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Top officers accused, but mayor says still waiting for MACC report
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Maimunah Mohd Sharif today said City Hall (DBKL) is still waiting for a full report from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over allegations that senior officials had received bribes. She
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PM Anwar to launch Malaysia Day celebration honouring Pak Lah on Sept 16 in Butterworth
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 13 — The National Archives of Malaysia will organise a commemorative event on Sept 16 to honour the late fifth Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and to mark Malaysia Day celebrations. Its Statesmen Archives Division director
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Woman freed on bail, to act as prosecution witness in case of siblings who drowned in Sungai Linggi, say cops
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 — The girlfriend of a father whose two children died after their car slid into Sungai Linggi estuary in Tanjung Agas, Port Dickson last week has been released on bail. Only the father, Abdul Rahman Mahmud, whose
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Head warden ordered students to move Zara Qairina’s body, clean up blood at scene, school security guard says
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 12 — Two students were reportedly told to clean up Zara Qairina Mahathir’s blood after she was taken away by an ambulance at 4am, said security guard Linah Mansoding. Linah told the Coroner’s Court here today that
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Temerloh police bust copper cable thieves, believed to be targeting ECRL project, seize stolen cables and equipment
KUANTAN, Sept 12 — In an operation conducted in Temerloh on September 10, police arrested two men and seized copper cables and equipment, believed to have been stolen from the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project. Temerloh police chief ACP
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Batu Pahat father of seven jailed four years, caned for robbing RM560 from Nepalese woman to pay loan shark
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 — A 44-year-old father of seven was sentenced to four years in prison and one stroke of the rotan after pleading guilty to robbing a foreign national to settle debts with a loan shark in Batu
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Five years’ jail for 40-year-old assistant manager who sexually abused teen boy by roadside in Kota Tinggi
KOTA TINGGI, Sept 12 — A 40-year-old assistant manager was jailed for five years after he pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court here today to a charge of sexually abusing a teenage boy on September 6. The accused, Zulhilmi Zailani,
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In Kota Tinggi, couple and Indonesian accomplice face death penalty for trafficking 80kg of methamphetamine
KOTA TINGGI, Sept 12 — A married couple and their Indonesian friend were charged at the Sessions Court here today with drug trafficking. The accused, Muhammad Fairul Jaffar, 43, his wife Elika Safitri, 33, and Indonesian Nursahkila Yusof, 39, nodded
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PAS Youth must own up to Perikatan govt-era Kampung Sungai Baru land deal, not stir division with Urban Renewal Bill rhetoric
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) Youth has accused PAS Youth of twisting facts about the Kampung Sungai Baru redevelopment, insisting that the controversial land acquisition took place under Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) watch. The Youth wing of the
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Students with university placements facing financial issues should register, then reach out for help
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 — Students offered placement at universities are urged to register first and promptly inform the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) should they encounter financial constraints or other challenges. Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul
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