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KUALA LUMPUR, The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) fully supports efforts by the government to address mental health issues among civil servants. It said the Occupational Psychology First Aid (OPFA) course to train civil servants to be psychological first aid providers in the workplace, was among the initiatives by the institute to support the government’s efforts. Currently, 10,000 participants are attending the two-day OPFA) course which is aimed at providing awareness and basic skills to employers and employees on psychosocial issues so that they can recognise and manage stress in the workplace, it said in a statement

SHAH ALAM, Four policemen, including an Inspector, have been immediately transferred from the Selangor Police Contingent Headquarters (IPK) for violating standard operating procedures (SOP) by misusing government premises. Selangor Police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the immediate transfer involved personnel with the ranks of Corporal, Sergeant, Sergeant Major, and Inspector. He said the directive was issued following an incident where a Corporal brought four civilians – three women and a man – into their office in the early hours of Sept 28. ‘In the ‘so-called’ party incident, they were listening to music and had some food. No civilians are

KUALA LUMPUR, The number of flood victims in temporary evacuation centres (PPS) in Melaka and Johor increased slightly tonight while Perak, Kedah and Selangor recorded a decrease. In MELAKA, evacuees increased to 23 people from six families as of 8 pm compared to 16 victims from three families at 4 pm. According to the InfoBencanaJKM application, all the victims were placed at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tehel PPS in Jasin which opened at 12 noon. In JOHOR, the flood victims placed in eight PPS in the state increased to 582 people from 158 families at 8 pm this evening compared to

KUALA LUMPUR, It was a lifetime opportunity for 10 students from Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Hisammudin Alam Shah, Kuala Lumpur when they communicated directly with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) female astronaut Captain Sunita Williams. The opportunity came about through the ‘ISS Contact 2024’ program held at the National Planetarium, providing an unique experience for all of them from Year One to Year Six. National Planetarium senior principal assistant director, Mohd Zamri Shah Mastor said that students could communicate directly with Williams through the program, which uses the Amateur Radio Station on the International Space Station (ISS). “We communicated

KOTA KINABALU, The Sabah branch of the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) seized 8,177 kg of subsidised 1kg cooking oil packets during a raid at a terraced house on Jalan Kobusak yesterday (Oct 8). Its director Georgie Abas said the raid, conducted under Ops Tiris, also resulted in the seizure of 48 kg of coarse sugar and the arrest of a man. ‘The total value of the seizure is RM20,579.30, and this case will be investigated under Section 21 of the Control of Supplies Act 1961,’ he said in a statement today. Commenting on the raid, Georgie