Malaysia Hindu rites row: live stream of Muslim youth’s repentance fuels fury
A young Malaysian Muslim who took part in Hindu rituals to pray for his ailing mother publicly repented on Thursday in a ceremony live-streamed by state religious authorities, a day after a sharia court ordered him to undergo three months of faith rehabilitation. The spectacle has raised questions about the enforcement of Islamic orthodoxy in Muslim-majority Malaysia, where state religious departments wield significant influence to police the personal conduct and religious beliefs of...
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Starved, beaten: Singaporean gets life imprisonment for murdering sister
A man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for murder after being part of a group that abused his 19-year-old younger sister until she died. Huang Bocan, who joined his girlfriend and another man in starving the victim and chaining her to a toilet, was first charged in 2021 with common intention of committing murder by causing bodily injury to Huang Baoying. Huang, a 34-year-old Singaporean, was convicted on Thursday of committing murder by causing his younger sister’s death. The...
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Absence of health minister, deputy during question time courts flak
UPDATED 3.25PM | PARLIAMENT | MPs say this smacks of disrespect for the House.
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Govt, Syed Saddiq reach agreement in principle to restore Muar allocations
RM500k allocation for 2023 and RM230.3k for specific projects will be reinstated.
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'Different' stance from Singapore: Malaysia stays diplomatic on haze, says deputy minister
PARLIAMENT | 'Focus is on methods that can be translated into actual preventive action, enforcement.'
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Saravanan writes to Fadhlina, Anwar voicing 'strong objection' to Tamil lesson cuts
Critics have protested similar cuts to Mandarin lessons.
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Hackers escalate Europe's fridge attacks, now target France's blood banks
European Union working with national authorities to develop coordinated response.
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Caltex, Petron begin goodwill payments to motorists over RON95 engine damage - minister
PARLIAMENT | Payments will be made to customers who have submitted complete complaints.
Thailand's 72-hour emergency bag advice leaves residents asking what they're fleeing
Thailand's call for every household to pack a 72-hour emergency bag has left many residents asking what they are preparing for, prompting its disaster agency to stress on Nov. 4 that the advice is not a war warning.
Bangkok-bound Dreamliner forced to dump fuel and turn back as cockpit window cracks
A Thai Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner bound for Bangkok returned to Shanghai and made an emergency landing on Nov. 4 after its pilots spotted a crack in a cockpit window shortly after takeoff.
Philippine police find child abuse imagery on devices tied to Meghan Markle's estranged father
Philippine police told AFP on Wednesday that three memory cards and a cell phone turned over by the son of Meghan Markle's estranged father contained child sexual abuse material.
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50pct toll discount from Nov 6 to 7 in conjunction with Deepavali
It excludes toll plazas located at national borders.
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Umno leader to Harapan: Zahid gets traitor tag, but does Fadillah get free pass?
Political maturity demands honesty and respect for differing positions – Razlan.