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The remand order for a Royal Malaysian Customs Department senior officer to facilitate investigations into illegal bauxite mining has been extended to Aug 13.

MACC, in a statement today, said the 33-year-old suspect was arrested at 12.05 am today at the commissions office.

He said since the ministry did not have its own enforcement agency, it needed the cooperation of other agencies like the police and the MACC to address the problem.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has raided houses of the 10 suspects believed to be involved in abetting in illegal bauxite mining in the area.

The fight against corruption should be intensified to raise public confidence in the agency.

The temporary moratorium on bauxite mining in Pahang that was to have been lifted at the end of this month will remain in force until the next general election.

Mohd Harris says he had already received confirmation from the Land and Mines Office on information related to the land owner after being appointed to represent the victims' families.

The mother of 10-year-old Nureen Ain Juwita, who drowned in a former bauxite mining pool in Taman Sungai Karang Jaya in Beserah near here last Saturday, is still traumatised by the tragedy.

The move was being taken in the wake of the incident where three children drowned in a disused bauxite mining pond in Taman Sungai Karang Jaya near Kuantan on Saturday.

The father of Nureen Ain Juwita,10, who drowned in a former bauxite mining pool in Taman Sungai Karang Jaya in Beserah, joined the residents in a gimmick to 'refill' the pool Sunday afternoon.

The mother of the girl who drowned in a former bauxite mining pond yesterday never expected that her daughter's request to wear a white 'telekung' a day before the incident.

The grandfather of Nureen Ain Juwita Mohd Sharif, who drowned at a disused bauxite mining pond said he will sue bauxite miners for negligence after several children drowned in an incident on Saturday.

Malaysia on Thursday extended a moratorium on bauxite mining by three months, from the start of 2017, to allow remaining stockpiles of the aluminium-making commodity to be cleared.

The Pahang Road Transport Department (JPJ) still finds lorries transporting bauxite during the moratorium on bauxite mining that only expires on Dec 31, said its director Datuk Mark Ujin.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar did not rule out the possibility that illegal bauxite mining activities had taken place during the moratorium period,

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

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The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

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