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Perak MB warns of talent gap, urges locals to fill jobs from new development projects over foreign workers

IPOH, Oct. 16 -- Job opportunities created through current and upcoming development projects in Perak must be filled by local workers rather than foreigners in order to boost the local economy, said M... Read More


Thailand banks on Blackpink's Lisa to bring back global travellers

BANGKOK, Oct. 16 -- Blackpink member Lisa has been appointed Thailand's new "Amazing Thailand Ambassador" in a year-long campaign to boost the country's tourism industry. Tourism Authority of Thailan... Read More


Singapore's GIC sues China's Nio over 'fake revenue' claims, shares plunge 10pc

SINGAPORE, Oct. 16 -- Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, GIC, has sued Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio Inc in a US court, accusing the company and its top executives of violating securities laws by... Read More


EC: No postal votes for peninsula-based Sabahans ahead of November polls

KOTA KINABALU, Oct. 16 -- The Election Commission (EC) has ruled out allowing Sabahans living in Peninsular Malaysia to cast their ballots by postal vote in the upcoming state election, EC chairman Da... Read More


Singapore maid jailed a week for making false rape report to end tryst with employer's husband

SINGAPORE, Oct. 16 -- An Indonesian domestic helper who filed a false police report accusing her employer's husband of rape in a desperate attempt to end their affair has been sentenced to one week in... Read More


Public warned after QR code on Bandar Utama stabbing victim's obituary replaced with scammers' accounts

PETALING JAYA, Oct. 16 -- Scammers have been targeting the family of the 16-year-old student killed in a Bandar Utama school stabbing by replacing the donation QR code on her obituary with their own. ... Read More


Temasek-backed 17Live sees director quit after US names her in global fraud probe

SINGAPORE, Oct. 16 -- An independent director of the Singapore-listed live-streaming company 17Live Group has resigned after she was added to a US sanctions list for her alleged links to a massive glo... Read More


Bandar Utama school stabbing: Police look at gaming, social media links after suspect's alleged 'Zero Day' note

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16 -- The suspect in the stabbing of a 16-year-old female student is believed to have been influenced by video games and social media content, which allegedly drove him to commit th... Read More


Suspect in Bandar Utama school stabbing is cooperating with police, says Selangor top cop

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16 -- The suspect accused of stabbing a female student to death at a school in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, is cooperating with the investigation, said Selangor Police Chief, Datuk ... Read More


Home Ministry destroys 5.5 tonnes of seized sex toys valued at RM146,000 in Selangor

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16 -- The Home Ministry (KDN), through its Enforcement and Control Division (PK KDN), has disposed of 4,667 units of sex toys weighing 5.5 tonnes worth about RM146,000 that were sei... Read More