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Malaysia's Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has pledged to accelerate welfare payments for the widow and young son of Corporal Mohamad Nur Hafiz Rahim, 29, who perished in a workplace electric shock incident in Sabah last week.
A Court for Children in Kota Kinabalu has charged six female secondary school students with rioting stemming from an incident that gained widespread attention on social media platforms.
A consultant psychiatrist has raised concerns about the number of vaping devices found in a student's possession, telling the Kota Kinabalu Coroner's Court that 34 devices is an unusually large quantity for a young person to own.