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Gang member survives ride-by shooting
— file picPETALING JAYA, March 3 — The right-hand man of a millionaire drug lord and leader of Gang 36, survived after being shot at six times from close range in Kajang yesterday. The man identified as M. Thanabalan is the younger brother of former MIC Hulu Langat division youth chief M. Kalaiarasu, who also survived after being shot at three times in 2010. The shooting, the third in three weeks, prompted police to step up operations against gangland activities. Thanabalan — better known as Kajang Balan — in his late 30s was shot when he stopped at a traffic junction on Jalan Reko at 12.30pm.
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Fewer straight ‘A’ scorers in 2014 SPM exams
PUTRAJAYA, March 3 — Fewer students scored A+, A and A- in last year’s Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, mainly because of a changed format for questions that required a different way of thinking, it was revealed here
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Cabinet must take a stand on 1MDB tomorrow, says DAP - The Malaysian Insider
– The Malaysian Insider pic, March 3, 2015.The Cabinet in its weekly meeting tomorrow must decide what action will be taken against 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), in light of the recent revelations on the debt-ridden, government-owned strategic investment fund, DAP said today. DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang said the Cabinet should decide whether to establish a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into 1MDB, or give its full support for a public inquiry headed by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). "Will the Cabinet meeting tomorrow hide and run from the biggest financial scandal in the country and the issue which is casting the greatest cloud and doubt on the credibility, integrity and good governance of the Malaysian prime minister and government, both nationally and internationally – the RM42 billion 1MDB scandal?" asked Lim in a statement today.
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Angry housewives go to police after Rosmah’s picture on pig - The Malaysian Insider
– The Malaysian Insider pic by Hasnoor Hussain, March 2, 2015.A Facebook posting showing Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor superimposed with a pig's body has caused an uproar among a group of housewives in Penang. The group, made up of Umno members, women non-governmental organisations, single mothers and housewives from Bayan Baru, lodged 11 police reports against a Facebook user, identified as Peter Lee, urging swift investigations by the authorities. Bayan Baru Umno information chief Kuraishah Syed Mohamad said it was unfortunate that people these days go to such extremes to offend leaders in the country. "The person who did this must face the music," she said outside the Bayan Baru police station.
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US teacher hangs herself in classroom
—AFP picLOS ANGELES, March 3 — A popular California school teacher hanged herself in her classroom yesterday and was found by students arriving for their morning lessons, police said. Jillian Jacobson, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene at El Dorado High School in Placentia, some 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Los Angeles, said a spokesman.
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DAP calls for MACC to probe official statement on Najib’s family inheritance - The Malaysian Insider
– The Malaysian Insider pic, March 3, 2015.The DAP wants the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to launch a full investigation into the official statement by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) that attributed Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife's spendings to his inheritance. DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang called on the commission to start a full-scale probe after Umno-controlled daily Utusan Malaysia reported yesterday that Najib himself dismissed talk about the extent of the inheritance left behind by his father, the late prime minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein. "What then is one to make of the PMO statement in the New York Times," the DAP parliamentary leader said.
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Chinese box office beats the US for the first time in February - The Malaysian Insider
The Chinese monthly box office brought in more revenue than its US equivalent for the first time in history in February. A record-breaking Lunar New Year…
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Flight path over Penang a ‘last farewell’ for MH370 pilot, reports UK daily - The Malaysian Insider
– March 2, 2015.Just days before the first anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a senior Boeing 777 captain with a major commercial airline has weighed in on the mystery, alleging that it was the work of the pilot. Captain Simon Hardy's theory was reported in UK newspaper Daily Mail today, where he said the main clue was that after flying across the border between Thailand and Malaysia, the aircraft made a sharp u-turn towards Penang, one of three turns made in quick succession. According to Hardy, the doomed MAS flight seemed to be taken on an emotional "last farewell", as in a fly-past of the pilot's home island of Penang. "The unusual overflying of Penang is ‘perhaps the only clue to the perpetrator'.
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The first time I held a dying child
MARCH 3 — On his tiny, emaciated wrist he had a red string and a charm. It was tied too tight, so I untied and removed it from his body, but it would always be remembered by me. It would take me
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QPR owners write off RM34bil loans
The move strengthens QPR’s balance sheet, the club said in a statement.
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Stop blaming the Chinese for your own weaknesses, Azmin tells Putrajaya - The Malaysian Insider
– The Malaysian Insider pic, March 2, 2015.Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali said today that blaming the Chinese community for inflation was just an excuse to cover up Putrajaya's own failures in managing the country's economy. “Don't blame the Chinese whenever there is inflation and play up racial sentiments to cover up your own weaknesses,” he said. It does not matter if you are Malay, Chinese, Indians or Kadazans," the Bahasa Malaysia daily reported him as saying. Azmin's remark comes after Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob started a firestorm last month after he urged Malay consumers to boycott Chinese businesses over the latter’s refusal to lower prices after the drop in oil prices.
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Malaysia’s property sector risks manageable for banks and developers - The Malaysian Insider
Despite economic headwinds, both Malaysian banks and property developers are resilient to possible shifts in sentiment and falling property prices, according…
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What good are world university rankings? Ridhuan Tee asks
— Picture by Saw Siow FengKUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Controversial lecturer Dr Ridhuan Tee Abdullah downplayed the importance of world university rankings today, chiding local learning institutions for trying playing catch-up with a grading that he claimed was “rigged” by the Western world. The Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) lecturer expressed his worry that Malaysian graduates of the world’s best universities have instead ended up in the “anti-establishment” camp, in addition to trying to ape “white folks” or Chinese nationals. What is the guarantee that graduates of world’s best university can become the best in their careers, and useful towards religion, race and nation?” Tee asked in his column published by Malay news portal Sinar Harian Online. Tee also warned local universities from being trapped in the Western world’s “education market politics”, where academics have to pay a lot of money to be published in peer-reviewed literature databases such as Scopus and the Institute for Scientific Information.
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Azmin assures Christians of religious freedom
He meets the Archbishop of Sarawak and other Christian leaders in Kuching today.
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1MDB should explain what went wrong or otherwise – Nawawi Mohamad - The Malaysian Insider
Initially, 1MDB was to develop the Sungei Besi Royal Malaysian Air Force Base and the scope includes commercial development and housing projects associated to the PR1MA housing scheme in Sungei Besi, Kuantan and Sendayan. In lieu of the Sungei Besi airbase, 1MDB has to construct a replacement airbase in Sendayan, Negeri Sembilan. If these projects have been successful, then Datuk Seri Najib Razak would not hesitate to capitalise on them. Later like magic, 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy announced that 1MDB managed to recoup back the funds, but he has not be able to show solid proof that indeed the money is there.
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Baggage on MAS flights go missing | theSundaily
PETALING JAYA: Several passengers of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flights have taken to Twitter to voice their frustrations about their missing luggage. According to tweets that were directed to MAS' twitter account, these passengers who were on various different flights during the weekend, complained that they had not received their bags despite having already arrived at their destinations. "You have just failed to connect a plane's worth of luggage, including mine, from London to Phnom Penh. Feels great after 17 hours [of] travel," tweeted one of the passengers, known as Katy Oglethorpe, in her twitter account on Saturday.
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Boy, 10, abused with metal cable by relatives
— AFP picIPOH, March 3 — A 10-year-old boy has been admitted to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here after he was allegedly abused by his relatives. The boy’s pictures are making rounds on the Internet with thousands of social media users condemning the act while sharing the photographs on their respective timelines. Based on information provided with the photographs, it is understood the abuse took place in Menglembu. He was allegedly beaten by his aunt and her husband using a metal cable, among others.
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After Islamic dress code furore, Terengganu MB says come as you are
― Bernama picKUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman denied that the state issued an Islamic dress code barring tourists from wearing revealing attire, claiming today he was surprised to hear that the story went viral. He added that such rules to police tourists’ attire were unnecessary as there were already sufficient laws to ensure public modesty. “I've already asked the exco chairman to explain the statement … The state government has never planned to issue dressing guidelines for tourists,” Ahmad Razif said as quoted by news portal Sin Chew Daily, referring to State Tourism and Cultural Affairs executive committee (exco) chairman Datuk Mohd Jidin Shafee.
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Former Microsoft boss keeps building his billions - The Malaysian Insider
– Reuters pic, March 2, 2015.Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has retained his spot as the world's richest man, a rank he has held for 16 of the past 21 years, Forbes magazine said on Monday. The Microsoft co-founder's fortune increased US$3.2 billion (RM11.6 billion) since last year to $79.2 billion, the business magazine said, despite a $1.5 billion gift of Microsoft shares to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in November. In fourth was Amancio Ortega, founder of the Inditex fashion group that includes Zara clothing retail shops.
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AirAsia offers 20pct discount for all seats and flights
Bookings may be made at airasia.com from March 3 to 8, 2015, the airline says.
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