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CYBERJAYA, The National Month and Fly the Jalur Gemilang 2024 launch ceremony held here today attracted not only residents of the peninsula but also people from Sabah, Sarawak, and even foreign nationals. According to Farihah Fuaad, 28, a travel agency employee from Sarawak, she and her friend took the opportunity to purchase Sarawak laksa at the state’s booth. ‘I moved to Cyberjaya a year ago for work and events like this give me a good sense of belonging. I just had to get the Sarawak laksa as it’s quite hard to get it here,’ said Farihah, who learned about the

KOTA TINGGI, Two friends have been reported missing and are feared drowned while swimming at Pantai Batu Layar, here, today. Punggai Fire and Rescue Station (BPP) operations commander Mohammad Saifulizam Mohd Rofi said the missing individuals have been identified as Muhammad Syahmie Zamzam, 26, and Haqim Abdul Rahim Lee, 20. He said the station was alerted to the incident at 9.38 am, and the operation is still underway to locate the victims. ‘The distance between the beach and the location where the two victims are feared to have drowned is approximately five kilometres,’ he said in a statement today. In

KUALA LUMPUR, CyberSecurity Malaysia (CSM) has issued an alert to users and organisations to be cautious of possible phishing attacks by cybercriminals following the CrowdStrike global disruption. CSM posted on Facebook today advising all parties to be cautious of calls from unknown parties, data phishing emails, phishing websites or messages containing software updates or remote access requests to restore computers following the global disruption. ‘Users and system administrators are also advised to take precautionary measures such as blocking dangerous domains with proxies, filtering spam and security mechanisms to prevent phishing and threats, and to continuously monitor to immediately detect and

CYBERJAYA, A total of 2,000 fresh chickens and 1,000 packs of five-kilogramme (kg) rice are available at the Jualan Ehsan Rahmah programme held in conjunction with the National Month and Fly the Jalur Gemilang 2024 launch ceremony here today. Programme coordinator Rosnaini Abdul Malek said they were among six main items offered at discounts between 20 and 30 per cent compared to market prices. ‘Other main food items sold include eggs, ikan rakyat (such as kembung, cencaru and bawal), beef, and cooking oil in one kg packets, as these are among the top choices for the public,’ she told Bernama.

SANDAKAN, None of the component parties of Barisan Nasional (BN) and Friends of BN were marginalised, in fact all were treated well, said BN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister said all BN component parties and Friends of BN are always engaged to discuss various issues. In fact, he said MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong who is also the BN vice chairman was given the honour of speaking and opening the Sabah BN Assembly and the Sabah BN Convention today proving that component parties are important for BN. “In the past by-elections