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Agong proud that many women appointed judges
KUALA LUMPUR: Federal Court Judge Datuk Rohana Yusof was today appointed as the new President of the Court of Appeals after receiving the official appointment letter from Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. She received her letter
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51 Chinese nationals jailed for illegal gambling, online cheating
MELAKA: The Magistrate Court here today sentenced 22 Chinese nationals to a month jail and fined RM20,000 each, in default two months’ jail for turning and managing a residential place into a common gaming house. Magistrate Muhammad Nazrin Ali Rahim
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Anwar denies sexual assault allegations
PUCHONG: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today denied allegations that he attempted to sexually assault his former research officer Muhammed Yusoff Rawther. The Port Dickson MP said he had received the report made by Yusoff through the media and
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Businessman fined RM5,000 for becoming member of Geng 24
KULAI: A business with the title “Datuk” was fined RM5,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here today for becoming a member of a secret society known as “Geng 24” or “Geng Leng Hor”. Magistrate Sharifah Maleeha Syed Hussin meted out the
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The rising threat of heart disease in Malaysia
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today said no other disease kills more Malaysians than cardiovascular disease. Mortality due to cardiovascular diseases almost doubled in Malaysia between 2017 and 2019. In a Facebook post, the ministry said based on Death Statistics 2019 report
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Floods: Mosques encourages to hold solat hajat after Friday prayer tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: Mosques across the country are encouraged to hold the ‘solat hajat’ after Friday prayers tomorrow, to pray for ease in facing of the current flood situation. The recommendation was made by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department
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CheguBard: Don’t drag me into Anwar’s sex scandals!
PUCHONG: Former PKR supreme council member, Badrul Hisham Shaharin denied his involvement in the latest sexual misconduct allegation involving party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Badrul said he had no part in the allegation made by Anwar’s former research officer
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17-month-old Myanmar boy found drowned in Ipoh
IPOH: Police have detained the parents of a Myanmarese toddler who was found drowned near a bridge across Sungai Chemor here yesterday. Ipoh district police chief ACP A. Asmadi Abdul Aziz said the body of the male toddler, aged one
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Singer Nassier Wahab dies
KUALA LUMPUR: Popular 1980s singer Nassier Wahab, best known for his song “Memori Cinta Luka”, died at the Universiti Malaya Specialist Centre (UMSC), near here, early today. The Artiste Association of Malaysia (Seniman) secretary-general Hafiz Nafiah, in a statement, said
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Yusoff’s SD details the alleged sexual assault suffered
PUCHONG: Earlier yesterday, PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s former research officer Muhammad Yusoff Rawther alleged that the former had attempted to sexually assault him. Yusoff held a discreet press conference on the matter, claiming the former deputy prime minister
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