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How did Kedah get its name? The history is more complicated than you think

22/05/2019 Kristen Tegjeu-Carlos

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The govt Islamic fund with free holidays, 300kg of gold and a warning if you vote Harapan

17/05/2019 Raymond Saw

In a week filled with news about GE14 and May 13’s anniversary, you might not have heard that yet another govt statutory body …

This Kedah orphanage is allegedly training its kids to act like ‘entrepreneurs’…. by begging?

26/03/2019 Sabrina Noor

Just recently, the Kedah state govt had reportedly requested for an orphanage to be shut down. It was reported that the orphanage centre, Pusat Jagaan …

Did Malaysia’s 10-year jail term set a world record for FB post punishments? We check.

13/03/2019 Kristen Tegjeu-Carlos

You probably already know by now that a Malaysian got sentenced to more than 10 years in jail for insulting …

This famous Penang deity said economy not good for 2019. But last year accurate or not?

16/02/2019 Raymond Saw

CNY 2019 has come and passed, and (Chinese) new year means new you also laa. Some of us love the …

5 dangerous bombshells Dr Mahathir dropped at Oxford last Friday

25/01/2019 Sabrina Noor

Sometime in 2015, we wrote an article about Dr Mahathir dropping bombshells errwhere in a session we attended during the ‘The Cooler …

5 fascinating things you didn’t know about Nik Aziz

10/01/2019 Johannan Sim

[UPDATE: 10/01/19] This article was originally written when Nik Aziz Abdul Aziz Nik Mat passed away. But we’re re-posting this …

Here’s a guide to Tabung Haji for people who don’t know what it’s for

14/12/2018 Raymond Saw

So some of you guys have probably seen or heard of it by now – Tabung Haji is currently in …

In 1950, there was a riot in Malaya because of… a 13-year old Dutch girl?

06/12/2018 Dhanhyaa

[This story was initially written in BM by our Soscili sisters. Read here] Some time back, there was a conversion case involving …

Guess how many Hindu temples have been torn down since 1957

30/11/2018 CILISOS Editorial Team

The USJ 25 Sri Maha Mariamman temple riot happened earlier this week due to the temple relocation dispute between the …