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Melaka's Chief Minister announces comprehensive support package for fishermen, including mandatory PERKESO social security coverage and distribution of fish finders to boost incomes and workplace protection.
Malaysia's Home Ministry has clarified that extra drills imposed on police personnel function as a disciplinary mechanism to build character, not physical punishment. The stance follows questions about an officer's death.
Penang's Department of Occupational Safety and Health has suspended all operations at a Bandar Tanjong Pinang construction site after a scaffolding platform fell from the eighth floor, killing an Indonesian worker on July 1.
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Malaysia's water regulator SPAN is investigating a fatal accident at Saujana 1 water tower in Kuala Selangor on June 16 that claimed the life of a maintenance worker. Early findings indicate possible violations of confined-space safety procedures.