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Get priorities right or be a one term government, PH govt warned
PUCHONG: Pakatan Harapan (PH) may end up becoming a one-term government if it doesn’t get its priorities right, tycoon Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew said amid divisions in the coalition over khat. The founder of property developer company, Country Heights
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‘Najib masterminded sexual harassment allegation against me’
KUALA LUMPUR: In a shocking expose, former second finance minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said that he believed that former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak masterminded the sexual harassment allegation against him as he had raised concerns over the way state
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IRB sues Najib’s son for RM37.6 million
KUALA LUMPUR: After slapping a suit on former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to seek RM1.69 billion in unpaid taxes, the Inland Revenue Board is suing Najib’s son, Nazifuddin for RM37.6 million in unpaid taxes, reported Malaysiakini. The
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Dr M: Lead the world in abandoning nuke weapons, Japan
TOKYO: Japan must lead the world in abandoning nuclear weapons as it is the only country to have suffered directly from their use, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. Speaking to Kyodo News during his two-day visit to Japan,
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Comprehensive solution to address mental health in the works
PUTRAJAYA: The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Niosh) is developing a comprehensive solution to help employers and workers to systematically address mental health problems in the workplace. Its chairman, Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said it would also
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20 questioned in search for Nora Anne Quoirin
SEREMBAN: At least 20 people have been questioned as part of the search and rescue (SAR) mission for an Irish teenager who disappeared from a holiday resort this week, as more than 200 searchers, dogs and two drones scoured the
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Resettlement village for UNHCR registered refugees?
PETALING JAYA: Housing and Local Government Ministry is studying the idea of setting up a resettlement village to regroup refugees registered under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that are scattered all over the country. Speaking to Bernama,
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Boosting Malaysia – Indonesia relations
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesian President Joko Widodo will hold a two-day official visit to Kuala Lumpur starting today which is expected to further strengthen the already close bilateral relations between Malaysia and Indonesia. According to a statement by the Foreign Ministry,
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Malaysia’s international reserves up at US$103.9b
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s gross international reserves rose to US$103.9 billion as at July 31, from US$103.3 billion on July 15, the central bank said on Wednesday. The reserves were sufficient to finance 7.6 months of retained imports, and were 1.2
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Nora Anne was abducted, family insists
PUCHONG: The family of missing Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin is resolved that the 15-year-old was abducted and “increasingly frustrated” with the Malaysian police’s tactics to find her even though the Malaysian police continued to investigate the case as a
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