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Johor MB tables Bill to appoint five unelected assemblymen
ISKANDAR PUTERI, May 7 — Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi today tabled a Bill to amend the state constitution to allow the appointment of five unelected state assemblymen. The Bill, which had earlier drawn mixed views over claims
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464 false content pieces tied to supply crisis identified in April
KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — A total of 464 pieces of false content related to the global supply crisis were identified between March 29 and April 30, said Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching. She said 312 of the items
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Four men face murder charge over fatal machete attack on 70‑year‑old in Hilir Perak
TELUK INTAN, May 7 — Four men were charged today in the Magistrate’s Court here with the murder of an elderly man using a machete in April. The accused, S. R. C. Parkash Rao, M. V. Aligeswaran, T. Tiagesan, and
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11-year-old dies after motorcycle collision with another underage rider
SIK, May 7 — An 11-year-old boy has reportedly died from severe head injuries yesterday evening after his motorcycle crashed into another underage rider’s vehicle along Jalan Kampung Betong. According to a report in New Straits Times, Sik district police chief
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Johor MB quashes rumours of state assembly dissolution today
ISKANDAR PUTERI, May 7 — Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi has quashed rumours that the state assembly will be dissolved today, paving the way for a snap state election. He called on all 56 state assemblymen to remain
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Immigration Dept arrests two Indonesians over fake security stamp syndicate in KL raids
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The Immigration Department has arrested two Indonesian men believed to be behind a fake Immigration security stamps syndicate during operations conducted in Taman Kepong Indah and Taman Dagang, Ampang here yesterday. Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria
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Sarawak to conduct cloud seeding over key dams to boost water supply
KUCHING, May 5 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) will conduct cloud seeding operations in Sarawak on May 11 and 12 to induce rainfall over key dam catchment areas. MetMalaysia, in a statement today, said the operations would focus on
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Melaka local councils to give small traders one-month rent waiver, 30 per cent discount starting July 1
MELAKA, May 5 — The one-month business premises rent waiver initiative introduced by the Melaka state government, effective July 1, is expected to provide significant relief to small-scale traders across the state. State Senior Executive Councillor for Housing, Local Government,
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National Art Gallery awaits 1MDB-linked paintings with ‘meticulous preparations’
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The National Art Gallery is prepared to receive four international masterpieces acquired with 1MDB funds, which have now been repatriated to Malaysia. In a statement today, the National Art Gallery informed that the handover process
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Five-year jail term for former policeman who blackmailed man with intimate videos
PUTRAJAYA, May 5 — A former police corporal has been ordered to serve a five-year prison sentence starting today for blackmailing a man by threatening to report intimate videos of him with his fiancée to the religious authorities, after the
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