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35 take part in shooting event at Lok Kawi Camp pistol range
Published on: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Published on: Wed, Aug 20, 2025 By: Bernama Text Size: Kota Kinabalu: A total of 35 public, private and media agencies and organisations took part in a shooting event organised by the Fifth Infantry Division (5th Division) at the Lok Kawi Camp pistol range here Tuesday. 5th Division Commander Major General Datuk Noorrul Azril Ariffin said the annual event was held to appreciate the ongoing support and collaboration from the division's strategic partners. Advertisement Participating agencies included the Sabah National Security Council (MKN), Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK), Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama), Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) and the Sabah Information Department. 'This platform helps strengthen ties between agencies and organisations in Sabah and recognises those who have supported our operational duties,' he told reporters after the event. He said the division is also considering extending future invitations to retired military personnel, acknowledging their past contributions to national defence. The programme began with a safety briefing and prayer, followed by 10- and 20-metre alignment drills and a 20-metre steel plate shooting competition. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
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23-02-2025
- Politics
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On This Day, Feb. 23: Mexico begins assault on the Alamo
Feb. 23 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1836, soldiers under the command of Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna began their assault on the Alamo Mission near present-day San Antonio, Texas. Eleven days later, the Alamo's small group of Texian (Texan) defenders were defeated by the 1500-plus Mexican Army. In 1903, the United States was granted a lease "in perpetuity" on Guantanamo Bay by Cuban officials. In 1942, a Japanese submarine surfaced off the coast of California and fired 25 shells at an oil refinery near Santa Barbara. In 1945, members of the 5th Division of the U.S. Marines planted a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi on the strategically important Pacific island of Iwo Jima near the end of one of World War II's bloodiest battles. In 1954, Dr. Jonas Salk's new polio vaccine was administered to a group of children in Pittsburgh in the second stage of testing of his inactivated polio vaccine.. Millions of children would get the vaccine in the next year. In 1981, right-wing troops seeking to topple Spain's democracy seized Parliament and its 350 deputies in a blaze of gunfire. The attempted military revolt was quelled when King Juan Carlos called for calm and loyalty. In 1982, Canada, Japan and the Common Market nations of Europe joined the United States in economic and diplomatic sanctions against Poland and the Soviet Union to protest imposition of martial law in Poland. In 1991, military forces in Thailand overthrew the elected government and imposed martial law. In 1994, Bosnia's warring Croats and Muslims signed a cease-fire. The Croats agreed to pull back from the Muslim city of Mostar, which had been under siege. In 1999, a jury in Jasper, Texas, convicted self-described white supremacist John King in the June 1998 killing of a Black man who'd been dragged to his death behind a pickup truck. Two days later, King was sentenced to death. In 2006, the snow-covered roof of a Moscow vegetable market collapsed, killing at least 60 people and injuring more than two dozen others. In 2013, Iran's atomic energy agency announced plans to build 16 nuclear power plants throughout the country. The announcement came days before Iran was to resume talks on its internationally disputed nuclear program. In 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the coronavirus epidemic the greatest public health emergency since 1949. Meanwhile, Italy became the epicenter of the first COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, with 132 cases. In 2023, disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to an additional 16 years behind bars in California after being convicted of three counts of rape and sexual assault. He was already serving a 23-year prison sentence that was handed down after another rape trial in New York.
