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NGOs

Tighter controls on NGOs needed to prevent fund misappropriation: Anwar

PM calls for stricter oversight after donations intended for Palestine were diverted

12 new members appointed to National Unity Advisory Council for 2025–2027

The new appointments include community leaders, academics, NGO representatives, and cultural figures from across Malaysia, aimed at enhancing national unity

Combating ‘pao culture’: lawyers urge stricter scrutiny of NGOs

Lawyers call upon RoS to work closely with police, MACC to curb the unethical practice of extortion by such organisations against corporations, which constitutes economic sabotage 

White flags to whitewashing KL: stop harmful myths against homelessness – Maya Zaharudin

From labelling the unlucky as lazy to blaming NGOs, rakyat must stop pointing fingers and rally for better policy and collective action

Penang’s Mutiara LRT line: look at the bigger picture, Chow tells opposing NGOs

NGOs that continue to oppose Penang’s Mutiara LRT line are urged to consider its benefit, especially in terms of long-term socioeconomic development.

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Tie-wrapped iron rod seized: Rejection and jealousy fueled brutal murder of Yong Peng teen

Spurned romantic advances and jealousy over a best friend led a 16-year-old student to bludgeon his classmate to death with a necktie-wrapped iron rod inside a Yong Peng school hall, police revealed

54 Malaysians still missing in Nepal, what’s their legal status now?

MASFIH wants answers as Nepal considers a 45-day timeframe

Budget 2027: Home, Defence ministries get RM22bil each, RM1.1bil for enforcement agencies

The allocations will support security and defence capabilities, with RM7.1 billion earmarked for asset procurement and maintenance and RM1.1 billion for enforcement agencies