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KOTA KINABALU, Two children, aged two years and two months, are feared drowned after they were swept away by floodwaters in Kampung Dalit, Sook, near Keningau, yesterday. The Sabah Fire and Rescue Department Operations Centre, in a statement today, said the two were carried away by floodwaters that inundated their home at 5 pm. “Seven individuals were swept away by the floodwaters, but five were rescued, while the other two, who are children, remain missing,” according to the statement. The fire department received the emergency call about the incident at 10.06 pm, after which a team from the Sook and

Almost 30 years after the National Fatwa Committee for Islamic Affairs declared the Al-Arqam movement and its teachings deviant, the banned Islamic sect has once again come under scrutiny following recent revelations about the activities of GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH). Through Operation Global (OP Global), the police have raided dozens of premises and charitable homes managed by the conglomerate across several states including Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, detaining hundreds of individuals, including top management. Police investigations have also linked the organisation to a cultist doctrine reminiscent of Al-Arqam, alongside the discovery of hundreds of books and pamphlets related to

KUALA LUMPUR, CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd expects the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to announce the winner of the spectrum for the second 5G network (under Entity B) next week, two months after the telcos’ submission of applications on July 31. In a note today, CIMB Securities said it believes CelcomDigi Bhd (CDB), Maxis Bhd and U Mobile Sdn Bhd to be the final contenders. ‘As telecommunications (telcos) submitted standalone applications (given the tight one-month deadline), we expect MCMC to announce a sole winner. ‘However, soon thereafter, we expect the winning telco to enter into equity partnership, or long-term

The Embassy of India in Phnom Penh celebrated Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day at Raffles Hotel Le Royal. To mark the occasion, H.E. Dr. Devyani Khobragade, Ambassador of India, hosted a reception. H.E. Mr. PAUL Pidou, Secretary of State, Ministry of Civil Service, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The reception was attended by more than 120 prominent ITEC alumni from various ministries in Cambodia, including H.E. Sry Thamarong, Senior Minister, H.E. Dr. Sao Chivoan, Secretary of State and President of CIAA, H.E. Dr. Khy Sovanratana, Secretary of State, MoFA and IC, H.E. Chan Sorey, Secretary of

H.E. SOK Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation held separate talks with H.E. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary; and H.E. Ms. Baiba Braže, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, at the UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 24, on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. While meeting with his Hungarian counterpart, H.E. SOK Chenda Sophea expressed his high appreciation for the progress made in bilateral relations, highlighting the high-level exchange of visits and the convening of bilateral talks