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Sabah NSC targets to deport more than 13,000 immigrants this year
SANDAKAN: The Sabah National Security Council (NSC) is targeting to deport more than 13,000 undocumented immigrants this year. Its director Sharifah Sitti Saleha Habib Yussof said measures to achieve this target would be implemented with relevant government departments and agencies such
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Ezam: Remove Dr M now, he’s back to his old dictatorial ways!
PUCHONG: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad must be removed from office as he is back to his old dictatorial ways, said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Movement. In a statement, the movement’s chairman Datuk Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor also said that
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Conference in Singapore leads many international attendees to contract coronavirus
Health experts are now advising people stay away from conferences and exhibitions in Asia especially those that have international participants or exhibitors after an incident in Singapore. The details and venue of the conference has not been disclosed due to
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Singapore to cease accepting Malaysian Collective Travel Document from Jan 1, 2021
SINGAPORE: Singapore will cease to accept the Malaysian Collective Travel Document (MCTD) for entry by Malaysians into Singapore, effective from Jan 1, 2021. “This is to strengthen the security and efficiency of immigration clearance at Singapore’s checkpoints,” said the republic’s
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Action against Sajat after MCMC’s probe, says Mujahid
KUALA LUMPUR: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa said he will decide on actions against the controversial cosmetic entrepreneur Muhammad Sajad Kamaruz Zaman after the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has completed its probe.
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Couple working round the clock to meet kavadi orders for Thaipusam
GEORGE TOWN: With only three days to Thaipusam, utmost on the minds of most Tamil people now will be the kavadi, which is basically a “physical” burden” made of elaborate framework of steel rods, plywood and other decoration, for them to
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PDRM announces transfer of 12 senior police officers
KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah deputy police commissioner Datuk Zaini Jass is among 12 senior officers of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) involved in a reshuffle. PDRM corporate communications chief Datuk Asmawati Ahmad in a statement yesterday said all the transfers would be effective March 4. Topping
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Employer, 102 immigrants nabbed at wholesale markets in January
PUTRAJAYA: Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said an employer and 102 immigrants were detained in eight operations conducted by the Immigration Department at wholesale markets in the Klang Valley last month. He said that last year, 133 enforcement operations
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Two perish in fire at Matu Daro
KUCHING: Two women died in a fire that destroyed two homes in Kampung Sekaan Kecil, Matu Daro, about 660 km north from here early this morning. The remains of Sedah Sahari, in her late 80s, and a disabled woman known
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Chinese girl recovers from coronavirus, discharged from hospital
KUALA LUMPUR: A girl from China who was treated at Sultanah Maliha Hospital, Langkawi, Kedah for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) was allowed to return home after recovering from the disease. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement tonight that
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