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KUALA KANGSAR, Pertubuhan Wawasan Pelancongan, Kreativiti dan Kebudayaan Malaysia (PROTAC) will organise various tourism, creative arts and cultural activities to showcase local cultural heritage and tourist attractions in the country. Its chairman, Datuk Mohamad Kamil Shafie said the association, set up in May, has organised several programmes, including painting exhibitions and promotions of tourist attractions to highlight new talent in the fields of arts and culture. “We (PROTAC) are planning to organise a cultural and tourism carnival in Kuala Kangsar this December and want to publish a book on the uniqueness of cultural heritage,’ he said during the launch of

GEORGE TOWN, Australian forward Dylan Wenzel-Halls has officially joined Penang FC, putting an end to the rumors linking him as the new star player to be recruited by the Black Panthers squad. The announcement of the 27-year-old’s transfer was made by Penang FC today through the Penang Football Club (PFC) Facebook page, which also posted a photo of the star signing his contract with the football team. Born in Ipswich, Queensland, the 1.73m-tall forward is expected to strengthen the attacking line-up of the Black Panthers, who have struggled since the beginning of the current Super League season. ‘Dylan is known

KOTA TINGGI, Two people died in an accident involving four vehicles at KM 61.5 of Jalan Johor Bahru-Mersing here this morning. Acting Kota Tinggi district police chief DSP Mohd Syamsuri Mohamad said the victims were a 51-year-old woman who was in the backseat of a multi-purpose vehicle and a motorcyclist, a 21-year-old man. Both died of severe head injuries at the scene. He said police received information regarding the incident involving a Mitsubishi Xpander MPV, a Perodua Viva car, a Yamaha 135LC motorcycle and an Isuzu lorry at about 11.40 am. “Investigations found that the accident occurred when the MPV

MUKAH, Swift currents and zero visibility in the river are complicating efforts to look for an elderly man who went missing after two longboats collided in Batang Oya, Dalat this morning. Dalat district police chief DSP Saga Chunggat said he and an independent commercial diver used SCUBA diving methods from 2 pm in today’s search and rescue (SAR) operation to locate longboat helmsman Dos Katek, 81, while local villagers assisting the operation used trawling methods on their longboats. “Four dives were made to look for the victim but failed. Swift river currents and zero visibility in the water complicated the

JOHOR BAHRU, Three tankers, without registration numbers, believed to have been laden with 58,000 litres of illegal crude palm oil, worth RM220,500, were seized in Op Taring Palma at a premises in Permas Jaya here today. Johor Bahru Selatan district police chief ACP Raub Selamat said the seizure of the contraband was carried out today between 12.30 am and 10.18 am. He said a raid on the premises suspected of being used to store the illegal crude palm oil was carried out by officers and members from the Bukit Aman Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) intelligence team and enforcement officers from