelantan Forestry Department (JPNK) arrested a local man last Monday in an operation codenamed ‘Op Bersepadu Khazanah’ for hiring two Myanmar nationals to plant banana and durian trees at the Ulu Galas Permanent Forest Reserve, Gua
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Transcending cultural differences with calligraphy
KULAI: The Chinese New Year festive period is a busy time for Cheng Ho Chung. The 83-year-old Chinese calligrapher has numerous orders for couplets, lanterns and other trappings for the festival to fulfil, all bearing messages of success, health and wealth
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MCMC urges public to report spread of fake news
KUALA LUMPUR: The public have been asked to report fake or misleading content circulated in social media or via text messages to the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), particularly at a time when the country is battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Police patrol Penang schools to ensure SOP followed
BUTTERWORTH: Police monitoring will continue at secondary schools that reopened today to make sure the movement control order (MCO) standard operating procedure (SOP) is followed, said Seberang Perai Utara (SPU) police chief, ACP Noorzainy Mohd Noor. He said that there are
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Man, wife die in Tampin road accident
TAMPIN: A man and his wife were killed when the car they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a trailer lorry at Jalan Tampin-Gemas, near the Gedok Mas factory junction, near here, last night. Mohamad Ismail, 70, and his wife
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Rusty hand grenade discovered in Skudai
JOHOR BAHRU: A rusty old hand grenade was found by members of the public under a tree by the roadside in the vicinity of Taman Universiti, Skudai, here, today. Johor Bahru Utara district police chief ACP Rupiah Abd Wahid said police
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Fintec unit reaches agreement to supply gloves in Europe
KUALA LUMPUR: Global Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Fintec Glove Sdn Bhd, has reached an agreement with Robayu Corporation to enter into a memorandum of agreement to supply medical grade gloves in Europe. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, the technology incubation
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