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Keep your houses clean to combat Aedes mosquito- Terengganu health director
KUALA TERENGGANU: Terengganu health director Dr Mohd Jusoh today advised the people to keep their housing areas clean and destroy the breeding grounds of the Aedes mosquito in view of an increase in the number of dengue cases this year.
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Vietnam rolls out red carpet for Dr M
HANOI: Vietnam rolled out the red carpet to welcome visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for his three-day official visit to the socialist republic today. Mahathir was accorded an official welcome at the Presidential Palace where he was
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Vital issues in criminalising hate speech
The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for Religious Affairs Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa intends to enact laws that deal directly with hate speech following recent controversies relating to race and religious sensitivities and the widespread dissemination of
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Fire destroys 60 houses in Tawau
TAWAU: At least 60 homes were destroyed in a fire in Kampung Otentik, Tanjung Batu Keramat, last night. Tawau Fire and Rescue station chief Sharudy Delamin said firefighters had difficulty putting out the fire due to strong wind as well
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Seven-kilometre crawl on PLUS Expressway
SEREMBAN: The traffic along the North-South Expressway (PLUS) heading north from Bandar Ainsdale near here is reported to be congested with a seven-kilometre crawl this morning due to works to remove the two lorries involved in an accident last night.
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‘Politicians masterminded ‘unpaid taxes’ witch hunt on me’
KUALA LUMPUR: Nooryana Najwa Najib, the daughter of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, blamed politicians as the mastermind behind the witch hunt following the decision by the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) to sue for RM10.3 million in unpaid
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34 years’ incarceration, 20 strokes of caning for rape, molest, sodomy of 8
SANDAKAN: A primary school disciplinary teacher in Beluran was sentenced to a total of 34 years imprisonment and a total of 20 strokes of the cane on 14 charges of rape, molestation and sodomy of eight female pupils. Sessions Court
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60 houses gutted in fire
TAWAU: At least 60 homes were destroyed in a fire in Kampung Otentik, Tanjung Batu Keramat last night. Tawau Fire and Rescue station chief Sharudy Delamin said firefighters had difficulty putting out the fire due to strong wind as well
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Students, activist arrested over protest
PETALING JAYA: Seven students and an activist were arrested at a protest in front of their college in Ara Damansara, Kelana Jaya yesterday. Petaling Jaya district deputy police chief Supt Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood said the eight, aged between 20
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Najib’s daughter sought over RM10.3 in unpaid taxes
SHAH ALAM: The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) is seeking RM10.3 million in unpaid income taxes from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s daughter Nooryana Najwa. The LHDN filed the writ of summons against Nooryana on July 24 at the
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