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Ex-photographer of production company pleads guilty to insulting Hinduism
KUALA LUMPUR: A former photographer of a production company pleaded guilty today in the Sessions Court to two charges of insulting Hinduism on his Facebook account. Zamri Abdul Razak, 52, attired in blue jeans and a black T-shirt with the
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Selangor MB: Don’t panic, Klang river chemical clean-up underway
KUALA LUMPUR: Residents of Taman Eng Ann in Klang, Selangor need not panic and evacuate amid reports of chemical waste dumping contaminating a section of Sungai Klang in their neighbourhood. Selangor Mentri Besar Amirudin Shari assured the locals that state
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High Commission confirms one Malaysian hurt in New Zealand terror attacks
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian was injured in the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand today. Information received from High Commission of Malaysia in Wellington states that the victim is currently receiving treatment at a hospital. “As reported, there was a
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TMJ: Politics can wait, address the critical situation.
JOHOR BARU: Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim tweeted today that this is not the time for politics but to concentrate on working over the gravely situation at Pasir Gudang that is now contaminated by illegally dumped chemicals. “Still
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Facebook restores services after global outage
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had restored service to its main app and Instagram, after the world’s largest social network suffered a major outage that frustrated users across the globe for about 24 hours. The company also said it
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Litigants against temple committee slapped with costs in precedent case
KUALA LUMPUR : In a precedent ruling, the Shah Alam High Court imposed costs on a litigant who sued a temple committee. Previous cases involving temples did not involve monetary costs. The precedent ruling was delivered by Shah Alam High
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Married couple among 13 people detained for drug abuse in Miri
MIRI: A man and his wife were among 13 people detained for drug abuse in an operation by the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) here and in Bekenu early today. Miri AADK chief Mazlan Jikran said the married couple, aged 37
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Pasir Gudang: Students sad they couldn’t take SPM results at school
PASIR GUDANG: Students receiving their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) results at the Pasir Gudang district education office here were disappointed that they could not visit their school one last time as it was shut down due to chemical pollution. Students from
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2018 SPM results record improved GPN
PUTRAJAYA: The 2018 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) results recorded a better National Average Grade (GPN) of 4.89 from 4.90 in 2017, said Education director-general Datuk Dr Amin Senin. He said the improvement, though “small”, continued the positive trend which had
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AMK ‘task force’ to counter online criticism of Rantau candidate
SEREMBAN: Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) will be setting up a social media task force in anticipation of badmouthing of Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) candidate Dr S. Streram by the opposition in the run up to the Rantau by-election. The vice head
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