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Proton to build assembly plant in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: National carmaker Proton will collaborate with Pakistani partner Alhaj Automotive to establish a manufacturing assembly plant in Pakistan, its first in South Asia region. This is based on an agreement signed last year said Malaysia High Commissioner to Pakistan
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Amending Road Transport Act: PDRM’s views needed for decision
KUALA LUMPUR: The Transport Ministry will obtain the views of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) on amending the Road Transport Act 1987 to increase the penalty for causing road fatalities, especially involving drink driving. Its minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook
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Najib’s one successful and three failed appeals
PUTRAJAYA: Pekan MP Datuk Seri Najib Razak today won his bid to compel the prosecution to produce the appointment letter of private lawyer Datuk Sulaiman Abdullah as the lead prosecutor in his trial over RM42 million of SRC International Sdn
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Businesses affected by political patronage: Before & after the great expectations of reform
In a press statement dated 2 July, 2018 reported by the Malay Mail, DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang cautioned Pakatan Harapan (PH) against being perceived to be embarking on a witch hunt. He said PH must not be seen to
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UK styled government will make Sabah, Sarawak equal partners
KUCHING: An analyst from Universiti Malaya’s Malay Studies Academy has suggested that the Pakatan Harapan federal government to emulate the United Kingdom’s devolution of powers in a bid to make Sabah and Sarawak equal partners within the Malaysian federation. Awang
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China’s alleged chemical waste dumped in Bukit Teh
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Chemical waste said to be from China were illegally dumped at a former sand mine in Bukit Teh here, Machang Bubok assemblyman Lee Khai Loon claimed yesterday. He claimed that this has been happening for the past three
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Nur Aisyah Aleya murder case: Unemployed charged
LANGKAWI: An unemployed man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of three-year-old Nur Aisyah Aleya Abdullah, at the Langkawi Hospital quarters last month. The accused, Ramlan Abdul Rashid, 37, was charged under Section 302 of
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Appeals court strikes out Streram’s misfeasance in public office lawsuit
Kuala Lumpur: The Court of Appeal today struck out a Pakatan Harapan election candidate’s misfeasance in public office lawsuit against a former returning officer and the Election Commission (EC). A three-member panel of judges comprising Datuk Ahmadi Asnawi, Datuk Abdul
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Heatwave: How to keep cool in hot weather and stay hydrated
KUALA LUMPUR: A Level 2 heatwave alert has been issued for parts of the Malaysian state of Kedah, as a heatwave grips the country. On Sunday (Mar 17), the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) said a Level 2 heatwave alert, for temperatures between 37
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Police probe: MAHB staff death in Subang airport runway accident
PETALING JAYA: Police are getting to the bottom following the death of a Malaysia Airports (MAHB) staff whose work vehicle was hit by a private jet at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang on Monday. Petaling Jaya police
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