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Zahid asks for evidence of improprieties in electoral roll says he’ll get to the bottom of it
has urged those with evidence of impropriety in the electoral roll to contact his office directly to get to the bottom of the issue. He said he is open to working with organisations such as the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) and the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) to get to the bottom of such allegations. "I welcome any grouses and complaints. If it is true and ...
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Malaysia IHHs Q1 net profit up 3.67 pct
KUALA LUMPUR | Thu May 23, 2013 6:15am EDT KUALA LUMPUR May 23 (Reuters) - Malaysia's IHH Healthcare Bhd, the world's second-largest listed private healthcare provider by market value, posted a 3.67 percent rise in first-quarter profit, driven by core earnings growth and lower finance costs. IHH earned 127.27 million ringgit ($42.12 million) in the three months that ended in ...
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Malaysian authorities crack down on opposition activists
Malaysian student activist Adam Adli is released on bail after being charged for sedition in Kuala Lumpur. Three prominent anti-government figures were also arrested. Photograph: Vincent ...
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Malaysia Maybank Posts 12 Rise in 1Q Net Expects More Growth
Malayan Banking Bhd (1155.KU), Malaysia's largest lender by assets, said Thursday that first-quarter net profit grew 12% from a year earlier on the back of higher net interest income as well as robust Islamic banking performance, adding that it expects a pick-up in business momentum in key markets due to stronger loan growth.Net profit for the three months ended March was 1.51 billion ...
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Solid groundwork needed in Sabah Sarawak Pakatan told
Reset PETALING JAYA (May 23): The opposition needs to carry out solid groundwork, offers the right message and provides good leadership at the state level if they want to make inroads into the rural areas of Sabah and Sarawak, said two Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) lecturers. They must also focus on empowering the people in the rural areas, Dr Faisal Hazis and Dr Arnold Puyok, both ...
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Malaysia remains China’s top Asean trade partner
BEIJING (May 23): Malaysia continues to be China's top trading partner in Asean, with bilateral trade between both countries hitting US$33.88 billion (RM102.21 billion) in the first quarter of this year, up 23.9 per cent ...
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TDM to plant 5000ha of new trees every year in Kalimantan
, plans to plant at least 5,000ha of new oil palm trees every year in its Kalimantan as it targets to double the size of its plantations to 70,000ha. ...
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KUB in JV with Singapores Hiap Seng for Petronas project
has partnered with Singapore's Hiap Seng Engineering to undertake the multi-billion ringgit Petronas Rapid Tank Project in Pengerang, Johor. KUB said on Thursday its ...
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NFC chief tells court that he trusted the new consultant because he claimed he was sent by Dr M
, 65, told the court on Thursday. He said he could not remember the exact date when they appointed the new consultant but it was several months after Shamsubahrin was charged, even though he remained a consultant with NFCorp. "All along, we believed Shamsubahrin 100 percent and paid him for the consultancy services as he had told us that he was sent by ...
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Home Ministry seizes tabloids published by Opposition
PUTRAJAYA: The Home Ministry has seized copies of tabloids published by the Opposition parties as they were allegedly circulated to non-members. They were confiscated for having violated a condition provided under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 (Amendment) 2012, the ministry said. Section 5 of the Act limits the circulation of the publications to members only. "The ministry, ...
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Two Najib Opponents Arrested in Malaysia as Anwar Holds Rallies
Anwar Ibrahim 's party condemned the arrest today of two government critics for sedition less than three weeks after Prime Minister Najib Razak's ruling coalition won re-election. The detention of Tian Chua, vice president of Anwar's People's Justice Party, and another Najib opponent follows the arrest last week of student activist Adam Adli, party spokesman Nik Nazmi ...
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Obama to limit drone strikes restart Guantanamo closure
Obama will say Thursday. The president will also announce new limits to unmanned combat drone strikes, the officials said of the program that has been central to White House efforts to combat terrorism. Obama's 2 p.m. speech at the Defense Department's National Defense University in Washington will lay out how he intends to bring his counter-terrorism policies in line with the legal ...
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KLCI falls to low of 1765 rattled by Japan HK
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's FBM KLCI fell to a low of 1,765 in mid-afternoon trade on Thursday as investors were rattled by the plunge in Japan's markets and fall in Hong Kong. At 2.44pm, it was down 13.30 points to 1,770.58. Turnover was 1.23 billion shares valued at RM1.44bil. There were 134 gainers, 701 losers and 219 counters unchanged. Bloomberg reported Japan's Topix index ...
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Large migrant population a security threat says Sabahs top cop
told the Royal Commission of Inquiry. He said the Feb 9 Tanduo intrusion in Lahad Datu was a clear example of the security risks involved with the presence of such a large group of migrants as the intruders received support from them. "The security implication of foreign migrants is the intrusion which had a deep impact, not only to security personnel, but to the people of Sabah," said ...
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Pakatan to file 27 election petitions says Tian Chua
said on Thursday. "We will coordinate the filing of the petitions with DAP and PAS, our allies in the Pakatan," he told Bernama. Electoral candidates and political parties have 21 days from today to file the petitions. This follows the gazetting of the election results on Wednesday by the Election Commission. PKR won 30 of the 89 parliamentary seats secured by Pakatan Rakyat in the ...
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Prosecutors pursue rape case against Malaysian whose lawyer says he married 13-year-old girl
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Prosecutors in Malaysia are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old man who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her. Restaurant manager Riduan Masmud was charged with committing statutory rape in a parked car in Borneo in February, but the man has defended his actions by saying he since married the girl. Rights activists have long criticized ...
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30pc decline in sun bear due to habitat loss and poaching
Sandakan: Habitat loss and poaching have led to a decline of up to 30 per cent of the Malayan sun bear population in the last three decades, according to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC). In Borneo, this smallest of the world's eight bear species is also seeing a drop in numbers following their illegal capture for the pet trade and when they are wrongly perceived as pests ...
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Priority to security in Esscom and Esszone says Hisham
Printer Friendly Kuala Lumpur: Newly appointed Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said he would give priority to the welfare of soldiers stationed in seven battalions in the Sabah East Coast Special Security Area (Esscom) and the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone). "Our promise to Sabahans to give priority to Esscom and Esszone is not a problem to me because former ...
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NFC ex-director says he verbally agreed to pay RM2.75mil
Printer Friendly Kuala Lumpur: National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) former director Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail (pic) told the Sessions Court Wednesday that he had verbally agreed to pay businessman Datuk Shamsubahrin Ismail RM2.75 million for a year's worth of advisory and consulting services. Responding to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecution chief, Datuk Abdul ...
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RON97 price down by 20 sen
Printer Friendly Kuala Lumpur: The retail price of RON97 petrol nationwide was reduced by 20 sen per litre to RM2.70 per litre from RM2.90 per litre effective Wednesday night. This was confirmed by Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Hassan Malek. The price of RON97 petrol was last reviewed in March 2013 and was at the RM3 per litre level in September 2012. The retail ...
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Another kid witnessed the act
Printer Friendly Putra Jaya: The prosecution will proceed with the case of a 13-year-old girl in Sabah who was allegedly raped by a 40-year-old restaurant manager. Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail said the case was still ongoing and the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) had not dropped the matter. He also said there is a witness who is a friend of the underaged girl who sat in ...
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7 held for trying to smuggle in amara wood
Tawau: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (APMM) confiscated 57 amara wood which was smuggled into Terumbu Tanduk near Sipadan island on Monday. APMM captain, Wan Mod Affandi Wan Ahmad said that a skipper and six crew who were Indonesians failed to show any identification documents or their boat permit. "After inspection, we found out that there were 57 amara wood and those on ...
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New assets for East Coast firemen
Tawau: The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Tawau Zone received eight new assets, including two utility vehicles, to assist in the mission of turning the department into a high-performance organisation. Tawau Zone Fire Chief, Ismaidi Ismail, said they received eight units of new machinery distributed one each to Tawau, Semporna, Kunak and Lahad Datu. Meanwhile, two units each will ...
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Sabah Basketball Association Cup from July 10
Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Basketball Association Cup (Saba Cup) 2013 will be held at the DBKK Community Hall here from July 10 to 16. It will be organised by the Kota Kinabalu Basketball Association (KKBA), who took over the host job from Semporna due the Lahad Datu incident. Chen Ee Sheng from KKBA said due to security reasons, KKBA has been given the task to host the annual championship. ...
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Malaysian Opposition Figures Are Detained
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City's major raw water project
It’s been in the pipelines for several years, but finally the Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project has found its feet with an official groundbreaking ceremony held in April of 2010, the facility, when completed, will enable a massive region of the country, including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya to cope with increasing demand for raw water treatment from industrial, residential and tourism sectors of the economy.
The raw water treatment project is a massive undertaking: a pipeline is to be constructed run from Sungai Semantan in Pahang to the Hulu Langat water treatment facility in Selangor, it will be 44.6 kilometers long, the longest tunnel of its kind in Asia and the sixth largest in the world. When operating at maximum capacity, over 1,800 litres of raw water will be pumped to Selangor and treated for conversion to fresh water, according to Kuala Lumpur news media. Read more
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