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8.6KThe story of how a RM1 billion mansion in KL was gifted to the Brits… by Tunku
[This article is based on one written by SOSCILI. To read the article in BM, click here!] If you’ve watched the movie ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, you would probably remember this scene …and this scene…...
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1.6KThese Malaysian researchers came up with a coconut-based armor, and it actually works
Growing up with a Malaysian education, you might have at some point been asked to write a karangan about the coconut tree to the tune of ‘Pokok Seribu Guna‘, or literally the tree of a...
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954A 5-min guide on the biggest gold trading scandal in Malaysia, involving 35,000 M’sians
When times get tough, people would sought various ways to make money like trading gold. And we’re not only talking about your jewelry but these gais: See, almost a decade ago when trading gold bullion...
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8.0KThe story of an Interpol fugitive from Indonesia who may have a role in the 1MDB scandal
As humans, we’re naturally attracted to scandals and political drama, with these topics becoming dinnertime conversations and the like. For example, Malaysia’s been shaken by financial scandals quite a few times in recent years, with...
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1.6KThis Malaysian sayur may help you lose weight. It may also give you a deadly lung disease.
Malaysians aren’t eating enough sayur-sayuran, and probably nobody knows this better than the mamaks who hear “Tak mau sayur ah” like 80 times a day. Honestly, we get it. Why eat green stuff when we...
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3.2KHow safe do Malaysians feel? Tell us in our nationwide survey
Click here to take the Malaysian Jaga-jaga Survey 2020 We bet your parents have given you advice like these before: Don’t talk to strangers, nanti kena pukau (a.k.a. hypnotized). Always lock your car as soon...
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2.3KPJ woman got a strange bag of unlabeled seeds. And it’s part of a worldwide mystery
Imagine this. You received a parcel, it has your name on it but you don’t remember ordering anything online. For some people, it may be a pleasant surprise (yknow like getting surprise gifts from other...
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1.9KIn 1915, British Malaya lost Singapore to a mutiny. So they got help from… the Japanese
When you think of Malaya in World War 1, you probably wouldn’t think it was a major part of our history. After all, most of the war was fought in Europe, and Southeast Asia was...
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1.6KThe govt is proposing a new watchdog for PDRM, even tho we already have one. But why?
If anything, the #BlackLivesMatter phenomenon has brought to the surface a serious conversation about police brutality, and that includes Malaysia. There have been many alleged cases of prison inmates getting violently abused while they were in detainment...
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10.1KThe story of Dr Noor Hisham – the man lauded as a ‘national hero’, and now ‘Tan Sri’
[UPDATE: 17/08/2020] We’re updating this article to include how the Health Ministry’s Director-General, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah was recently awarded with the title Tan Sri in the federal birthday honours list. He is reportedly one out...
