September 29, 2025
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Retiree cheated of RM525,000 in fake cryptocurrency investment after responding to Facebook advertisement

KUALA TERENGGANU, Sept 29 — A 71-year-old retiree lost RM525,000 after falling prey to a syndicate running a fake cryptocurrency investment scheme.

September 29, 2025
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‘No more warnings’: KL police to launch traffic summons crackdown starting Oct 1

KUALA LUMPUR — Starting Oct 1, Kuala Lumpur police will cease issuing warnings and move to full enforcement against traffic offenders, city police chief Comm Datuk Fadil Marsus announced.

September 29, 2025
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Anwar: New scheme to safeguard employees beyond workplace and office hours

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — Malaysia will soon roll out a new scheme providing workers with protection around the clock, covering accidents and injuries sustained even beyond office hours, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.

September 28, 2025
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Police: Brake failure behind fatal Bukit Kajang Toll crash, lorry driver detained

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 — Police have detained a lorry driver in connection with a crash at the Bukit Kajang Toll Plaza this morning that claimed the life of a one-year-old boy and left seven others injured.

September 28, 2025
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‘Datuk’ remanded three days over cooking oil smuggling syndicate

KOTA BHARU, Sept 28 — A 28-year-old man with the honorific title ‘Datuk’, suspected of involvement in a syndicate smuggling 11,050 kilogrammes (kg) of subsidised cooking oil, has been remanded for three days starting tomorrow.

September 28, 2025
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Finance Minister II: RM3.7m worth of RON95 bought since Budi95 launch

LABUAN, Sept 28 — Since the launch of the Budi Madani RON95 (Budi95) initiative yesterday, a total of RM3.7 million worth of RON95 petrol has been purchased at the subsidised price of RM1.99 per litre as of 12 noon today.