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Efforts underway to preserve Melanau identity with digital dictionary as youth lose fluency, says Sarawak deputy minister
SIBU, April 19 — Preserving the Melanau language and identity is crucial to ensure it is not lost among the younger generation, said Sarawak Deputy Minister for Urban Planning, Land Administration and Environment Datuk Len Talif Salleh. He said efforts
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Anwar praises Malaysia’s diversity, announces RM500,000 for Sikh community at Vaisakhi celebration
KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today described Malaysia’s diversity as the nation’s core strength. He said Malaysia’s cultures, traditions and communities are not merely markers of identity but the very foundation of the country’s
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‘No compromise’: Youth and Sports Ministry backs probe into RM7m squash court scandal
KUALA TERENGGANU, April 19 — The Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) has left the investigation into the alleged corruption case involving a RM7 million squash court in Kuala Lumpur to the authorities. Minister Dr Mohammed Taufiq Johari said that
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In return to Umno, Khairy says no demands, ready to rebuild trust in public
KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — Umno returnee Khairy Jamaluddin today expressed his gratitude and readiness to work to restore public confidence in the party that expelled him three years ago. In a Facebook post this afternoon, he thanked Umno president
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Digital Ministry: Backlog of 3,600 foreign knowledge worker applications cleared, processing to stabilise by Q2
PUTRAJAYA, April 18 — A backlog of over 3,600 Foreign Knowledge Worker (FKW) applications has been processed at Malaysian Digital Economic Corporation stage and have been forwarded to the next stage for further action as of April 15, the Digital
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Asia’s busiest trade route, the Straits of Malacca, draws scrutiny as security risks rise
KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — Rising geopolitical tensions linked to the Strait of Hormuz are putting renewed attention on the Straits of Malacca, one of the world’s most critical maritime trade routes. The narrow waterway that passes Malaysia, Indonesia, and
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PM Anwar: Malaysia stands firm in speaking truth on global stage
KOTA BHARU, April 18 — Malaysia remains firm in its independent and sovereign position to speak the truth at the international level, even if it is difficult for some countries and major world powers to accept, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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Man jailed for using fake payslip to buy products on instalment
KOTA KINABALU, April 18 — The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a 37-year-old man, who used a forged payslip as genuine to purchase electrical items on instalment, to nine months in jail. Magistrate Wan Farrah Farriza Wan Ghazali meted out the
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Man fined RM48,000 for possessing carcasses, live specimen of various protected species
SANDAKAN, April 18 — A 38-year-old was fined RM48,000 after pleading guilty to a charge of possessing animals from protected species at the Sessions Court here on Thursday. Hendry Rayner Endim, a plantation officer, pleaded guilty after the charge was
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MIC still ‘core’ member of BN, says Zahid
KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today asserted that MIC is still a component member of the coalition, amid speculations over its status. He added that while there had been communication on
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