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KUALA LUMPUR, A total of 1,916 elderly individuals aged 61 and above fell victim to online scams during the first eight months of this year, resulting in losses amounting to RM255,367,680.39. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director, Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said that while the number of elderly victims is relatively small compared to other age groups, the financial losses incurred by this demographic are significant, making them a prime target for scammers. ‘Over the past three years (2021 to 2023), a total of 86,266 individuals have been victims of online fraud, of which 5,533 victims, or

GEORGE TOWN, The Penang government plans to establish more ‘Streets of Harmony’ across the state to promote and strengthen unity among the people, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said there were currently four ‘Streets Of Harmony’ on the island. These ‘Streets of Harmony’ are where houses of worship for various religions are situated nearby. There are in the Kapitan Keling Mosque area in George Town, Seberang Jaya and Bukit Mertajam and the latest one is in Bayan Baru, which is opened today area. “We are also planning to have one in Ampang Jajar, Butterworth,’ he told reporters after

KUALA LUMPUR, The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) is currently in the proposal stage to provide a new system for the selection of athletes to the 2025 Thailand SEA Games. OCM secretary-general Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin Najib said the system would see only the truly best athletes listed to compete in the biennial games. “This week we have met the sports association and we see that it is better to have one qualifying criteria for each sport. Compared to before where we use a qualification system where there is category A and category B. “So we want each association to discuss

KUALA LUMPUR, Owners of food premises in the Federal Territories who failed to maintain the cleanliness in their respective premises face losing their business licenses. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa said their licences would not be renewed. She said that at a meeting of the heads of agencies of the Federal Territories department two days ago, she had instructed the Kuala Lumpur Mayor (Datuk Seri Dr Maimunah Mohd Sharif) to carry out enforcement on the cleanliness of premises in the city, especially food premises. ‘If the cleanliness of the premises is found not up

PUTRAJAYA, The patient who was confirmed positive for monkeypox or clade II variant mpox is now getting better and is in a stable condition, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. He said the individual, who was confirmed positive for mpox last Sept 16, had shown positive progress. “The patient, who is currently in isolation, is stable and healthy. We (Ministry of Health) will end the isolation period. We will let you know when (the isolation period is over),” he told reporters after the Gotong Royong Mega Fight Aedes 2.0, 1 Hour Malaysia Clean Up programme in conjunction with