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Ex-Padang Serai MP fails to set aside damages in defamation suit
PUTRAJAYA: Former Padang Serai member of parliament N. Gobalakrishnan has failed in his bid to set aside the RM150,000 in damages awarded by the High Court to a couple who sued him for defamation.
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Nation
Health Ministry to seek AstraZeneca clarification on acknowledgement of vaccine side effects
HULU SELANGOR: The Health Ministry will seek clarification from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in relation to the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine as reported by the international media recently.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Vegetable seller slashed by robber while protecting fiancee in Papar
KOTA KINABALU: A vegetable seller was seriously hurt after being slashed with a sword in a robbery in Sabah’s southwestern Papar district.
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Nation
Wanted SS2 conman linked to nearly RM400,000 in losses, say PJ cops
PETALING JAYA: The suspected conman who is currently wanted by the police has been linked to nearly RM400,000 in losses here.
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Nation
Anwar holds closed-door meeting with Kelantan MB
KOTA BHARU: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim held a closed-door meeting today with Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud to discuss the state's development.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Only 200 PPR units in pipeline in Sabah despite demand for cheap housing, says state housing board
KOTA KINABALU: Only around 200 low-cost housing units are being planned to address the overwhelming demand in Sabah, according to the state Housing and Urban Development Board.
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Nation
Man arrested for allegedly committing non-physical assault on minor in Tampin
TAMPIN: Police have detained an unemployed man in his early 20s for allegedly committing non-physical sexual assault against an eight-year-old girl at a homestay here.
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Sabah & Sarawak
40% revenue rights: Sabah lawyers to know fate on judicial review on May 16
KOTA KINABALU: In two weeks, the Sabah Law Society (SLS) will face the Federal Government in a crucial court hearing.
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Nation
Copter tragedy: Interim report to be ready next week
MELAKA: The interim report on a helicopter crash in Perak that killed 10 navy personnel on April 23 is expected to be ready next week.
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Nation
Heatwave: El Nino expected to continue for the next two months, says Nik Nazmi
KOTA BHARU: The El Nino phenomenon hitting the country is expected to continue for the next two months, says Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
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Nation
Tengku Zafrul fails in bid to file own affidavit
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has dismissed an application by Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, who was seeking to file in his affidavit in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's application for leave to initiate judicial review, linked to a purported royal addendum order that should place Najib under house arrest.
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Nation
KKB by-election: Civil servants salary hike has nothing to do with polls, says PM
PUTRAJAYA: The announcement of the salary increment for civil servants has nothing to do with the coming Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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Nation
KL cops bust snatch theft gang, eight arrested
KUALA LUMPUR: A gang of snatch thieves and robbers responsible for more than 40 cases, was busted with the arrests of five men and three women.
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Nation
New civilian aircraft maintenance service facility unveiled in Subang
PETALING JAYA: The move to turn the area around the Subang Airport into a thriving aerotropolis took on another significant step with the unveiling of the state-of-the-art civilian aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operated by ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a division of Dassault Aviation.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Sarawak waiting for Bank Negara's OK to acquire bigger stake in Affin Bank, says Abang Jo
KUCHING: Sarawak is awaiting approval from Bank Negara for its acquisition of a bigger stake in Affin Bank Bhd to become a significant shareholder, says Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.
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AI
Microsoft will invest RM10.47bil in cloud and AI services in Malaysia
Microsoft is investing US$2.2bil (RM10.47bil) over the next four years in Malaysia’s new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure as well as partnering with the government to establish a national AI center, its CEO Satya Nadella said May 2.
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Nation
Autistic boy drowned in Skudai believed to have fallen in river accidentally, say cops
KULAI: The five-year-old autistic boy who drowned in the Skudai River here is believed to have fallen in by accident, say police.
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Nation
Management of nation's borders now under purview of MCBA, says PM
PUTRAJAYA: The management and control of the nation's borders are now under the administration of the Malaysian Check Points and Borders Agency (MCBA), says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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Nation
Plantation worker gets one month jail for trespassing in Gemas army camp
KUALA PILAH: A 21-year-old Indonesian man was sentenced to serve one month in jail by the Magistrate's Court here after he pleaded guilty to criminal trespass near the Syed Sirajuddin Army Camp in Gemas.
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Nation
Bella abuse case: High Court upholds 12-year jail sentence of Rumah Bonda founder
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has affirmed the conviction and a 12-year jail sentence of Rumah Bonda founder, Siti Bainun Ahd Razali, for the neglect of a Down Syndrome teenager known as Bella, three years ago.