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Three Penang schools shift to home-based learning as flood victims take over classrooms

Three Penang schools shift to home-based learning as flood victims take over classrooms

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Oct 26 — Three schools in Penang will conduct home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) on Monday and Tuesday as their premises have been turned into temporary flood relief centres. State Education Department director Mohamad Dziauddin Mat Saad said the schools involved are SK Lahar Yooi and SK Padang Menora in Seberang Perai Utara, […]

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Flood victims surge to 4,252 in Perak, Kedah, Penang; evacuees housed in relief centres

Flood victims surge to 4,252 in Perak, Kedah, Penang; evacuees housed in relief centres

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — The number of flood victims in Perak, Kedah, and Penang has surged, with a total of 4,252 people relocated to temporary relief centres by this afternoon. In Perak, the number of evacuees rose to 2,496 victims, affecting 857 families, up from 2,171 at 8am today. The districts of Kerian and

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Mother-daughter killed in Penang: Cops recover suspected murder weapon behind victims’ house

Mother-daughter killed in Penang: Cops recover suspected murder weapon behind victims’ house

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 20 — Police have recovered the weapon believed to have been used in the murder of a woman and her adopted daughter at their rented home in Juru, Penang, on Saturday. According to the New Straits Times, Penang police chief Datuk Azizee Ismail said the weapon was found behind the victims’ house.

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Public warned after QR code on Bandar Utama stabbing victim’s obituary replaced with scammers’ accounts

Public warned after QR code on Bandar Utama stabbing victim’s obituary replaced with scammers’ accounts

PETALING JAYA, Oct 16 — Scammers have been targeting the family of the 16-year-old student killed in a Bandar Utama school stabbing by replacing the donation QR code on her obituary with their own. According to China Press, some social media users have shared the altered obituary, which directs funds to the scammers’ bank accounts

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‘I didn’t expect it was him’: Father devastated after discovering son among victims in fiery Kepala Batas crash seen in viral video

‘I didn’t expect it was him’: Father devastated after discovering son among victims in fiery Kepala Batas crash seen in viral video

KEPALA BATAS, Oct 5 — An elderly man was stunned to discover that a viral video of a fiery car crash on Jalan Permatang Baru, Sungai Lokan, here yesterday involved his son. The 7.30 am accident claimed two lives after the vehicle lost control, crashed into a pile of earth and caught fire. Ahmad Lin

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Brazilian scammers rake in millions using Gisele Bundchen deepfakes in Instagram ads to defraud victims

Brazilian scammers rake in millions using Gisele Bundchen deepfakes in Instagram ads to defraud victims

BRASILIA, Oct 5 — A group of suspected scammers in Brazil using Instagram ads featuring deepfakes of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and other celebrities appears to have made millions of dollars through online fraud, according to police investigators. Authorities arrested four suspects tied to the scheme this week and froze assets across five states in an investigation

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Number of flood victims in Sabah drops to 439, situation in Sarawak remains unchanged

Number of flood victims in Sabah drops to 439, situation in Sarawak remains unchanged

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The number of flood victims at temporary relief centres (PPS) in Sabah showed a decrease this morning, while in Sarawak, the number remained unchanged. In Sabah, the number of flood victims at the PPS dropped to 439 people from 128 families this morning, from  892 people (273 families) yesterday evening.

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Anwar visits Sabah landslide and flood victims, offers reassurance and support

Anwar visits Sabah landslide and flood victims, offers reassurance and support

PENAMPANG, Sept 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today visited several areas here and in Kota Kinabalu, which were affected by recent floods and landslides that have claimed 14 lives and displaced thousands. Accompanied by Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor, Anwar arrived at Country Heights at 2.55 pm and spent about

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Anwar orders immediate aid and fast-track repairs for Sabah flood, landslide victims

Anwar orders immediate aid and fast-track repairs for Sabah flood, landslide victims

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants efforts to channel aid to flood and landslide victims in Sabah and to repair damaged infrastructure in the state to be carried out immediately. Anwar, who is also the finance minister, stressed that work to repair damaged building and road infrastructure caused by

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Perak fully recovers from floods, over 3,000 victims still in shelters in Sabah and Kelantan

Perak fully recovers from floods, over 3,000 victims still in shelters in Sabah and Kelantan

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — Perak has fully recovered from floods while over 3,000 flood victims are in shelters in Sabah and Kelantan as of this morning. The remaing temporary relief centre (PPS) at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Slim in Muallim district in Perak, which housed 39 victims from 10 families, closed at 8 am today.

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‘He destroyed my life’: Netflix’s ‘Tinder Swindler’ victims celebrate long-awaited arrest in Georgia

‘He destroyed my life’: Netflix’s ‘Tinder Swindler’ victims celebrate long-awaited arrest in Georgia

STOCKHOLM, Sept 17 — Two victims of Israeli fraudster Simon Leviev, made famous by the Netflix show The Tinder Swindler, yesterday told AFP that they were glad to learn of his arrest in Georgia. Leviev, 34, whose real name is Shimon Yehuda Hayut, rose to notoriety after investigative reports and media coverage exposed a pattern

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Sabah flood victims urge swift and fair distribution of government cash aid

Sabah flood victims urge swift and fair distribution of government cash aid

PENAMPANG, Sept 16 — Flood victims in Sabah are hoping that cash aid from the state and federal governments will be distributed promptly. Agnes Kalos, 50, from Kampung Tuawon in Penampang, who was also affected by the disaster, said the government had announced financial assistance to ease the burden of every victim. “However, we hope this

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