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Malaysian runs 'soapland'-style vice ring with Japanese sex workers at Singapore's Marina Bay Sands, gets one year's jail

SINGAPORE, July 4 -- A 25-year-old Malaysian man who ran an online vice syndicate that operated out of hotel rooms at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) was sentenced to one year's jail and fined S$4,000 (RM13,30... Read More


AI-generated 'Baling-Pengkalan Hulu cable car' dupes KL couple into 300km trip, officials explain viral news clip is fake

BALING, July 4 -- Authorities have dismissed a viral video claiming the existence of a cable car linking Pengkalan Hulu in Perak to Baling in Kedah, saying it was generated using artificial intelligen... Read More


Just four doctors in clinic to see 300 patients a day? Health Ministry says aware of high load at Sg Buloh Hospital

SUNGAI BULOH, July 4 -- The Health Ministry said it is aware of the high patient load at referral hospitals such as Sungai Buloh Hospital, following concerns that its doctors are overworked. After it... Read More


Singapore's PAP questions Pritam Singh's appearance on 'Keluar Sekejap', Workers' Party defends move as free speech

SINGAPORE, July 4 -- A political clash has erupted between the People's Action Party (PAP) and the Workers' Party (WP) over WP chief Pritam Singh's appearance on a Malaysian podcast, with the ruling p... Read More


Electrician jailed in Singapore for biting off co-worker's earlobe in drunken dormitory fight

SINGAPORE, July 4 -- A 21-year-old electrician was sentenced to six months in jail in Singapore yesterday after biting off part of his co-worker's earlobe during a drunken altercation in a Kallang dor... Read More


Fuziah denies PKR branch dissolutions amid wave of resignations, says party structure remains intact

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 -- PKR secretary-general Fuziah Salleh has reportedly confirmed that no party divisions or wings have been dissolved, despite a recent wave of grassroots resignations. She said t... Read More


Kitingan denies STAR plans to leave GRS, says viral TikTok video taken out of context

KOTA KINABALU, July 3 -- Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) president Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan has reportedly downplayed a viral video suggesting his party might withdraw from the Gabungan Rakyat ... Read More


'Use your brain!': Drama erupts in Sepang court as man accuses Cyberjaya suspect as murderer

SEPANG, July 3 -- Emotions flared at the Magistrate's Court here this morning when a man believed to be a relative of the University of Cyberjaya murder victim tried to confront one of the suspects. ... Read More


Commuters hit by major delays as Singapore's Bukit Panjang LRT suffers full shutdown

SINGAPORE, July 3 -- The Bukit Panjang LRT here faced a full-service outage this morning due to a power fault. The incident occurred at about 8.50am, affecting all trains on the line and causing majo... Read More


'I'll not allow my name to be erased': Nurulhidayah tells media to stop calling her just 'Zahid's daughter'

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 -- Datuk Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid has called on the media to stop referring to her solely as "Zahid's daughter" in headlines, urging for recognition of her own name and identity i... Read More