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Field Trip: Taiping Zoo

We spent a few days holidaying in Malaysia during the December school holidays, and took a driving trip up to Taiping and Penang. When my aunt, who lives in Taiping, heard that we intended to visit the Taiping Zoo, she laughed and said, if our kids had already visited the Singapore Zoo, what could a … Continue reading

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Francis Yeoh not done hunting for bargains (The Malaysian Insider)

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — During the height of the equity markets, Francis Yeoh sat restlessly on the sidelines watching rivals bid up prices. When Singapore’s Temasek decided to unload three of its power-generating firms last year, Yeoh, whose YTL Corp is one of Southeast Asia’s biggest power companies, made offers he thought were fair. But he initially lost out, first in March 2008 to China … Continue reading

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Mas Selamat: Singapore respects KL’s action (The Malaysian Insider)

SINGAPORE, May 29 — Singapore understands and respects the need for Malaysia to detain terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari for two years, said a spokesman for the Singapore Home Affairs Ministry. Responding to media queries, he said that Singapore will leave it to the Malaysian authorities to decide when Mas Selamat would be sent back here Continue reading

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Singaporean top fugitive nabbed in S Malaysia (People’s Daily)

Singaporean fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari has been nabbed in southern Malaysia, a local newspaper reported on Saturday. The 48-year-old fugitive, one of the most wanted terrorists in southeast Asia, could barely put up a fight in his shorts and T-shirt when caught during a dawn raid, The Star said Continue reading

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Hishammuddin confirms Mas Selamat’s capture (Sin Chew Jit Poh)

PUTRAJAYA: Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein Friday (8 May) confirmed that Mas Selamat Kastari, the suspected leader of the Jemaah Islamiah militant group who escaped from a Singapore detention centre last year, has been caught in Malaysia. Continue reading

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