Thieves cart off prized orchids from floral fest venue

GEORGE TOWN: More than 15 prized orchids worth a total of RM20,000 have been stolen from the Penang Floral Festival venue, including a grand prize-winning endangered species that could only be found in Sabah. The flowers, which were on exhibition at the Penang Botanic Gardens, vanished overnight. Ev …

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Public caning for college student who raped teen

KUALA LUMPUR: A college student learnt a painful lesson after he was given eight strokes of the rotan in public as punishment for raping a teenager. Ainur Asyriq Aizamuddin, 19, was whipped with a light rotan (the type for punishing white collar criminals) inside the Ampang Sessions courtroom in fro …

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King receives 30 cakes in conjunction with birthday

KUALA LUMPUR: Thirty cakes were presented to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’ad­zam Shah in conjunction with his birthday today. The cakes, contributed by various quarters, were presented to the King at the Banquet Hall of Istana Negara here yesterday. Tuanku Abdul Halim and the Raja …

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Penangite makes a name in the world of fragrances

SCENTS were an important part of Josh Lee’s life from the beginning, as his family operated a business supplying baking ingredients and scents. The different flavour extracts ended up having a major influence on the young Lee’s olfactory senses. “My father would also douse me in different fragrances …

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Gunman kills one, injures three on Seattle campus

LOS ANGELES: A lone gunman killed one person and injured three others Thursday on a college campus in the northwestern US city of Seattle, where the mayor denounced America’s “epidemic of gun violence.” The latest bloody rampage to shake the United States came just two weeks after …

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