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Malaysia

1 Care merely ‘upgrade’ of current healthcare system, says minister

GOMBAK, Feb 11 — Putrajaya’s controversial 1 Care proposal is merely an “upgrade” of Malaysia’s current two-pronged healthcare system, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said today.

The health minister told reporters that any discussion of 1 Care was “premature”.

He repeatedly stressed that the matter is at a “discussion level” in what appears to be an ... 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

KFC food fight not racial, says witness

By Mohd Farhan Darwis
KLANG, Feb 11 — It was hunger and not racism that triggered a fight at a KFC outlet in neighbouring i-City, Shah Alam, a witness to the quarrel said today.The witness, who only wanted to be known as ... Read More

Indians get fake US, Canadian visas from Malaysia

By Melissa Chi
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Malaysia’s lax controls on Indian tourists appear to be helping them enter the US and Canada illegally while prospering a foreign syndicate offering fake visas.The Times of India ... Read More

Minister denies EPF scheme use due to empty Treasury

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin has denied that using RM1.5 billion from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to give home loans to unqualified buyers meant that the federal ... Read More

Death likely for Saudi at home, says rights group

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Detained Saudi Arabian writer Mohammad Najeeb A Kashgari faces certain death for apostasy if Malaysia agrees to send him home, an international human rights group said.Human Rights ... Read More

Thaksin in KL recently, gets better treatment than in 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra was here last week for a dinner with Datuk Seri Najib Razak and was even given police outriders, a stark contrast to his reported visit two ... Read More

PKR goes into final huddle before polls

By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — PKR’s retreat at the end of the month will be the party’s largest ever as it seeks to streamline its election strategy before federal polls that must be called in the next 14 ... Read More

Passing assets to Bumi elites a return to Dr M’s failed policies, MPs say

By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Lawmakers across the political divide are wary of Putrajaya’s move to transfer 10 non-core businesses from Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Permodalan Nasional Bhd to Bumiputera ... Read More

Muslims told Valentine’s Day can invoke wrath of God

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — An invitation “to be my Valentine” on February 14 is against Islamic beliefs and would incur the wrath of Allah, Muslims were told today in the official Friday sermon prepared by ... Read More

PKR demands Putrajaya reveal full details of NFCorp loan

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — PKR today demanded the government reveal the full details of its RM250 million loan to the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp), saying it would help shed light on the government’s ... Read More

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