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Four people have been arrested over comments they made that allegedly insulted Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor on social media. We look at the circumstances of their arrests, and why it's important for citizens to be able to criticise public officials.

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Everyone’s talking about ivermectin, a veterinary antiparasitic drug that is touted to be effective in treating COVID-19. What do the latest studies and data say about the efficacy of ivermectin in preventing or treating COVID-19? Why is it important for sound clinical trials to be carried out before the drug is approved for general use? Consultant urologist Dr George Lee is joined by Emeritus Prof PT Thomas, Executive Dean, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor’s University to find out more.

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Established back in 2010, the NGO Suriana Welfare Society has been providing aid to underprivileged communities, empowering mothers with income-generating projects, and providing educational activities to children who need them. We find out more about the work they do from Dr James Nayagam, the Chairman of Suriana Welfare Society.

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For the last couple of months or so, the team behind the FreedomFilmFest have been releasing a specially curated Freedom film playlist every weekend - dubbed ‘Weekend Watch with FreedomFilmFest' - on their YouTube channel. This weekend, in conjunction with International Day of the World's Indigenous People, the playlist will feature the film, The Story of Kam Agong. In the film, Agnes Padan takes a long journey back to her Lun Bawang village in Long Semadoh, in the interior of Sarawak to piece together what happened to her mother, Kam Agong, who died 19 years ago, shortly after she gave birth to her eighth son, Jordan. Through the film, we get a glimpse of the state of maternity healthcare available to villagers living in rural areas of Sarawak. We find out more from Agnes herself.

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这个星期我们来重点谈谈三则新闻，分别是：

1. 掌管经济部的首相署部长拿督斯里慕斯达法宣布政府考虑重启消费税。
2. Sime Darby 被指控强迫劳动 VS 美国纳斯达克规定上市公司必须符合多元新规
3. 以太坊2.0 — 伦敦升级事件。我们请来Tokenize的CEO兼CTO洪启育先生来跟我们深度剖析。

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The Artisans HavenTM (TAH), a Malaysian e-commerce platform that seeks to provide a platform for talented Malaysian Artisans to showcase their handmade products and talents today launched #HandmadeisHeartmade Malaysia with a pledge of RM1 million in sales for its tenants in the next 12 months - supported by a transformed full- fledged e-commerce website interface and several major collaborations with corporates.

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The Malaysia Retail Chain Association (MRCA) will lobby the government to make changes to the Covid-19 Act to help with the challenges faced by F&B outlets. Keith Kam speaks to the Chief of this newly minted F&B Division, Datuk Garry Chua, on their immediate plans and how they hope to champion much-needed change for F&B players nationwide.

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Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow called for Putrajaya to revise the SOPs for dine-ins, and require food and beverage outlet operators and their staff to receive at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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120 years ago the best-selling car in the world was electric. An electric car was the first to break the 100kmh barrier. Henry Ford teamed up with Thomas Edison to create an electric powered vehicle. This is the secret history of electric cars.

From a sound guy for Datuk Leonard Tan to starting InFront Consulting Group Asia Pacific, an award-winning pioneer regional specialist in Cloud & Data Center Consulting, Ray Chou is known as a serial entrepreneur that invests both in businesses and people’s life as he is also a business coach with Owners’ Circle. We speak to Ray about how he pulled it off, what inspires him and his vision.

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