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U.S. man sentenced to hang for strangling ex-wife in Malaysia
A Malaysian court sentenced an American to death by hanging on Tuesday after finding him guilty of murdering his ex-wife, his lawyer said. Gerald Wayne Mickelson, 63, was accused of strangling Guilda Mickelson, 62, during an argument at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur in November 2016. Kuala Lumpur High Court rejected Mickelson’s plea of self-defense, lawyer K.A. Ramu told Reuters.
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French aviation investigators to launch MH370 probe 'from scratch'
French aviation authorities are to open a new investigation into the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, days after a report effectively cleared the pilots of any deliberate act to bring the plane down. The SR-GTA — the research section of the Gendarmerie of Air Transport — wants to re-examine the satellite data or "pings" that led earlier investigators to conclude the plane crashed somewhere along an imaginary arc in the Indian Ocean, after veering off-course on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.
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Man claims he’s found missing flight MH370 on Google Maps
A man has sensationally claimed to have found the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Google Maps. Ian Wilson believes a blurry outline of an aircraft spotted in the Cambodian jungle is in fact the same plane that went missing four and a half years ago. The missing MH370 is one of the biggest aviation mysteries and has dumbfounded investigators ever since it vanished.
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19 dead, 14 hospitalised from suspected alcohol poisoning in Malaysia
Up to 19 men have died and 14 hospitalised since Monday night (Sept 17) from suspected poisoning after having consumed alcoholic drinks, said Malaysian police. According to the Health Ministry, the total number of cases involving methanol poisoning rose to 51, comprising 45 cases in Selangor, and six in Kuala Lumpur. Selangor chief police officer Mazlan Mansor said on Tuesday that the dead men comprised Malaysians as well as foreign nationals. They were believed to have consumed two brands of whiskey and a brand of beer, police said in a statement.
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Malaysia to abolish death penalty
Malaysia's cabinet has agreed to abolish the death penalty and halt pending executions, a move that has been hailed by international human rights groups and foreign diplomats. A proposed bill on abolishing capital punishment is likely to be discussed by the government when the Malaysian parliament meets on Monday. "All death penalty will be abolished. Full stop," a Channel NewsAsia report cited Law Minister Liew Vui Keong as saying.
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Malaysia says it will end death penalty for all crimes
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's new government said it would abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia that human rights groups hailed as a major advance. More than 1200 people, including Sydney grandmother Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, are on death row in Malaysia, which mandates hanging as punishment for a wide range of crimes including murder, drug trafficking, treason, kidnapping and acts of terror.
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North Korea issued 'informal apology' to Vietnam over allegedly tricking citizen into assassination
North Korea has issued an informal apology to Vietnam for involving one of its citizens in the assassination of Kim Jong-un’s estranged half-brother in Malaysia, South Korean press reports have claimed. The reports, which cannot be independently verified, cite a senior South Korean government official as saying that North Korea “belatedly apologised” for the alleged recruitment of a Vietnamese woman, Doan Thi Huong, by the son of a former ambassador.
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'People were murdered, beheaded': How Vannak survived four perilous years as a slave
There are more than 40 million slaves in the world today. This is the story of one who managed to escape.
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Prolific British paedophile Richard Huckle who abused 200 children stabbed to death in prison
Richard Huckle was handed 22 life sentences in 2016 for raping up to 200 babies and children in Malaysia.
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The Mesmerizing Geometry of Malaysia's Most Complex Cakes
Bold colors and designs set kek lapis Sarawak apart.
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Malaysian authorities crush 1,069 crypto mining rigs with a steamroller
How do authorities dispose of confiscated cryptocurrency mining rigs? In a city in Sarawak, Malaysia, authorities got rid of 1,069 rigs at once by crushing them with a steamroller, Vice reports. According to Malaysian publication Dayak Daily, the PCs were confiscated over six raids conducted between February and April this year. Sarawak Energy Berhad, the electric utility company of the Malaysian province, is accusing the mining operators of stealing electricity for their activities.
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About 12,000 displaced by floods in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: About 12,000 people in Malaysia have been evacuated from their homes, officials said on Sunday (Feb 27), after heavy rains caused flooding in the country's east coast states.
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Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty for serious crimes
More than 1,300 prisoners on death row can now seek to have their sentence reviewed.
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