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Budget hotels in Malaysia being turned into sex dens
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Kuala Lumpur, Dec 16 (ANI): The Alor Star City Council has found that 90 per cent of the city’s budget lodgings are fire traps.Many such places have also become dens for immoral activities, including gambling and prostitution, the council found.The findings come as the council checked about 100 budget lodgings, ...1 week ago -
Indian barbers in Malaysia told to shut shop
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Kuala Lumpur, Dec 12 (IANS) An estimated 2,000 Indian barbers in Malaysia face a crisis. The government has decided that foreigners are not required to ply their trade in this sector.In Penang, 50 of the 70 barber shops have closed down in the last six months.Penang Indian Hairstylists Association committee member K. ...2 weeks ago -
Make English second official language, Malaysia urged
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Kuala Lumpur, Dec 11 (IANS) A leading Malaysian Indian lawyer-lawmaker wants the constitution to be amended to make English the second official language to enable its free use in courts.Reacting to a judgment stipulating use of Bahasa Malaysia in courts and for filing documents, Karpal Singh, who is also the ...2 weeks ago -
Penang to attempt new Guinness dance record on New Year’s Eve
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Kuala Lumpur, Dec 8 (ANI): Malaysian state Penang is set to welcome 2010 by making an attempt at a new Guinness world record through the 1 Population 1 World dance event.The event, Penang Golden 2010 (PG2010), which has been organised for the fifth consecutive time by CreatiVision D.C. Sdn Bhd and supported by Celcom ...3 weeks ago -
Asian news sites on Facebook and Twitter
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Here are snapshots of how some of the Asian news sites, leading news providers in their own countries, are doing on Twitter and Facebook. I visited each of their Twitter home pages and Facebook fan pages to prepare the charts. There are four columns for each news site, though only the second and the ...3 weeks ago -
Asian news sites on Twitter and Facebook
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Here are snapshots of how some of the Asian news sites, leading news providers in their own countries, are doing on Twitter and Facebook. Asian news sites on Twitter Asian news sites on Facebook I visited each of their Twitter home pages and Facebook fan pages to prepare the charts. There are four columns ...3 weeks ago -
‘Anti-inflammatory diet’ can keep Alzheimer’s, cancer at bay
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Kuala Lumpur, Dec 6 (ANI): The latest diet craze may not promise instant weight loss but it can help prevent illnesses such as heart disease, Alzheimer’s and possibly cancer, and significantly ease the pain of chronic conditions such as arthritis, say researchers.‘Anti-inflammatory diet’ is based on the ...3 weeks ago -
Malaysian woman raped several times as part of ‘diabetes treatment’
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Kuala Lumpur, December 2 (ANI): A woman in Kuala Lumpur was raped by a feng shui master after being told the act was a part of her diabetes treatment.The 21-year-old said the suspect told her during their second meeting that he needed to bed her to “change her fate”.She added that he had sex with [...]4 weeks ago -
Indians among foreign sex workers held in Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur, Nov 29(IANS) Forty-nine Indian women were among thousands of foreign sex workers arrested in Malaysia this year for engaging in prostitution, says a report released Sunday that speaks of growing demand for prostitutes in this Southeast Asian nation.The number was as high as 245 in 2008, up from only 18 ...4 weeks ago -
‘Busy wives responsible for high demand of prostitutes in Malaysia’
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Kuala Lumpur, Nov 29 (ANI): The demand for prostitutes in Malaysia is growing, if official figures on the arrests of foreign call girls is anything to go by.Busy, career-chasing wives are among the reasons cited by experts on why men visit prostitutes.Women’s Aid Organisation vice-president Vicky Alahakone said in ...4 weeks ago -
Malaysia moots insurance, welfare fund for its sportsmen
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Kuala Lumpur, Nov 27 (IANS) Malaysia has mooted an insurance scheme and a welfare fund for its sportsmen, particularly for those who have retired, to ensure better health care, an official said.Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Razali Ibrahim announced the decision after visiting former national football player ...4 weeks ago -
Malaysia introduces insurance for its sportsmen
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Kuala Lumpur, Nov 26 (IANS) Malaysia has introduced an insurance scheme and a welfare fund for its sportsmen, particularly for those who have retired, to ensure better health care, an official said.Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Razali Ibrahim announced the decision after visiting former national football ...4 weeks ago -
Banned Hindu outfit chief wants talks with Malaysian PM
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Kuala Lumpur, Nov 26 (IANS) The banned Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has proposed a dialogue with the Malaysian government to discuss the future of the estimated 1.8 million ethnic Indians in the country.It wants to talk to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak who, since taking office in April, has released five top ...4 weeks ago -
Malaysian government may allow parents to cane children
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Kuala Lumpur, Nov 24 (IANS) Malaysia’s education ministry is open to the idea of parents or guardians of misbehaving students to cane them.The proposal has come from a non-government organisation (NGO) that does believe in the old adage - spare the rod and spoil the child.Deputy Education Minister Mohammed Puad ...5 weeks ago
