KUALA LUMPUR: The 19-year-old man arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a young girl at a mosque in Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor, has a learning disability card, says the Welfare Department.
PETALING JAYA: The Touch ‘n Go Group, through its e-wallet services provider TNG Digital Sdn Bhd – more popularly known as Touch ‘n Go e-wallet – has entered into a strategic partnership with global digital payment titan Visa, to launch the first corporate social responsibility-linked Visa prepaid card in Malaysia.
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PETALING JAYA: More than 40 organisations for the disabled as well as activists urge politicians contesting in the 15th General Election (GE15) to heed the views of the disabled community.
Touch ‘n Go has confirmed that its newly unveiled Visa prepaid card can’t be used to pay for highway tolls or public transport.
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KUALA LUMPUR: A teenager, who allegedly sexually assaulted a girl at a mosque in Batang Kali, Selangor, has learning disabilities and police have been granted a week to remand him.
IPOH: The family of a disabled man here fears for his safety after he is believed to have fallen victim to scammers and forced to work in Cambodia.
KANGAR: Police have arrested a woman, 46, and a man, 31, to facilitate investigations into suspected abuse of three siblings with signs of abuse.
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PETALING JAYA: The 19-year-old man, who was detained for the alleged sexual assault of a young girl at a mosque in Batang Kali, will be charged on Thursday.
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The Bar Council is advocating for the rights of the disabled in Malaysia through legal reform, as a step to ensure that everyone can thrive in society.
Fable, a popular app for talking about and tracking books, is changing the way it creates personalised summaries for its users after complaints that an artificial intelligence model used offensive language.
Early intervention needed for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
SEREMBAN: Ridership on Negri Sembilan's Stage Bus Service Transportation (SBST) programme increased by a third within three months of its launch, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
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