Kedah, Malaysia

ALOR SETAR: The outrage over the "30% rebate" issue continues with the Gerakan claiming it has received more complaints over the matter in the past two days.

ALOR SETAR: Former Kedah Civil Defence Department director Mohamad Abdullah and a businessman failed in their bid to set aside a Sessions Court judgment which found them guil -ty of falsifying documents and abetting in the act.

ALOR SETAR: He is only 11 but already, Chan Ze King has mastered Bian Lian , the ancient art of mask changing.

ALOR SETAR: A former Kedah Football Association account officer has claimed trial to three counts of falsifying documents with the intention to obtain money totalling RM76,026 from 14 Super League players' salaries.

ALOR SETAR: The controversy over the "demand" by certain Pakatan Rakyat representatives for a 30% cut from allocations to Chinese associations has snowballed, as two more organisations claim to have become victims.

SUNGAI PETANI: The Chinese community must be mindful that a vote for DAP is equivalent to a vote for PAS and PKR, said MCA Similarly, when they came to power in Kedah, he said PAS had carried out several actions that were detrimental to multi-racial Malaysia.

The remains of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Staff Officer, Lt-Col Habibullah Ismail were flown to Alor Setar with C130 aircraft tonight for burial.

A Malaysian Armed Forces personnel serving as the Staff Officer under the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon died of a heart attack on Monday.

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ALOR SETAR: Police have seized 225 computers worth about RM225,000, used for illegal online gambling, in the Kota Setar and Kuala Muda districts.

ALOR SETAR: A group of students from a secondary school in Kulim are afraid to attend school.

ALOR SETAR: A High Court here fixed Feb 21 to mention the case management of a suit filed by a Madrasah Salihiah surau committee member against the state government to stop the demolishing of the surau to make way for a shopping mall.

ALOR SETAR: Local companies with technological know-how on waste disposal matters are invited to submit proposals on the use of high-tech incinerators in the country.

An Extraordinary General Meeting will be held soon to dissolve KITA. This is necessary to remove any and all doubts that we indeed do support the Opposition, especially in light of some of our members in Kedah and Penang being openly critical of the Pakatan Rakyat.

HICOM Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned unit of DRB-HICOM Bhd, has allocated an initial RM2 million to upgrade its sister company Modenas' plant in Kedah to assemble the Spyder Roadster superbikes.

ALOR SETAR: Those criticising the state administration's support for the suspension of five college students here should have checked the status of Kolej Universiti Insaniah , said Mentri Besar He said the state-owned KUIN was listed as a private university, which came under the Private Higher Educational Institution Act and not the University and ... (more)

The Election Commission is to drop 42,025 doubtful names from the electoral rolls after verifying only 26 active voters during a two-month display of 42,051 names which ended today, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said Tuesday.

It is inappropriate for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief to keep records of properties of ministers and deputy ministers, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk V. K. Liew.

ALOR SETAR: A fisherman who went to retrieve his belongings below deck drowned after the boat he was on capsized due to strong waves some 20 nautical miles off Kuala Kedah near here.

Constitutional law expert Abdul Aziz Bari has advised Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak not to hide behind legal technicalities in the face-off with student activists over academic freedom in Kedah.