[ad_1] Mohd Al-Ridhuan Ahmad Zaini allegedly accepted bribes from Nur Amanina Maulad Adnan. (Named image) KUALA LUMPUR: An immigration officer was charged today with 17 counts of receiving RM21,500 in bribes from a woman to free foreign nationals who violated immigration laws. He was charged with allowing foreigners to leave …
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[ad_1] COVID-19 | The Ministry of Health reported 1,810 new cases of Covid-19 and six deaths today. The Klang Valley region reported the most cases (53.2 percent) followed by Sabah (29.4 percent) and Pahang (5.3 percent). Altogether, the number of new cases has reached 80,309. For context, the total number …
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[ad_1] KLANG: The ruler of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, will celebrate his 75th birthday this year in a low-key way, unlike in previous years, where the order of the day was a grand investiture ceremony followed by a garden tea party. . In a press release issued by the …
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[ad_1] The lead role of Chadwick Boseman in the sequel to the superhero movie Black Panther It will not be recast after the actor’s death, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige said on Thursday (December 10). Feige said in a Disney presentation to investors that Boseman’s performance as the proud black …
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[ad_1] The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the job crisis with companies unable to transport new workers due to travel restrictions. KUALA LUMPUR: Some Malaysian palm oil plantations are discouraging foreign workers from returning home at the end of their contracts and asking them to keep working as the Covid-19 pandemic …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points month-over-month to 4.7 percent in October 2020, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said today. In a statement, Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin (pix) said that the workforce improved at a slower rate in October due to …
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[ad_1] In 2017, the Chinese authorities prohibited Abudusalamu’s wife and son from leaving Xinjiang by confiscating their passports. (Image from Twitter / sadam_abdusalam) SYDNEY: An Australian from China’s Uighur Muslim community was reunited with his family, including a three-year-old son he had never met, after Beijing agreed that they could …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE (The Straits Times / ANN): The final phase of the clinical trial for a Covid-19 antibody developed by Singaporean biotech company Tychan began on Friday (December 11). The antibody can potentially help coronavirus patients recover faster, while slowing the progression of the infection. Some 1,305 patients who tested …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE (The Straits Times / ANN): Visitors from Taiwan will be able to enter Singapore for all forms of travel and will not be quarantined from next Friday (December 18), provided they test negative for Covid-19 on their arrival. The same applies to Singapore citizens, permanent residents and long-term …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit rose to its strongest level since July 2018 against the US dollar, erasing its annual losses driven by the virus. The currency rose to 4.0465 at 2.50pm as it broke the previous high of 4.0515 against the dollar reached in January. The gains came amid …
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