Ahmad Mukhsein Mukhtar

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ALOR STAR: Upgrading work at the Pelubang Water Treatment Plant (WTP) may be completed ahead of schedule, said contractor Bina Darul Aman Bhd (BDB). Its group executive director, Raja Shahreen Raja Othman, said the RM431 million project was 62.5 per cent complete, slightly ahead of the targeted 62.3 per cent, and might be completed ahead of the extension period that was granted.

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KUBANG PASU: The Kedah government has initiated an amnesty programme for illegal electronic waste (e-waste) facilities to combat environmental violations in the state. State Industry and Investment Committee chairman Dr Haim Hilman Abdullah said the state will implement an initiative to regularise unlicensed premises, including illegal recycling centres.

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LANGKAWI: Over 87,000 passenger ferry tickets were sold for travel to Langkawi during the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2025 (Lima '25), signalling a significant surge in demand throughout the four-day event from May 21 to 24. Ferry Line Ventures Sdn Bhd (Ferry Line) operations manager Norhafiz Abdul Wahid said that the company recorded a total of 87,173 tickets sold for inbound journeys to the island during this period.

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ALOR STAR: A Myanmar national pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today for offering a RM150 bribe to a policeman in Kodiang two days ago. The accused, Hamid Husson Abul Husson, 22, a Rohingya migrant, made the plea before judge N. Priscilla Hemamalini, with the aid of a court interpreter.

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BALING: Swift action by the Civil Defence Force (CDF) prevented a villager's goat from falling prey to a five-metre-long reticulated python in Kampung Tebing Tinggi earlier today. Baling CDF officer Mohd Faizol Ab Aziz said a rescue team was dispatched at 5.10pm following a distress call from a livestock owner, who spotted the massive snake near a goat enclosure beside her rubber smallholding. "The 90kg python was seen trailing a group of goats.