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Police have solved six murder cases including one attempted murder after the men in blue gunned down two hired assassins early today (Feb 21) in a deadly shootout following a car chase.

In a press conference, State CID chief SAC Dev Kumar confirmed the case, saying the police were identifying the employer of the assassins.

He said the shooters travelled in a vehicle or motorcycle to victimise their targets.

One of the two who were shot dead was identified as Joshua Beti Chong, 44, from Sri

Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem said today he will confirm and announce next month the names of all Barisan Nasional candidates for the coming Sarawak state election.

"I have all the names now from component parties like the Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) and the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP).

"I also have the list of names from the two BN friendly parties the United People's Party (UPP) and Teras (Parti Tenaga

PKR vice- president Rafizi Ramli's action of criticizing the proposed amendment to the Official Secrets Act (OSA) 1972 shows that he is desperate and afraid of his case related to the Banking and Financial Institutions Act (BAFIA) 1989, which is still pending.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said Rafizi was intentionally trying to distract attention from his case to claim that the amendment was intended to suppress the freedom of journalists and the

Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem says his main concern is to ensure Sarawakian receive similar treatment as their fellow citizens in Peninsular Malaysia.

“I don’t want the various Dayak ethnic groups to be called ‘lain-lain’ and neither do  I want the present generation Chinese in the state to be called ‘pendatang’, he reiterated when officiating at the launching ceremony of Sejiwa Senada programme here yesterday.”

The Chinese in Sarawak are from the second, third or fourth

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh has not lost anyone close to her in a road accident, but she has taken it to her heart to raise awareness on road safety.

The cause is so dear to her that the Hollywood actress now champions it out of her own free will and without any money involved.

The Safe Steps Road Safety campaign ambassador said she was in Vietnam with her fiancé Datuk Seri Jean Todt to make a public safety announcement on wearing helmets when she saw motorcycles used as “little

The Malaysian Armed Forces Council today conferred the rank of honorary Brigadier General of the Territorial Army on Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem.

The council also appointed Adenan as the patron of the Sarawak All-Malaysia Territorial Army Supporters Committee.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein performed the pinning of the rank at a ceremony at the Office of the Chief Minister at Wisma Bapa Malaysia in Petra Jaya here.

Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Wira Mohd