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Khazanah, PNB to hand over businesses to boost Bumi equity

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Permodalan Nasional Bhd will be asked to transfer a total of 10 non-core businesses to worthy Bumiputera-owned companies as part of Putrajaya's efforts to grow Bumiputera equity.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak the divested entities, which he said must have good potential for growth, will be ... Read More

Ng Chee Fei (right) relating the February 6, 2012 attack on him by employees of a KFC restaurant, on February 12, 2012. On the left is Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Ng Chee Fei (right) relating the February 6, 2012 attack on him by employees of a KFC restaurant, on February 12, 2012. On the left is Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng. — Picture by Choo Choy May Read More

1 Care to be made mandatory, says Health Ministry

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The Health Ministry said today that the 1 Care national healthcare proposal will be made mandatory for all Malaysians, in an admission that is likely to fuel further ... Read More

Stop fanning racial flames, says man attacked in KFC outlet

By Lisa J. Ariffin
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — A man seemingly assaulted by employees of a KFC restaurant in a video that went viral on the Internet has come forward to urge the public not to fan racial sentiments over the ... Read More

Some way to go for Lynas to get full licence, says Mustapa

By Lee Wei Lian
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 – The government does not expect to grant Lynas a full operating licence soon for its rare earth refinery in Kuantan as it has yet to fulfill all pre-conditions, said Datuk Seri ... Read More

Cops deny RPK claim over businessman’s death, say probe ongoing

By Debra Chong
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 – Businessman Datuk Patrick Wong’s 2009 murder has not been changed to an accidental death by falling nor is the case closed to protect the interests of certain parties as Raja Petra ... Read More

Repeal sedition law to prove political willpower, DAP urges Najib

By Debra Chong
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak must abolish the Sedition Act to prove his pledge to reform the judicial system and safeguard civil liberties, the DAP said today.Because the ... Read More

1 Care to bridge public-private healthcare divide, says Health D-G

By Mohd Farhan Darwis
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The Health Ministry’s controversial 1 Care proposal will give Malaysians equal access to government and private healthcare, its director-general Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman has ... Read More

Tabung Haji insiders charged with graft over ‘haj express’

By Debra Chong
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 – Two officials with Lembaga Tabung Haji were today charged in the Sessions Court with accepting bribes and altering computerised data from Muslim pilgrims under a controversial “haj ... Read More

Hasan Ali wanted to become Selangor MB, says Khalid

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
SHAH ALAM, Feb 9 — Khalid Samad today charged that Datuk Hasan Ali had plans to become Selangor mentri besar in 2008, and that the sacked PAS leader wanted to work with Umno to achieve his goal.The Shah ... Read More

Jui Meng says expects Soi Lek to run in Malay-majority seat

By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Datuk Chua Jui Meng has predicted that Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek will run in a Malay-majority seat in the next general election, ridiculing the MCA president for being unable to ... Read More

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