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Judge limits ‘fishing expedition’ to 10 minutes
KUALA LUMPUR: High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali limited a ‘fishing expedition’ – the questioning by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s defence team – to 10 minutes after the prosecution raised objections. Deputy public prosecutor V Sithambaram
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Death in custody: Incapacity for outrage in ‘New Malaysia’
What does it take to make every elected representative and police officer feel outrage whenever there is a case of a death in custody? Under the bad old Barisan Nasional 9BN) regime, deaths in police and enforcement agencies’ custody were
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Pos Lenjang Orang Asli warded for malaria
PUCHONG: A total of 10 Orang Asli in Pos Lenjang, Kuala Lipis in Pahang have fallen ill, suspected to be due to plasmodium vivax malaria. Of this number nine have been warded. “This is the most dangerous kind of Malaria.
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Najib turns his guns on Nazri Aziz
PUCHONG: Barisan Nasional advisory council chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak has turned his guns on Padang Rengas MP Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz by stating that Nazri was responsible in eroding the Chinese support for the coalition and opposing cooperation with
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Dead foreign student wasn’t assaulted, claims Immigration
KUALA LUMPUR: Immigration Department director general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud has maintained that Thomas Orhions Ewansiha was not physically assaulted even though the post-mortem report from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital (HUKM) has not confirmed the Nigerian’s student’s death. “As explained
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Agong departs for Malaysia after visiting Saudi Arabia
JEDDAH: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah departs for home after a successful three-day special visit to Saudi Arabia. His Majesty was received by the Governor of Jeddah, Prince Mashel bin Majed bin AbdulAziz at the
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‘Missing’ GST refund report tabled tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Accounts Committee would be tabling the “missing” RM19.4bil Goods and Services Tax (GST) credit refund report tomorrow, a day before schedule, confirmed its chairman Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad. “The decision to release the tabling of the
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Heineken 0.0 for non-Muslims only
PUCHONG: The newly launched Heineken 0.0 is non-halal and strictly for the consumption of non-Muslims aged 21 and above, according to Heineken Malaysia Berhad. The company released a statement, clarifying that all Heineken 0.0 products are only available at the
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No full privatisation, jobs cut – Malaysia Airlines’ veterans, NUFAM
KUALA LUMPUR: No full privatisation, no job cuts and retain Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) as the national carrier — those are all its veterans and union want from the government if the acquisition by private parties is the way to
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Don’t confuse Muslims with alcohol free drinks
PARIT BUNTAR: Beer manufacturers in the country have been told not to confuse consumers especially Muslims by producing alcohol-free drink. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof stressed that alcohol-free beer is only confusing Muslims and it
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