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  • Indian-origin men jailed in Malaysia

    A court in Malaysia has sentenced two Indian-origin men to separate jail terms for brutally assaulting a Nigerian that led to his death. Judge Noor Azian Shaari of the high court in Shah Alam, the capital of the Malaysian state of Selangor, sentenced V. Ganesan, 29, to one year in jail and T. Kumar, 29, to seven years in jail for causing grievous injuries to Nwabudike Emmanuel Chukwuma that led ...

  • Petronas Dagangan Q1 earnings down 3.7 to RM237m

    's earnings fell 3.7% to RM237.09mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM246.21mil a year ago due to lower margins despite revenue had increased. It said on Thursday its revenue, however, was up 11.2% to RM7.619bil from RM6.852mil. Earnings per share were 23.90 sen compared with 24.80. It declared an interim dividend of 17.5 sen per share. The group's profit before ...

  • Japans tumble drags key regional European markets lower

    KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's FBM KLCI closed down 0.61% on Thursday as investors were spooked by the sharp pullback in Japan's markets, triggered by worries about the US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus and weak Chinese factory data. At 5pm, the KLCI was down 10.82 points to 1,773.06, but off the intra-day low of 1,765.62. Turnover was 2.14 billion shares valued at RM2.96bil. ...

  • Zahid asks for evidence of improprieties in electoral roll says he’ll get to the bottom of it

    has urged those with evidence of impropriety in the electoral roll to contact his office directly to get to the bottom of the issue. He said he is open to working with organisations such as the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) and the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) to get to the bottom of such allegations. "I welcome any grouses and complaints. If it is true and ...

  • Malaysian authorities crack down on opposition activists

    Malaysian student activist Adam Adli is released on bail after being charged for sedition in Kuala Lumpur. Three prominent anti-government figures were also arrested. Photograph: Vincent ...

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Lynne Ramsays We Need to Talk About Kevin is the second film this year to deal with the aftermath of an adolescent boys massacre of his fellow students, but it differs sharply from Shawn Kus Beautiful Boy, which was more of a straightforward psych ... ...

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  • Malaysia Maybank Posts 12 Rise in 1Q Net Expects More Growth

    Malayan Banking Bhd (1155.KU), Malaysia's largest lender by assets, said Thursday that first-quarter net profit grew 12% from a year earlier on the back of higher net interest income as well as robust Islamic banking performance, adding that it expects a pick-up in business momentum in key markets due to stronger loan growth.Net profit for the three months ended March was 1.51 billion ...

  • Malaysia police arrest opposition figures in crackdown

    Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim delivers his speech during a rally in protest of the Sunday's election results at a stadium in Kelana Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur May 8, ...

  • Solid groundwork needed in Sabah Sarawak Pakatan told

    Reset PETALING JAYA (May 23): The opposition needs to carry out solid groundwork, offers the right message and provides good leadership at the state level if they want to make inroads into the rural areas of Sabah and Sarawak, said two Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) lecturers. They must also focus on empowering the people in the rural areas, Dr Faisal Hazis and Dr Arnold Puyok, both ...

  • Malaysia remains China’s top Asean trade partner

    BEIJING (May 23): Malaysia continues to be China's top trading partner in Asean, with bilateral trade between both countries hitting US$33.88 billion (RM102.21 billion) in the first quarter of this year, up 23.9 per cent ...

  • TDM to plant 5000ha of new trees every year in Kalimantan

    , plans to plant at least 5,000ha of new oil palm trees every year in its Kalimantan as it targets to double the size of its plantations to 70,000ha. ...

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