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  • Ex-Malaysian Indian lawyer three others get death

    A former Malaysian Indian lawyer and three others were sentenced to death Thursday in the high profile murders of a Malaysian businesswoman and three others in 2010. The high court in Shah Alam, the capital of the Malaysian state of Selangor, sentenced former lawyer N. Pathmanabhan, 43, and farm hands T. Thilayalagan, 21, R. Matan, 22, and R. Kathavarayan, 33, for the murders of cosmetics ...

  • Indian-origin mans death in custody classified as murder

    The death of a 32-year-old Indian-origin man while in police custody in Malaysia has now been classified as a murder. N. Dharmendran had died Tuesday while he was in a lock-up at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters. According to city police chief Mohmad Salleh, the post-mortem report showed that Dharmendran might have been murdered while in police custody, local media reported Thursday. "The ...

  • MACC begins investigation on payment in rape-marry case

    KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has started its investigation on a claim of possible corrupt practice involved in the case of a restaurant manager charged with raping an under-age girl in Kota Kinabalu. MACC director of ...

  • Guan Eng ticks off IGP for investigating DAP’s Chen Man Hin

    said the party was shocked that the police found it necessary to investigate the innocent actions of an 86-year-old who supposedly conspired to create public disorder when he used the term "Malaysia Spring" in a private e-mail correspondence over a year ago. It was reported that Chen was called in for questioning for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government through street ...

  • Temporary closure of traffic lights at junction of Jln Damansara Jln Wan Kadir 3

    KUALA LUMPUR: Traffic lights at the junction of Jalan Damansara and Jalan Wan Kadir 3 (coming from Kuala Lumpur/Sprint Highway) is temporarily closed from May 23 until further ...

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Clean, Shaven [DVD]

Clean, Shaven [DVD]

Lodge Kerrigan's directorial debut, Clean, Shaven, is a daring and disturbing cinematic experiment that takes us inside the mind of a struggling schizophrenic for an unrelenting 80-minute ride. Kerrigan mixes a shaky narrative filled with gaping holes begging to be filled by the ... ...

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  • Pakatan holds rally in Terengganu

    KUALA TERENGGANU: Thousands of people thronged a Pakatan Rakyat rally at Kuala Ibai here Thursday as the Opposition continues its protest against the results of the 13th general election. Mostly clad in black attire, the crowd began came trickling in after the Isyak prayers although stalls selling t-shirts and food have sprung up in the evening. Terengganu DAP chief Ng Chai Heng kick-started the ...

  • Malaysian Student Charged with Sedition 2 Others Arrested

    Malaysian authorities have charged a student activist with sedition and have detained two others, including an opposition politician, on similar charges after their involvement in a campaign to challenge what they say are fraudulent election results. Prosecutors Thursday charged Adam Adli under the country's controversial Sedition Act for allegedly telling a political forum that ...

  • Police release 18 protestors in front of Jinjang police station

    KUALA LUMPUR: Police have released 18 protestors, including four women, who were arrested for allegedly refusing to disperse at a gathering in front of the Jinjang police station near here Wednesday night. Kuala Lumpur police ...

  • Unicef welcomes move to protect girl from alleged rapist

    KUALA LUMPUR: United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) welcomed on Thursday the decision by the Attorney-General Chamber and Sabah Welfare Department to protect the best interests of the 13-year-old who was married by a 40-year-old man, Riduan Masmud, who allegedly raped her. Unicef Malaysia in a statement said the government's quick action and strong concern expressed by various NGOs ...

  • Malaysian police arrest opposition figures in crackdown

    KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested three opposition politicians and activists on Thursday and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked a series of opposition protest rallies. The arrests and the charging of a student activist under the country's Sedition Act signal a ...

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