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KKMM checking whether Al Jazeera documentary received go ahead from FINAS
KUANTAN: The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) is checking if the controversial documentary “Locked Up In Malaysia’s Lockdown” produced by international media Al-Jazeera was licensed by the National Film Development Corporation (FINAS) before it began production, said its minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. He said
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Newborn baby girl found in mineral water carton
KUALA LUMPUR: A newborn baby girl was found with her umbilical cord still intact at the Jalan Kabus-Jalan Bintang intersection in Ampang near here, today. Ampang Jaya District Police Chief ACP Noor Azmi Yusoff said the department received a call regarding
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Police detain local man, seize drugs worth RM100,000
KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested a local man and seized various types of drugs estimated to be worth more than RM100,000, here, last Thursday. Members of the Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent Headquarters’ Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department arrested the 37-year-old man at Jalan
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Sarawakian graves hit by tomb raiders
MIRI: At least five graves at the Roman Catholic cemetery in Riam here were desecrated by tomb raiders in search of valuables buried with the deceased recently. Parish council member Stephen Ong told The Borneo Post that he rushed to the
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Finance Ministry to study rakyat’s proposal for Budget 2021
KOTA KINABALU: The Finance Ministry will study each proposal submitted by the people and stakeholders in drafting the 2021 Budget which is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament in November, and subsequently the tabling of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) next
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Kelantan hotels to carry out sanitisation to boost tourist confidence
KOTA BARU: The Kelantan state government will work with hotel operators in the state to carry out sanitisation of all hotels here so as to boost tourist confidence. Chairman of the Kelantan Unity, Culture, Heritage and Tourism Committee, Datuk Md Anizam
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Unemployment issue to be discussed in parliament today
KUALA LUMPUR: The issue on unemployment is among topics to be discussed in the Dewan Rakyat sitting today. According to the Order Paper on the Parliament website, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (PH-Port Dickson) is scheduled to ask Minister of Human Resources
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Section 17A of MACC Act can curb graft post-MCO
PUTRAJAYA: Section 17A of the MACC Act 2009, which came into force on June 1, is the perfect weapon to curtail corruption at a time when companies struggling to keep afloat may consider bribery to earn a quick profit. Malaysian Anti-Corruption
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Sultan Selangor consents to increased number of worshippers at daily, Friday congregational prayers
SHAH ALAM: Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has consented to increasing the number of worshippers performing daily and Friday prayers in mosques and surau in the state in accordance with the capacity of the actual space, effective today. Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS)
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96.7% of wage subsidy applications approved by Socso
KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has approved 96.7% or 314,844 applications for the Wage Subsidy Programme as of Wednesday, Chief Executive Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said. He said since the Wage Subsidy Programme was introduced on
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