Sabah & Sarawak

No price gouging during Ramadan, Sabah consumer group urges businesses

KOTA KINABALU: Businesses are urged to maintain integrity and fairness in their operations during this Ramadan and festive season.

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Fashion designer Jovian Mandagie fails in appeal against bankruptcy order

KUALA LUMPUR: Fashion designer Datuk Jovian Mandagie has failed in his appeal to set aside a High Court order that declared him bankrupt for defaulting on a RM5mil friendly loan from a company.

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Police hunt 36 wanted individuals

PETALING JAYA: Police are searching for 36 wanted individuals to assist in investigations into various criminal offences.

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Bills to limit PM’s tenure, split AG–PP roles to be tabled Monday

KUALA LUMPUR: The government will table Bills to limit the Prime Minister's tenure and to separate the offices of the Attorney General (AG) and the Public Prosecutor (PP) in Parliament on Monday (Feb 23) for the first reading.

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Fisheries Act amendment to strengthen marine mammal conservation

PUTRAJAYA: The Fisheries Malaysia Department is amending the Fisheries Regulations under Section 27 of the Fisheries Act 1985, specifically the Fisheries (Control of Endangered Species of Fish) Regulations 1999, to include nine marine mammal species in the existing protection list.

Sabah & Sarawak

Thousands affected as overnight downpour triggers Paitan floods

KOTA KINABALU: Thousands of villagers in Sabah's rural Paitan district have been affected by floods following continuous overnight rain.

Sabah & Sarawak

Three rural areas in Sabah declared disaster zones after floods

KOTA KINABALU: Three places in rural Sabah have been declared disaster zones following floods that hit the areas early Friday (Feb 20).

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Severe rain warning issued for several areas in Sabah

KUALA LUMPUR: The Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a severe and alert-level continuous rain warning in several areas in Sabah on Friday (Feb 20)

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Wisma Putra slams illegal Israeli land grab in West Bank

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia condemns Israel's illegal registration of lands as "state land" in the occupied West Bank, says Wisma Putra.

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Wearing kindness this Raya

JOHOR BARU: She grew up watching Hari Raya arrive without the comfort of a new baju kurung to call her own, but today, Hijar Liza Ithnin is determined to give others the privilege she never had.

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Malaysia’s star shines in Hollywood

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh continues to bring pride to the nation – her name has been immortalised on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the international film industry.

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Non-existent stock scheme costs victim RM600,000

KUANTAN: A private sector employee suffered losses of more than RM600,000 after being deceived by a non-existent stock investment scheme promoted via social media.

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Duo nabbed with RM1.5mil syabu disguised as tea

SEREMBAN: Police have arrested two childhood friends and seized some 30kg of drugs believed to be methamphetamine during an operation at KM236.9 of the North-South Expressway near Pedas.

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Search efforts end as second drowning victim found

KOTA BARU: The younger brother of a firefighter who drowned at Pantai Kandis here was found dead at Pantai D'Aur, about 200m from where his elder brother's body was discovered on Wednesday.

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Court orders preacher to pay KJ RM830k in damages

PUTRAJAYA: Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin will get only RM830,000 in defamation damages from preacher Ustaz Abu Syafiq, after a reduction by the Court of Appeal.

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RM2.15mil in e-waste seized

PORT KLANG: An electronic waste (e-waste) smuggling syndicate has been crippled with the seizure of eight containers valued at an estimated RM2.15mil in a raid at North Port, Klang.

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Raid nets RM577k in refined e-waste from illegal factory

SEREMBAN: Some 115 tonnes of refined plastic powder, believed to have been processed from electronic waste at a factory in Senawang, have been seized, says Negri Sembilan police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Alzafny Ahmad.

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Light bites draw crowds at Bertam bazaar

KEPALA BATAS: Wanting to offer busy Muslims food that is easy to eat, visually appealing and convenient for buka puasa, some traders are crossing cultures with sushi and doughnuts.

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The hidden struggle of M’sian women stranded in Lombok

THE 18-year ordeal of Norida Akmal Ayob, 45, has cast a spotlight on a silent crisis: an unknown number of Malaysian women remain stranded in "dire straits" across Indonesia, unable to afford the journey home.

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Suspected bank fraud alert ends in surprise Lunar New Year joy

AN ELDERLY man in Taiwan withdrew NT$2mil (RM248,000) from a bank, prompting police to be alerted to a potential fraud, reported China Press.