GEORGE TOWN: The state government is deceiving the people that it is thrifty and has not increased its expenditure over the last few years, said state opposition leader Datuk Jahara Hamid.

KLANG: FORMER inspector-general of police (IGP) Tan Sri Mohd Bakri Omar, 66, died at the National Cancer Institute in Putrajaya at 8.45am yesterday, after a long battle with cancer.

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government has been profiting from land sales to private developers, said Federal Action Council chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman yesterday.