
PM's Merdeka speech: Our success due to consensus
Najib says 'we are able to exceed the expectations and predictions of various parties, including from among the citizens themselves.'


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About 10,000 people in yellow shirts defied a police ban to turn up at the Merdeka countdown.
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Lynas Corporation Limited is now ready to move into industrial scale to test the co-product called Iron PhosphoGypsum.

The NGO says if he is appointed, it will lodge reports with the police and MACC with evidence of his alleged misdeeds.


Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Jamil Khir Baharom said normally, the quota would have been known by Ramadan.

The Info Department is dangling lucky draw prizes such as a car, motorbike and airtickets to plug its event at the National Stadium.

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The High Court also rejects Karpal’s bid to subpoena ex-AG Abu Talib Othman and his successor Abdul Gani Patail.







He confirms that suggestions had been made at the Aug 15 cabinet meeting to reprimand three key BN leaders.

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Ludicrous that armed and unarmed robberies are index crimes, but not ‘robbery with concealed weapons'.

'The cabinet has decided that there is not going to be any change... We need this to ensure that we can fight cybercrime.'

A number of Raub residents and NGOs are claiming that the Himpunan Hijau rally is politically motivated, reports Sinar Harian.




The PAS deputy spiritual leader is quoted in Utusan as saying he considered Nasharudin's statement as not an offence.

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The court orders the publisher of Utusan Malaysia to pay damages to the former Perak MB.

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UIA lecturer Mazslee Malik says this goes against Islamic traditions where past ulama were involved in the fight.

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PKR-linked whistleblowers centre NOW says Pakatan will not be immune, but complainants 'must show proof'.




This despite the party initially pressing the Penang CM for his position on Sabah defections and the 2009 Sept 16 failed coup.






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'Controversies galore... This year's Merdeka will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.'


Baljit Singh Sidhu argues the sentences were indeed ‘severe' and says the Penal Code takes consent into consideration.

Women's rights activist Ivy Josiah wants the courts to explain the lenient sentencing for statutory rape.

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'With impunity and impudence, they keep on with reporting lies, half truths and run seditious articles...'