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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 ...

  • IHH Healthcare earnings up 3.6 to RM127.27m

    's earnings rose 3.6% to RM127.27mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM122.77mil a year ago. It said on Thursday the group's profit after tax and minority interests (PATAMI) increased by 3% on-year to RM113.7mil. However, if exceptional items were excluded, it increased by 18% on-year to RM119.9mil from RM101.8mil. IHH explained this was due to growth in earnings before ...

  • Pandan MP to stand trial for violation of banking secrecy over NFC documents

    said there was no merit in the appeal. "Allegation that the charge is against public policy is not grounded in evidence," he said. Justice Apandi ordered the trial to proceed expeditiously as he said it was a case of public interest. The case has been fixed for mention at the Sessions Court in Shah Alam on June 10. At the hearing of the appeal Thursday, Rafizi's counsel R. ...

  • EC to start redelineation of electoral constituencies

    KUALA LUMPUR: A study on the redelineation of electoral constituencies, which was postponed two years ago, will begin soon, said Election Commission (EC) ...

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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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  • DAPs Thanksgiving Rally

    PETALING JAYA: The crowd is building up around the Dataran Petaling Jaya area as people gather to attend the Perhimpunan Kesyukuran DAP (Thanksgiving Rally), which is scheduled to begin at 7pm Thursday. The rally organisers had given the police the due 10-day notice to hold the gathering. Police have advised motorists to avoid all roads surrounding the area. Jalan Barat and Jalan Sultan leading ...

  • Malaysia Kekal Sebagai Rakan Dagang Utama China Dalam Kalangan Negara Asean

    BEIJING, 23 Mei (Bernama) -- Malaysia terus menjadi rakan dagang terunggul China dalam Asean, dengan peningkatan perdagangan dua hala sebanyak 23.9 peratus tahun ke tahun antara kedua-dua negara kepada US$33.88 bilion (RM102.21 bilion) dalam suku pertama tahun ini. Eksport Malaysia ke China dari Januari hingga April tahun ini bertambah 7.3 peratus, manakala import dari China bertambah 55.8 ...

  • 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 ...

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