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Khat for Dr M to garner support? No way
SUBANG JAYA: Transport Minister Anthony Loke has dismissed claims that Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is using the khat issue to garner Malay support for Pakatan Harapan (PH). Loke said this in response to an audio clip in Chinese
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Nothing suspicious about Najib’s Ambank accounts
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Ambank relationship manager Joanne Yu Ging Ping testified that there was nothing suspicious about the transactions involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s two bank accounts. This is despite the large amount of funds being credited
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50% NCDs patients unaware about it
PUTRAJAYA: About 50% of those having non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country are not aware they have such diseases, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that was one of the factors that prompted the government to
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KLCI plummets below 1,600 amid US- China trade war
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI fell below the critical support level of 1,600 in early trade, tracking the bloodshed on Wall Street overnight. Global equities have been routed as the trade war between the US and China intensified, with Washington
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Nora Anne Quoirin case is a missing persons case, not abduction
PUCHONG: Nora Anne Quoirin, a special needs 15-year-old who disappeared overnight from her holiday bedroom at an upscale forest resort in Seremban, Negri Sembilan is still regarded as a missing persons case and not an abduction, local police clarified. “The
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DAP not split over khat
KUALA LUMPUR: The DAP is not split over the controversy surrounding the introduction of khat for Standard Four students nationwide, stressed party secretary general Lim Guan Eng. “The discussion was done in an open and frank matter. What is important
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Guan Eng: Sin Chew Jit Poh raised Chinese fears over khat
KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese daily, Sin Chew Jit Poh was blamed for the opposition of the Chinese community against the introduction of Jawi writing, known as khat. DAP secretary general Lim Guan Eng took to Facebook last night in accusing the
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Jho Low wanted to reverse fund transfers made to Najib’s accounts
KUALA LUMPUR: Ambank’s former relationship manager Joanne Yu Ging Ping testified that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, instructed her to transfer to reverse a transfer of RM27 million into Najib Abdul Razak’s AmBank account ending
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Race based affirmative action not viable, need based a necessity
PETALING JAYA: Special advisor to the government, Tun Daim Zainuddin has called for a need based affirmative action since the race based policy in practice is no longer viable. Speaking at an international conference on emerging issues in public policy
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Kula is for refugees right to work
KUALA LUMPUR: Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran is personally supportive of allowing refugees to work in Malaysia as promised in the Pakatan Harapan manifesto even though there has not been any concrete action to realise that promise yet. “The government
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