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Welcome the Year of the Horse with these CNY treats, from mandarin orange sandos to mahjong-shaped chocolate bonbons

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 3 -- Chinese New Year is almost upon us and many of us are still shopping for festive treats. (In part, one suspects, buying CNY cookies a tad too early and being unable to resist f... Read More


Grab says sorry after woman alleges sexual harassment by e-hailing driver in Johor

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 3 -- Grab Malaysia has issued an apology following allegations that a female passenger was sexually harassed by an e-hailing driver in Johor. In a response posted online, the compa... Read More


Koon Yew Yin, co-founder of Gamuda and IJM Corp, dies at 93

Kuala Lampur, Feb. 3 -- Prominent businessman Koon Yew Yin, the engineering magnate behind the co-founding of Malaysian construction powerhouses Gamuda Bhd and IJM Corp Bhd, has died at the age of 93.... Read More


Is your medical insurance too expensive? Why the government's new base MHIT alternative changes everything

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 3 -- Are you looking for an affordable medical insurance policy in Malaysia, especially for costly treatment of serious illnesses at private hospitals? Soon, you will be able to bu... Read More


Travelling to Penang in February? What the CNY and Ramadan convergence means for hotel bookings

GEORGE TOWN, Feb. 3 -- In a unique convergence of festive seasons, Penang hotels are preparing for a busy Chinese New Year holiday period even as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan begins, with indus... Read More


Singapore tightens migrant-worker checks for new arrivals from West Bengal over Nipah concerns

SINGAPORE, Feb. 3 -- Singapore has tightened screening for newly arrived migrant workers from India's West Bengal state after two Nipah virus cases were confirmed there, though authorities say no infe... Read More


Viral video triggers N. Sembilan Health Dept probe after Seremban eatery accused of recycling tofu, chicken and lamb

SEREMBAN, Feb. 3 -- The Negeri Sembilan State Health Department (JKNNS) is investigating claims circulating on social media that a local restaurant in Seremban was washing leftover food, including tof... Read More


Singapore authorities smash open 'furniture' at Woodlands, exposing Malaysia-registered van's secret cigarette stash (VIDEO)

SINGAPORE, Feb. 3 -- What looked like innocent bits of furniture in the back of a Malaysia-registered van turned out to be anything but, after officers at Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Autho... Read More


Transport minister orders JPJ to revoke Grab driver's PSV licence after alleged sexual harassment of female passenger in JB

PUTRAJAYA, Feb. 3 -- Transport Minister Anthony Loke has directed the Road Transport Department (JPJ) to immediately cancel the Public Service Vehicle (PSV) licence of a Grab driver implicated in a se... Read More


Grisly Johor discovery: Two men face murder charges after six people, including kids, found dead in charred Kangkar Pulai house

JOHOR BARU, Feb. 3 -- Six people, including three children and a teenager, were found murdered with their skeletal remains in a burnt-down house at Kangkar Pulai, Johor, police confirmed. Johor polic... Read More