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Immigration Dept sacks 20 officers over 'counter setting' graft, probes 227 more

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 19 -- The Immigration Department has reportedly dismissed 20 officers found guilty of corruption as part of a "counter setting" syndicate, while another 227 are still under investi... Read More


Motorcyclist killed after MPV veers into oncoming lane at Jalan Bau-Kuching

KUCHING, Sept. 19 -- A motorcyclist was killed after a collision with a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) that lost control at Jalan Bau-Kuching yesterday afternoon. Bau district police chief Supt Mohd Hai... Read More


RM60,000 'robbery' was an inside job, say police after Butterworth car salesman's arrest

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 19 -- A car salesman has been remanded for four days for allegedly hiring two men to fake a robbery involving more than RM60,000 of his own money in Jalan Kampung Gajah, Butterwort... Read More


Singapore cops probing man over alleged murder after woman discovered dead in Everitt Road residence

SINGAPORE, Sept. 19 -- Police are investigating a 40-year-old man for alleged murder after a 43-year-old woman was found dead in a residential unit along Everitt Road in Joo Chiat on Monday night. Of... Read More


Singapore cops probing man for alleged murder after woman discovered dead in Everitt Road residence

SINGAPORE, Sept. 19 -- Police are investigating a 40-year-old man for alleged murder after a 43-year-old woman was found dead in a residential unit along Everitt Road in Joo Chiat on Monday night. Of... Read More


Singapore begins work begins to preserve whale carcass found off Tanjong Pagar

SINGAPORE, Sept. 19 -- Scientists are working to preserve the remains of a baleen whale that surfaced off Tanjong Pagar on September 6, in an effort to unlock clues about the rare specimen. Marine ma... Read More


Brodie's law in Australia, Zara's law in Malaysia? - Hafiz Hassan

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 19 -- This month in 2006 in Victoria, Australia, 19-year-old Brodie Panlock jumped off the top of a multi-storey car park in the inner-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn, around ... Read More


Sin Chew fined RM100,000 for flag error, Sinar for wrong info on IGP

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 19 -- The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has imposed RM100,000 fines each on Sin Chew Media Corporation Berhad and Sinar Karangkraf Sdn Bhd following aut... Read More


How science journalism became Malaysia's lifeline during the vaccine rollout - Ahmad Ibrahim

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 19 -- SEPTEMBER 19 -The COVID-19 pandemic wasn't just a public health crisis; it was an unprecedented stress test for science communication. In Malaysia, as the government scrambl... Read More


The world cannot be a battlefield everywhere: Trade must take precedence in South China Sea - Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 19 -- When Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. announced that Britain had expressed interest in negotiating a Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) with Manila, he interp... Read More