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Drop charges against protesters, says activist
PUCHONG: A rights NGO, Article 19 Malaysia urged the police to drop all investigations under the Sedition Act and Communications and Multimedia Act against those who staged protests against the new government last week. In a Facebook post, its programme
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Hisham: 14 new COVID-19 cases recorded, total now at 50
PUCHONG: Health Ministry director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today that 14 new COVID-19 cases were recorded today, totalling the number of cases detected in Malaysia to 50. Hisham described the sudden rise of the coronavirus cases as
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Another man detained for insulting Agong, Johor Sultan
KUALA LUMPUR: Police detained another man who was believed to have uploaded a status that insulted the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Johor Sultan, Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on social media. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department deputy director (Investigation/Legal) DCP Mior Faridalathrash Wahid
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TLO vox pop: Pakatan failed us, Dr M was right to quit
PUCHONG: After the dust had almost settled following the ouster of Pakatan Harapan by Perikatan Nasional to claim the federal government, many have given their thoughts on what caused the political upheaval. While many have criticised Perikatan Nasional for forming
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Cops seek trio in Skudai car repossession incident
JOHOR BARU: Police are looking for three men in connection with a scuffle that occurred during their attempt to repossess a Toyota Hilux, here yesterday. North Johor Baru district police chief ACP Mohd Taib Ahmad said investigations were focused on
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DAP to Muhyiddin: Emulate Hussein Onn and get your majority from Dewan Rakyat
The parliamentary meeting scheduled to meet for a month from Monday, March 9, 2020 has been postponed to May 18, 2020. This has been interpreted as “a sign of weakness” on the part of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
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Da’i reality show winner’s wife charged with cheating
KUALA LUMPUR: A businesswoman, who is the wife of preacher Nik Ahmad Farhan Nik Mohamad, the winner of TV3’s second season religious programme Da’i, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with cheating a trader of RM10,050 with a promise of
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Angered by lewd comments, DAP’s Syefura turn the tables on her detractors
KUANTAN: Ketari state assemblyperson Young Syefura Othman recently expressed her disgust on Twitter over certain lewd online comments levelled against her. In a series of Twitter posts, the DAP politicians said that ever since she got involved in politics seven years
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Ariff announces new Dewan Rakyat sessions schedule for this year
PUCHONG: Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof confirmed that the Dewan Rakyat session, scheduled for next week, has been postponed to May 18. In a statement, Ariff also announced the Dewan Rakyat session for the whole year
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Lawyer: Dewan Rakyat Speaker can accept or reject call to postpone sitting
PUCHONG: Suaram’s legal expert Amir Abd Hadi said that postponing the Dewan Rakyat sitting from March 9 to May 18 goes against the House Standing Orders. Speaking to The Leaders Online, he said that under Order 11 (3), the prime
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