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Rania’s appointment is not unprecedented or endorsement of LBGT
KUALA LUMPUR: Rania Zara Medina is not the first transgender appointed to the Health Ministry’s Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) committee, said Malaysia Public Health Experts Association president Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar today. In a statement, Zainal said representatives from
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Rape charges on DAP leader: Lim waiting for police to finish probe
KUALA LUMPUR: The DAP would only decide its next course of action on Perak state executive councillor Paul Yong after the police wrap up their investigations over the rape charges. Speaking at the Parliament today, DAP secretary general Lim Guan
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Iran denies trying to stop British tanker in Gulf, US and Brits say otherwise
GENEVA: Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards rejected today a US claim that they tried to stop a British tanker in the Gulf a day earlier, the Guards said in a statement carried by the semi-official Fars news agency. Five boats believed
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Dr M: Youths should have employability skills
KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad wants local youths to improve their personal qualities and attitudes to help them meet the characteristics employers look for in employees, such as committed, diligent, resilient and capable of working as a team. According
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Boy drowns in Muadzam Shah river
KUANTAN, July 10 (Bernama) — A 13-year-old boy drowned while bathing in Sungai Felda Selancar 3 in Muadzam Shah, Rompin, near here, today. Rompin district police chief DSP Zainal Omar Mahamud said the body of Mohd Saiful Amri Salahudin was
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Dr M: Malaysians have freedom of religion but with restrictions..
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians have freedom of religion but there is restriction from propagating other religion to Muslims in the country, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Speaking at a press conference at the Parliament today, Mahathir also cautioned Shiites
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Dr M: Sedition Act will be repealed ASAP
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad confirmed that the Pakatan Harapan government will repeal Sedition Act 1948 but stopped short of giving a time frame. “We will first repeal the act. And for the new act, we are in
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Carrie Lam: From Iron Lady to lame duck
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam’s apologies and explanations for the doomed extradition bill have failed to quell political tension and her departure is now seen by many in the Chinese-ruled city as merely a matter of time in a
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KWAP loans increased for SRC International because of Najib
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) chairman Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah testified in court that the agency approved a loan for SRC International amounting to RM 1 billion but former prime minister Datuk
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PAS: Revoke Rania’s appointment, get ‘ex-transgender’ instead
KUALA LUMPUR: Revoke transgender Rania Zara Medina’s appointment under the Health Ministry and replace her with an ‘ex-transgender’, a PAS leader demanded. In a statement, PAS Muslimat chief Nuridah Mohd Salleh said Rania has no business being in the committee
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