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Under fire, govt retains Proton Perdana as official car for ministers, deputies
PUTRAJAYA: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today said Proton Perdana will be retained as the official car for ministers and their deputies. Lim explained that when the contract for the supply of cars for official government use was discussed following
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Dr M is now Acting Education Minister
PUCHONG: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad would serve as the Acting Education Minister until a proper replacement is found. In a statement today, The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that the Cabinet made the decision during its weekly meeting
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FAM not ruling out appealing FIFA fine
KUALA LUMPUR: The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) is not ruling out appealing the 50,000 Swiss Francs (RM209,952) fine imposed by FIFA following the ugly incidents that broke out during the World Cup 2022/Asia Cup 2023 qualifying match between Malaysia
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Police to investigate viral letter criticising CNY decor in Puchong school
PUCHONG: Police will investigate a viralled letter that criticised the Chinese New Year decoration in a school in Puchong, which has been taken down. Serdang district police chief ACP Ismail Borhan said an investigation has been opened after they received
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Health Ministry: Two new polio cases detected in Sabah
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today confirmed detecting two new polio cases in Sabah. In a statement today, its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a boy aged 11 years in Kinabatangan and another boy aged eight years old in
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Najib on gay sex video: Can I advise you something, AG?
PUCHONG: It is not that difficult to identify the ‘actors’ of the gay sex video, provided the law enforcement agencies were serious about it. In a Facebook post yesterday, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said that many
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Siti Kasim: Wiretapping is legal, going public with evidence is also okay
PUCHONG: Lawyer-activist Siti Kasim said that law enforcement agencies are empowered to wiretap communications of anyone suspected to be involved in criminal activity. In a Facebook post yesterday, Siti said that then Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri
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NSE crash causes massive snarl northbound after Menora Tunnel
IPOH: A collision on the North-South Expressway (NSE) between a car and a lorry laden with newsprint rolls caused a 6-km jam northbound after the Menora Tunnel early today. A PLUS Malaysia Berhad spokesman said all lanes at that stretch
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Lee Zii Jia eyes another scalp in Malaysia Masters
KUALA LUMPUR: After upstaging World No 4 Anders Antonsen in the opening round of the Malaysia Masters badminton championship here, national singles player Lee Zii Jia has trained his sights on another scalp – China’s World No 8, from China,
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Demand for traditional clay pots increase dramatically for Ponggal
NIBONG TEBAL: Ahead of Ponggal, the annual harvest festival celebrated by Hindus on Wednesday (Jan 15), the demand for traditional clay pots has increased dramatically this year. The pressure was felt by clay pot maker D Reguraj and his wife,
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