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Home Ministry: Three high-profile arrests linked to espionage threats against national security since 2020

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21 -- Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said a total of three high-profile arrests were made between 2020 and 2025, amid concerns over foreign espionage and interfe... Read More


Sabah Umno info chief: Withdrawal of support for Hajiji not betrayal, but fallout from broken deals

KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 21 -- Libaran Member of Parliament Datuk Suhaimi Nasir has clarified that the move by several elected representatives to withdraw support for Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor ... Read More


Zara Qairina's family's lawyer downplays viral photo with Hajiji and Armizan, says committed to seek justice

KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 21 -- One of the lawyers representing the mother of the late Zara Qairina Mahathir, has dismissed an old photo of him with with Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor and Dome... Read More


Anwar: RON95 subsidy eligibility to consider luxury assets, not just income

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21 -- The government is finalising the eligibility criteria and implementation mechanism for its targeted RON95 petrol subsidy programme, with factors beyond monthly income to be co... Read More


Plus highway lane closure: Putra Mahkota Interchange traffic diversion on Aug 23-24

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21 -- Plus Malaysia Berhad (Plus) will temporarily divert one of the entry lanes at the Putra Mahkota Interchange Toll Plaza on the North-South Expressway this weekend. The diversi... Read More


The historical analogies that spook easy concessions to Russia: Warning to East Asian Summit - Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lampur, Aug. 21 -- The prospect of peace in Ukraine has been dangled repeatedly before the international community, yet each proposal collapses under the weight of historical memory. The idea o... Read More


Flag of our fathers

Kuala Lampur, Aug. 21 -- We lived in a squatter unit. Two rooms, kitchen and living area under zinc roofing. Four equal quadrant units, two shared outhouses behind. In the 1970s, six occupants inside... Read More


Kelantan family board blames influencers for fuelling child-free trend among young couples

KOTA BHARU, Aug. 21 -- Kelantan National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) has reportedly criticised the child-free marriage trend among young couples in Kelantan, blaming it on social m... Read More


Water crisis by 2030 from data centre boom? Johor MB slams critics, tells them to stop scaring off investors

ISKANDAR PUTERI, Aug. 21 -- Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi has reportedly slammed critics of Johor's development as fearmongers, by claiming that the state is unable to provide sufficient water a... Read More


'This isn't about race': Ahmad Maslan calls for calm over upside-down Jalur Gemilang in Pontian after Akmal Saleh's cry

PONTIAN, Aug. 21 -- The Jalur Gemilang which was hung upside-down in Pontian town has been corrected after the incident was found to have been caused by an error at a local dental clinic, Datuk Seri A... Read More