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Pengurangan subsidi dari 300 ke 200 liter sebulan masih okay untuk rakyat biasa

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Dari segi bantuan subsidi harga minyak, terutama, RON95 dan diesel, memang tiada negara lain boleh tandingi Malaysia. Negara hebat yang terlalu bersih dari rasuah pun harga minyak mereka sangat tinggi. Malah banyak kenderaan dari negara itu datang ke Malaysia untuk mengisi minyak. Media melaporkan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini mengumumkan kuota Budi95 dikurangkan daripada 300 liter kepada 200 liter sebulan bermula 1 April ini susulan peperangan di Asia Barat. Anwar Ibrahim menegaskan harga RON95 bersubsidi kekal pada RM1.99 seliter. “Kita meneliti penggunaan Budi95 dan mendapati purata penggunaannya sekitar 100 liter sebulan. “Ini bermakna majoriti rakyat menggunakan hanya 100 liter, malah hampir 90 peratus rakyat menggunakan kurang daripada 200 liter sebulan, jadi (majoriti) tidak terjejas,” katanya pada perutusan khas hari ini. Anwar berkata, langkah ini bersifat sementara menunggu bekalan minyak dan keadaan ekonomi dunia pulih, namun setakat ini, tiada tanda-tand...
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Two double-R become instant celebrities for wrong reason

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Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli (RR) & Datuk Seri Ramanan Ramakrishnan (RR) Don't get over excited: Chin's allegations are his personal claims, yet to be independently verified And yet Anwar has refused to call for an independent inquiry into Azam Baki. The corporate mafia scandal that first exploded in Bloomberg’s explosive February 2026 investigation continues to dominate headlines and refuses to fade away. The international report detailed how a loose network of businessmen dubbed the “corporate mafia”allegedly colluded with certain MACC officers to intimidate company founders, force them out, and seize control of listed firms through aggressive share raids, threats, and enforcement pressure. At the centre of the storm is controversial businessman Victor Chin Boon Long, who was raided by police and the Securities Commission in mid March. Far from staying silent, Chin hit back hard. In statements to Bloomberg and a lengthy 40-page document, he openly admitted “yes, there is a cor...
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LHDN clarifies that KWSP dividends are tax exempt

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Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN), known in English as  Inland Revenue Board, reportedly said yesterday that d ividends from government-backed retirement and unit trust funds are not subject to the 2% tax on dividend income exceeding RM100,000. As reported by The Star yesterday, the clarification by LHDN is aimed at addressing confusion among some taxpayers over taxable dividends, noting that dividends distributed by the Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP), known in English as Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Amanah Saham Nasional Bumiputera (ASNB), the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) and unit trust funds are excluded. The board said such distributions are not considered taxable dividend income and therefore do not count towards the RM100,000 threshold. Such payments do not fall under the Statutory Income from Dividends Derived from Malaysia (Pendapatan Berkanun Dividen Punca Malaysia) section. “They are therefore not required to be declared and will not be taken into account in d...
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Siti Mariam shares her driving experience on highway during festive season

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Siti Mariam said her trip from Pokok Sena, Kedah, to Setapak quickly descended into gridlock after she exited the Alor Setar Utara toll plaza and joined the North-South Expressway. COURTESY PICTURE TAKEN FROM NST For the sake of celebrating Hari Raya, it's okay to travel a 5-hour trip for 14 hours What should have been a five-hour journey from Kedah to Kuala Lumpur turned into a 14-hour crawl, as one motorist recounted the toll of festive traffic and reminded of the need for better preparation for long drives, New Straits Times said after  interviewing a lady driver on Tuesday 24 March 2026. Puan Siti Mariam said her trip from Pokok Sena, Kedah, to Setapak quickly descended into gridlock after she exited the Alor Setar Utara toll plaza and joined the North-South Expressway. "The jam started getting bad almost immediately. For most of the journey, I was moving at just 20 to 30km/h. The fastest I reached was 80km/h, and even that didn't last," she said. Despite driving...
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