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PUTRAJAYA: Most Indonesians will not abandon their jobs here, not when there is no guarantee of jobs and income back home, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

PETALING JAYA: The new Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddasseh Metro Southern Line in Mecca will see 63 KTM staff serving on board during the Haj season.

KUALA LUMPUR: The public should trust the mainstream media as it is fact-based, compared to the opinion-based alternative media, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

MIRI: Stateless people in Malaysia no longer have to wait for years for the outcome of their citizenship application.

IPOH: Police have recorded the statement of Taman Ehsan Tasek PKR branch head M.S. Arjunan.

He continues to be panned by his critics as being weak when dealing with Malaysia, but Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has proven yet again that he is indeed a good friend to us.

IPOH: Road Transport Department (RTD) enforcement officers are going undercover to nab road offenders during Ops Sikap 22.

KUALA LUMPUR: The muppets of Sesame Street have landed and the musical production Sesame Street Live from the United States were hard at work setting up the stage at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, for the opening show today.

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court will hear a judicial review application by former Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar and six others, challenging the decision made by the Election Commission (EC) not to hold by-elections for three state seats, on Nov 23.

PUTRAJAYA: The defence in former Transport Minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik's cheating case has applied to declassify confidential Cabinet papers pertaining to his charge involving the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government is unhappy over the prolonged delay in the completion of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport expansion project.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Insider chief executive officer Jahabar Sadiq has denied allegations that he is linked to an Indonesian anti-Malaysia group.

IPOH: Four-year-old “Annie” (not her real name) has never eaten a grain of rice in her life as her unemployed father could not provide for her and her three siblings.

GEORGE TOWN: Surgeons must obtain the consent of their female patients before taking photographs of their intimate parts, ruled a High Court in what is believed to be a landmark decision.

KUCHING: Various enforcement measures, including visual recordings, will be used to catch traffic offenders during the state-wide Ops Sikap which kicks off today until Sept 19 in conjunction with Hari Raya.

THE “spirit” of a nine-month pregnant woman, who was killed in a collision in Segamat, is asking her family to perform a ritual for her and her baby so that they would be free from suffering in the afterworld, China Press reported.

GEORGE TOWN: The political secretary of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has lodged a police report over the online circulation of a picture depicting Lim slaughtering a cow.

KUALA LUMPUR: For orphan Lamia Subasic from Sarajevo in Bosnia Herzegovina, former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is like a father figure.

KOTA KINABALU: Former Liberal Democratic Party vice-president Datuk Peter Pang En Yin will be retained “for the time being” as Deputy Chief Minister, said Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) hopes its application to become one of the component parties in Barisan Nasional will be approved.

MALACCA: Community leaders of villages and Chinese new villages will be removed if they fail to perform, said MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

PUTRAJAYA: Gated and guarded neighbourhood schemes will have to follow new guidelines, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

GEORGE TOWN: Penang Tourism Development and Cul­ture Committee chairman Danny Law has come under fire for failing to perform.

KLANG: Spies who allegedly planted a recording device in the office of the Selangor Mentri Besar were caught in the act instead.

KUANTAN: Pahang police arrested a 25-year-old man and seized 2.2kg of heroin during a raid at Lorong Pasar Baru.

TAMIL newspapers continued to highlight the detention of wanted Malaysian criminal Michael Soosai in Chennai by Indian police.

KUALA LUMPUR: The man detained by Indian police last Thursday has been confirmed to be Michael Soosai – Malaysia’s most wanted fugitive who faked his own death here before fleeing to India.

IPOH: Police have rescued 24 Indian nationals, believed to be victims of a human-trafficking racket, from a locked terrace house in Sungai Siput.

KUALA LUMPUR: An Indonesian maid wanted in connection with the murder of a baby had no qualms about going for a job interview in Ampang.

SEREMBAN: The Lata Kijang recreational forest in Jelebu near here has been temporarily closed after the soil structure in the area was found to have been destabilised following heavy rains in recent days.

ALOR SETAR: The balik kampung rush has begun in Kedah following the one-week school term break starting a day earlier than most of the other states in the country.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s power producer is studying the possibility of using alternative energy following the rejection of the Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment report for the controversial Lahad Datu coal-fired power plant.

GOMBAK: As many as 25 expressways in the country will be offering discounts and rebates during the Hari Raya season.

KOTA BARU: Forty-two students of a secondary school in Bachok suffered food poisoning after having their sahur (Ramadan pre-dawn meal) on Wednesday, according to the Kelantan Education Depart­ment.

PETALING JAYA: Authorities are bracing for the balik kampung exodus starting today ahead of Hari Raya next week.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will be offering domestic and international travel packages at the Matta Fair from tomorrow to Sept 5.

PETALING JAYA: An online public opinion poll to gather feedback on the reasons behind accidents and deaths on Malaysian roads was launched by Malaysians Unite for Road Safety (Mufors).