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    Doctorate for RM8,000

    PETALING JAYA: Targeting the status conscious who seek instant glory, doctorate mills are making offers openly to those bent on putting the “Dr” prefix before their names. A group sent out such offers via email recently, offering honorary doctorate degrees on behalf of a foreign-based university. The group claimed that it was opening nominations for the…

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    False truth

    PETALING JAYA: Malaysians should be wary of websites that use questionable methodology which paints the country as highly crime-prone. Cybersecurity expert Assoc Prof Dr Selvakumar Manickam from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) said the crime rate in the country has always been low in general. Malaysia was placed fourth as a country with the highest crime…

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    Privacy price for Convenience

    PETALING JAYA: Advertisements popping up on the screen while you are surfing the internet or trying to send a message is a mild irritation. Most people live with it as the price of having the convenience of an online communications platform. But it becomes a problem when it also opens a way for the service provider…

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    Beware of rise in white-collar crime, cops told

    GEORGE TOWN – Police must brace themselves for a rise in white-collar and sophisticated crime due to economic hardship brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. Universiti Sains Malaysia criminologist Assoc Prof Datuk P. Sundramoorthy said it is no longer the traditional forms of armed robberies, but the subtle use of technology and social media networks that…

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    Attack on GOF personnel: ‘Smugglers now desperate’

    RANTAU PANJANG: Smugglers operating along the country’s border with Thailand are resorting to violence and aggression as they are getting desperate while conducting their illegal businesses under stricter border control measures. This followed intensified checks by border enforcement agencies following the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), sources said. “The implementation of the first Movement Control…