[ad_1] Lim Guan Eng described the investigation against him as the “latest act of political persecution by Perikatan Nasional”. (Photo by Bernama) PETALING JAYA: DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng said today that the police are investigating him for two press releases he made in 2019, when he was still …
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[ad_1] One in five families living in PPR households is rich enough to own houses elsewhere, according to the deputy minister. KUALA LUMPUR: Almost 20% of the occupants of City Hall (DBKL) public housing (PA) and popular housing projects (PPR) own luxury cars, have other houses or have high incomes, …
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[ad_1] GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned against great alarm over a highly infectious new variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain and said this was a normal part of the evolution of a pandemic. WHO officials even shed a positive light on the discovery of the new …
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[ad_1] A Malaysian woman who married an Indian hockey player was accused of renouncing her religion after a video from her ceremony in Punjab showed her in a Punjabi wedding dress. (Image from YouTube) KUALA LUMPUR: Muslims in the country have been advised to stop accusing people of being apostates …
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[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: International students, with the exception of UK students, will be able to return to campus as of January 1, 2021, says Chief Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said that the National Security Council accepted a proposal from the Higher Education Ministry for international students to …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Pecca Group Bhd (Pecca) has confirmed that some of the production staff at its subsidiary, Pecca Leather Sdn Bhd (PLSB) tested positive for COVID-19 in a recent assessment conducted by the company. In a presentation to Bursa Malaysia today, Pecca said that PLSB in response to the …
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[ad_1] TAIPEI (AFP): Taiwan reported its first local transmission of coronavirus on Tuesday (December 22) and blamed a foreign pilot for ending 253 virus-free days. Health authorities said a woman in her 30s tested positive after contacting the pilot, a New Zealander who works for a Taiwanese airline. Health Minister …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia will begin administering Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine starting in February, with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin among the first to receive the vaccine ahead of the front-line. The government will also purchase enough vaccines to cover more than 80 percent of the population. “To convince people that …
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[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Human Resources Minister M. Saravanan has dismissed a glove-manufacturing company’s denial that hundreds of its workers live in metal shipping containers in miserable conditions, which he had labeled “modern slavery.” “Let them say what they want to say. We have enough evidence to enforce the rule of …
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[ad_1] MUMBAI: Five people who came to India from Britain tested positive for the new coronavirus, a government official said today, but it was unclear if they had a highly infectious new strain of the virus. India has the second highest number of infections in the world after the United …
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