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Support and trust Latheefa to lead MACC
PUTRAJAYA: Support and trust Latheefa Koya to lead the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and to do her best to carry out her duties, said its former chief commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Abdull. Mohd Shukri said it was a waste
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Ex-MACC chief: My exit not due to political conspiracy
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Shukri Abdull denied rumours of a political conspiracy behind his recent departure as the head of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as he had informed Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that he would only serve for
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Nine arrested over entertainment centre brawl
KUALA LUMPUR: An accidental clash of shoulders ended up with a man being beaten up by nine patrons of an entertainment centre at Dataran C180, Cheras Selatan yesterday. Kajang district police chief ACP Ahmad Dzaffir Mohd Yussof said just before
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Abu Sayyaf’s former hostage to return to sea
KUALA LUMPUR: Still traumatised by his abduction by Abu Sayyaf in 2016, 48-year old Tayudin Anjut said that he has no choice but to go back to the sea to earn a living. “I have no choice but to try
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Experts: Internet addiction a mental disorder
NILAI: Social media and online video game addiction is detrimental to the wellbeing of netizens. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) senior lecturer (Leadership and Management) Dr Nurhafizah Mohd Sukor said failure to control the obsession could lead to mental disorder.
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Rape comments: Malaysian doctor suspended indefinitely
PUCHONG: A Malaysian doctor who posted on an online forum that ‘some women deserve to be raped’ and other offensive comments has been suspended indefinitely and is being probed by the Medical Board of Australia (MBA). Christopher Lee Kwan Chen,
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Two women killed, two injured in car crash
KUALA LUMPUR: Two women were killed and two others were seriously injured when the car they were travelling in crashed into a pillar of a flyover in Lebuhraya Mahameru yesterday. The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department said the Perodua
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Singer arrested for keeping sun bear illegally
KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (Perhilitan) arrested a female singer yesterday, suspected of keeping a sun bear at her condominium unit in Desa Pandan, The 27-year-old woman was arrested at 8pm at her home
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Khatib dies while delivering sermon at mosque
ALOR SETAR: A khatib (a person who delivers sermon) collapsed while delivering the Friday prayer sermon at the Al-Bukhary mosque yesterday, before being pronounced dead in hospital later. Ku Yaacob Ku Hashim, 68, a former teacher of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan
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Latheefa Koya pledges corruption free environment for Malaysians
PUCHONG: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief Latheefa Koya has pledged to create a corruption free environment for Malaysians on her first full day at work. “I am also looking at long term action including education, to create an intolerant culture towards
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