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Car insurance in Malaysia to cost more from March 1 with 8% service tax – existing insurance affected too!

As announced during Budget 2024, the government is set to increase the service tax from the 6% rate at present to 8% as of March 1. There are a few categories that are excluded from […]

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RON97 petrol price February 2024 week one update – price of premium fuel unchanged at RM3.47 per litre

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time once more for the usual weekly fuel price update, with the ministry of finance having announced the retail prices of fuels for the coming week of February 1 to […]

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Japanese transport ministry raids Toyota Industries plant following the disclosure of testing irregularities

Toyota may have reported a record-breaking year in 2023, where it sold 11.2 million vehicles globally to cement its position as the world’s top car manufacturer, but trouble continues to brew behind the scenes for […]

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Toyota is world’s top-selling automaker for fourth year running – 11.2 million units sold in 2023 is new record

Having sold a record 11.2 million vehicles in 2023, Toyota retained its position as the world’s top-selling automaker for the fourth successive year, finishing well above second-placed Volkswagen Group, which saw sales increasing by 12% […]

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Three Perak traffic police personnel detained over alleged traffic summons bribe involving British couple

Three traffic policemen have been arrested in connection with the recent case in which a policeman allegedly asked for a RM100 bribe from a British couple to settle a traffic summons issued for speeding. In […]

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481,824 vehicles recalled in Japan over faulty Denso fuel pumps, bringing total to 4.3 million vehicles

Four Japanese carmakers and two motorcycle manufacturers have notified the country’s transport ministry that they have issued a recall for 481,824 vehicles over a faulty fuel pump manufactured by supplier Denso. The latest set of […]

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Ex-MARii CEO charged in RM6.4 mil cheating case

Former Malaysian Automotive Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) CEO Datuk Madani Sahari has been charged in court again, this time for cheating, Bernama reports. The 57-year-old is accused of deceiving MARii’s board of directors over a training contract more than four years ago, duping the board into believing that the […]

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Police looking for British couple who settled on-the-spot traffic summons to help with investigations

The police are trying to locate the British couple whose camper-van was recently stopped for speeding by a traffic policeman, who apparently issued and then offered to settle the traffic summons for the offence. The […]

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