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Cabinet agrees to establish Malaysian Media Council
KUALA PILAH: The Cabinet has agreed in principle to establish the Malaysian Media Council (MMC), says Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Eddin Syazlee Shith. He said he would be chairing the first meeting to discuss the framework of establishing the
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Flood worsens, more being housed in relief centres
KUALA LUMPUR: The situation in most flood-hit states continues to worsen with more flood victims being housed in temporary relief centres (PPS). In Johor, the number of evacuees increased sharply to 9,043 victims from 2,448 families as at 9pm compared
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Lim: Focus on election pledges, not power transition
BUTTERWORTH: DAP members should focus on fulfilling the Pakatan Harapan (PH) manifesto to develop the country instead of being distracted by the power transition for the post of prime minister, said DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng. He advised party members
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Marzuki leads Malaysian delegation to ASEM
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Marzuki Yahya is leading the Malaysian delegation to the foreign ministers’ meeting of the 14th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) today and tomorrow in Madrid, Spain. The Foreign Ministry in a statement today said Marzuki was
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Sudan’s former president exempted from prison sentence for being old despite conviction for corruption
KHARTOUM: A Sudanese criminal court on Saturday convicted former President Omar al-Bashir of corruption, and possession of foreign currency and illicit wealth, sentencing him to two-year detention in a reform institution instead of in prison for exceeding age of 70,
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Over 140 tonnes of ketum leaves seized from Jan-Nov
JEMPOL: Police have seized over 140 tonnes of ketum leaves worth RM4 million for the period, January to November this year, said Bukit Aman Narcotics CID director Datuk Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd. He said the quantity nearly doubled 87,563.90 kg
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Flood situation in Rompin worsens
KUANTAN: The flood situation in Rompin, Pahang, has taken a turn for the worse with 681 people from 176 families evacuated as of 7 am this morning compared to 345 people from 92 families reported last night. The Social Welfare
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3,835 displaced by floods in Johor
JOHOR BAHRU: Continuous heavy rain for the past two days has seen the number of flood victims in Johor increased dramatically with 3,835 people from 1,054 families were evacuated from their homes as of 8 am today. State Government, Urban
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Woman conned by ‘travel agent’ of RM56,360
KUANTAN, Dec 15 — A woman has been allegedly cheated of RM56,360 by a “travel agent” who asked her to collect the money from a group of people for a tour to China. Pahang commercial crime investigation department chief Supt
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KKM prepared to scrutinise fixed medicine prices, pharmaceutical supplies
KUALA SELANGOR: The Ministry of Health (KKM) is prepared to scrutinise the proposal to fix a benchmark for the prices of medicine and pharmaceutical supplies in the future. Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, who described the proposal well,
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