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  • Palanivel Special team to focus on forest hill destruction

    KUALA LUMPUR: The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will set up a special team with the respective state governments to look into the destruction of forests and hill slopes in the country. Its ...

  • Khalid is new IGP Bakri deputy

    Printer Friendly Kuala Lumpur: Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar will replace Tan Sri Ismail Omar as the new Inspector-General of Police (IGP), effective this Friday. The Prime Minister's Office, in a statement issued here Tuesday, said Federal Police (Bukit Aman) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director Datuk Seri Bakri Zinin will take over as the new ...

  • Two riders in motorcycle convoy die in mishap

    JOHOR BARU: A convoy of 40 motorcycles from Selangor to Desaru ended in a tragedy when five of the machines brushed against each other and resulted in two riders dead at KM22.5 along Jalan Kulaijaya-Kota Tinggi here. In the incident, Muhammad Fadzirul Hakimi Abd Rahim, 21, and his friend Muhammad Adib Jasmani, 23, were killed when their motorcycles fell across the road. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt ...

  • Foresty DG Less than 1 of forest reserves in peninsula affected by illegal logging

    IPOH: Less than one per cent of 4.7 million hectares of forest reserves in Peninsular Malaysia have been affected by illegal logging, according to Peninsula Forestry ...

  • PAS gets four Selangor exco posts

    PORT KLANG: The Selangor State Executive Council (Exco) will be represented by four candidates from PAS and three each from PKR and DAP, said Mentri ...

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Braveheart [DVD]

Braveheart [DVD]

Mel Gibson's "Braveheart" is a violent, utterly passionate epic about the real-life Scottish hero William Wallace, a commoner who, from 1297 to 1305 A.D., led a revolt against the ruling English that eventually led to the independence of Scotland. Until "Braveheart" came out, Wallace was not a particularly well-known historical figure outside of Scotland. But, Mel Gibson's almost-three-hour t ... ...

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  • Dr Chua Tee’s appointment to Johor exco will be discussed by MCA central committee

    . "But I would like to stress that the party did not recommend Tee for the position in the Johor executive councillor line up and we have clarified a lot of times that the appointment was solely the Johor Sultan's wish," he said here Sunday. Dr Chua said that Tee's case would also be passed to the party's disciplinary board for evaluation and Tee would have the ...

  • Malaysia’s rigged electoral system

    As the smoke clears after the Malaysian election battle it has become clear that under the current electoral system defeat of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) was never quite on the cards, even without the electoral roll and election day cheating and vote buying claimed by the opposition. Indeed all other factors being equal it would probably take another 4 percent swing against the BN for the ...

  • Taib wants infrastructure development issues resolved

    wants all Sarawak members of parliament appointed to the Federal Government to resolve the state's infrastructure development issues which are unique, as compared to those in the Peninsular. ...

  • More want English as medium of instruction in schools

    PETALING JAYA: Should the Government allow the use of English as a medium of instruction in schools again? "Yes" was the most popular response given by Malaysians on Twitter responding to the question using the hashtag #MyEnglish, initiated by The Star Online on Sunday. English teacher Sheila Victor @SheilaVictor2 was in favour of the language to be brought back as a medium of ...

  • Police investigating organisers of Penang thanksgiving ceramah

    GEORGE TOWN: Police are investigating the "Thanksgiving Mega Ceramah" organised by the DAP-led state government on Saturday as it was held without obtaining proper approval from the authorities. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said the organiser had not informed them 10 days in advance as stipulated under Section 9 (1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. "A report had been ...

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