Agent kept baby away because maid had Hepatitis B

PETALING JAYA: An employment agent, who allegedly dumped a maid’s baby recently, has told police that he separated the infant from one of the maids for fear of her spreading her Hepatitis B to the boy. A spokesman for the Shah Alam police headquarters said the man, in his 40s, who allegedly kept a b …

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Cops awaiting DNA test results

KUANTAN: The identity of the body found in Pulau Tioman has yet to be confirmed and police are awaiting DNA test results to conclusively identify the deceased man. Pahang police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Sharifuddin Ab Ghani said the cause of death was also undetermined after a post-mortem was …

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Longest zip line is now in Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah now has the world’s longest zip line – the bigger-scale version of the flying fox that enables users to traverse from the top to the bottom of a cable attached to a moving pulley – that will give the thrill of literally sailing from the air from one island to another at the Tunk …

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World Cup 2014: My best goals

World Cup 2014 is days away. And what better way to get into the mood than to talk about some of the memorable goals scored throughout the years. I started my love affair with the most beautiful sport from the 1998 edition which was held in France. That was the first time that I heard and became ama …

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General : Port Klang MMEA Detain 12 Indonesians

PORT KLANG, June 5 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained 12 Indonesian seamen during an ‘Ops Redback’ operation that began on June 2 in the waters off Sungai Besar and Pulau Ketam. District Maritime enforcement chief, Captain Mohd Aliyas Hamdan said …

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Samy Vellu interview stokes up emotions in MIC

KUALA LUMPUR: It was vintage Datuk Seri Samy Vellu. Except this time around, he was not condemning and fighting leaders he deems as his political “enemies” within the MIC but his own annointed successor as the party’s president. Supporters of Datuk Seri G. Palanivel are up in arms over an interview …

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Netizens share pledges for World Environment Day

PETALING JAYA: Several netizens shared their environmental pledges on social media in conjunction with World Environment Day on Thursday. Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming shared his environmental pledge on his Twitter account @imokman. “I pledge to separate all of my rubbish at the source and to encourage m …

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It's that time of the moth

PETALING JAYA: Giant moths are swarming – and bugging people – across Malaysia, with sightings reported in many areas besides Kuantan, where their presence is already causing a buzz. Netizens posted on The Star Online’s Facebook page that they had observed moths in Perak, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Joho …

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