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Stop fanning racial flames, says man attacked in KFC outlet

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 incident.

“I regret the allegations of racial sentiments circulated on the internet, and urge netizens to stop all these nonsense as they were not ... 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 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

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

Top SC job to be split between retiring Treasury chief, executive director

By Jahabar Sadiq
Editor
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The Securities Commission (SC) will revamp its top post with retiring Treasury chief Tan Sri Dr Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah taking over as non-executive chairman from current ... Read More

Dr M: Anwar wants to westernise Malaysia’s laws

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad slammed his former protégé Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for claiming the country’s laws are archaic and need to be replaced with western laws in line with ... Read More

NFC: Soi Lek confident Shahrizat will use ‘political wisdom’

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said today the party is confident embattled minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jail will use her “political wisdom” over the National ... Read More

Shah Alam not a ‘city of sin’, says PAS MP

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
SHAH ALAM, Feb 9 — PAS’s Khalid Samad today denied allegations that Shah Alam had become a “morally decadent” city under Pakatan Rakyat (PR), saying that the Selangor government had taken all steps to ... Read More

Pua wants to meet Kong over bloated KLIA2 cost

By Yow Hong Chieh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Tony Pua said today he has asked to meet Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha over the relocation of KLIA2, which the DAP publicity chief claims led to construction costs ... Read More

RPK claims businessman’s death in 2009 linked to Selangor sand theft

By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin has claimed that Datuk Patrick Wong was murdered in 2009 because the businessman was uncovering evidence of sand theft under the Selangor ... Read More

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