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Kota Kinabalu: Opposition Parti Warisan Sabah is fiercely denying that it is a proxy of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the State as it goes into talks with Sabah Pakatan Harapan for an electoral seat pact. Warisan Youth Chief Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman said the cautious response to Sabah Pakatan's offer for their party to lead the opposition in the State was a clear indication that they were not a proxy of Pakatan Chairman Tun Mahathir.
KOTA KINABALU: Opposition Parti Warisan Sabah is fiercely denying that it is a proxy of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the state as it goes into talks with Sabah Pakatan Harapan for an electoral seat pact. Warisan Youth chief Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman said that the cautious response to Sabah Pakatan's offer for their party to lead the Opposition in the state was a clear indication that they were not a proxy of Pakatan chairman Tun Mahathir.
PETALING JAYA: A 59-year-old Malaysian man was sentenced to one year and nine months in a federal prison in the United States after being convicted of managing a brothel in Georgia. Chow Kong Chow and two others from China - Xiaohong Huang and Biyun Gong - were said to have operated the brothel for two years at a large apartment complex in Doraville, Georgia that lured women from around the U.S. to work as prostitutes.
Kota Kinabalu: A 53-year-old businessman was charged with allowing 19 illegal immigrants, including a man, to remain in his premises. He is accused of permitting the Filipino and Filipinas aged between 21 and 55, who did not have any valid documents to stay at the second floor of the Promenade Hotel in Lorong Api-Api, here at 8.44pm on Nov 23 this year.
KOTA KINABALU: The children enthusiasA tically greeted a team of volunteers who arrived at the Sandakan landfill to hand over daily essentials to the residents. They are Jennifer Chua, Alya Syahida Allias, Mila Razali and Yeam Shin Yau of the non-A governmental organisation Happy Caring Hearts Crews.
Najib Razak has yet to call the elections. Tricia Yeoh explores the challenges and likely strategies the ruling Barisan Nasional party and the opposition coalition will take.
Instead of a meaningless "hero's welcome home" in KLIA last night, is Najib prepared to convene a special Parliament on 1MDB scandal to clear and cleanse Malaysia of the infamy and ignominy of a global kleptocracy? The Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak returned to "a hero's welcome" at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last night after his recent visit to White House and meeting with US President Trump.
Certainly, the first set of data of many to be released on Thursday - including a monthly report on Brazilian grains from Conab, a twice-monthly briefing on Brazilian sugar output from Unica, and the US Department of Agriculture's monthly Wasde tome - looked at first sight negative for prices. The Malaysian Palm Oil Board showed Malaysian palm oil inventories far bigger than investors had expected last month, provoked by the biggest surge in output in nearly three years.
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo gestures during an interview with Reuters in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 3, 2017. Source: Reuters/Beawiharta INDONESIA's president said on Monday his country remains a model of moderate Islam, countering critics who point to mass rallies by radical Muslims and the jailing of a Christian politician for blasphemy as evidence its reputation is crumbling.
Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town have been cornered and their firepower is flagging, the military said Thursday, as the five-week battle for control of Marawi City raged on. Despite signs that the insurgents are now on the back foot, Southeast Asian governments are worried that the siege could be just the prelude to further violence as the ultra-radical Islamic State group tries to establish a foothold in their region.
A graffiti is seen on a wall of a back alley as government soldiers continue their assault against the Maute group, who have taken over parts of Marawi City, Philippines June 22, 2017. A government soldier guards a city hall compound, as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group, who have taken over parts of Marawi City, Philippines June 22, 2017.
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Parti Keadilan Rakyat called on the police to check all foreigners for hidden weapons and authenticity of their documents. Its Chief Christina Liew made the call in the wake of Wednesday night's hostage drama in which a 30-year-old foreigner surrendered to police two hours after he held two women hostage in two separate incidents at Damai, here.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un's estranged half-brother was murdered at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia two weeks ago, and so far this case has taken more twists and turns than a mountain road. Pyongyang tops the suspect list, but it has yet to be definitively proven that North Korea was behind the attack.
According to police Friday, forensics stated that the banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent was used to kill Kim Jong Nam, t... . A police officer guards the main gate of the forensic department at Kuala Lumpur Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017.
A draft of President Donald Trump's revised immigration ban targets the same seven countries listed in his original executive order and exempts travelers who already have a visa to travel to the U.S., even if they haven't used it yet. A senior administration official said the order, which Trump revised after federal courts held up his original immigration and refugee ban, will target only those same seven Muslim-majority countries - Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan and Libya.
PETALING JAYA: US President Donald Trump, who famously uttered the words "You're fired" over reality show The Apprentice, has done just that with over 80 ambassadors appointed by his predecessor. However, US ambassador to Malaysia Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, who assumed office earlier this month, is not among those being fired by Trump.
"We are government supporters but we have not received any food aid from the federal government," said Abdul Manan Mohamad Children swim in floodwaters in Malaysia's north-eastern town of Rantau Panjang, which borders Thailand, on January 5, 2017. AFP photo / Mohd Rasfan Thousands of people remained stranded in relief centres Thursday as northeast Malaysia struggled to recover from severe flooding and residents raised fears of looting.
Rohingya from Burma, watch a television program about them being played on a mobile phone inside a tea stall. Pic: AP BURMA faces a growing danger of attacks by foreign supporters of Islamic State recruited from Southeast Asian networks in support of persecuted Muslim Rohingyas, n authorities have detained a suspected IS follower planning to head to Burma to carry out attacks, the head of the last month.
PORT DICKSON, Oct 22 -- The duration of the basic course conducted by the Immigration Department for its officers will be six months compared to only 34 days currently, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. "The extension is necessary as the work scope of Immigration officers has become more challenging.