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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has a strong potential to emerge as a global physical gold trading hub, supported by a business-friendly policy environment, an integrated industry ecosystem and the upcoming Malaysia Gold Industry Principles (MGIP). Read full story The Star : Business Feed
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ALOR SETAR, Feb 3 — A French national facing a possible death penalty in Malaysia on eight drug-related charges was acquitted Tuesday, freeing him after nearly two and a half years in detention. The High Court in the northern city of Alor Setar ruled that prosecutors failed to prove that Tom Felix, 34, had control,
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Kedah police are working to locate the weapon used by a man to allegedly stab his mother, Zahrullail Basir, 52, at a house in Taman Sultan Abdul Halim, Jalan Tanjung Bendahara, here yesterday. Kota Setar District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Syed Basri Syed Ali, said efforts to recover the weapon
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Vietnam plans to enforce identity verification for social media users and implement age controls to protect children online under a new cybersecurity directive. HANOI: VIETNAM plans to introduce mandatory identity verification for social media users. The measure is part of a new directive aimed at strengthening cybersecurity, information security and data security. The directive also
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Two enforcement officers from the Penang City Council (MBPP) were injured when a batch of balloons exploded while they were puncturing them to release the gas during a seizure operation on 1 February. According to a statement from MBPP on Facebook, the officers were handling the balloons at Lebuh Union,
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A fisherman is missing after his boat capsized in a collision with another vessel near Pengerang, with search operations now underway. KOTA TINGGI: A 55-year-old fisherman is missing after his boat capsized following a collision with another vessel off Pengerang. The district police chief, Superintendent Yusof Othman, said the incident occurred around 9.50 pm yesterday.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — PAS’ Ulama Council has confirmed it has received fresh membership applications from three former Perlis assemblymen whose party status was terminated during the state’s political turmoil late last year, Berita Harian reported. The council said it had accepted new applications from Saad Seman (Chuping), Fakhrul Anwar Ismail (Bintong) and Mohd
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MUAR, Feb 1 — Tube wells may be used as an alternative method to extinguish the peatland fire that broke out on the 18-hectare oil palm plantation at Batu 13/14 in Mukim Ayer Hitam here yesterday. Zone 4 fire chief, Senior Fire Officer II Norshuhada Amsari, said they will collaborate with the Department of Mineral
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — Police expect to submit the investigation paper involving a journalist to the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) soon, following a probe triggered by a controversial question he raised at a public forum on January 12. According to Utusan Malaysia, Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail said the investigation, opened
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