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Brickbats over government travel ban

Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed's confirmation that Putrajaya is restricting those who ridicule the government from leaving the country drew brickbats.

The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) said the move is akin to hermit state North Korea which imposes strict travel restrictions on citizens.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng described the ban as “outrageous and cruel”. He warned we are descending from a police state to a dictatorship.

Meanwhile, Amnesty International slammed the plan to revoke passports of political dissidents, calling it as yet another demonstration of increasing intolerance in Malaysia.

Audit finds shoddy security in schools

The first series of the Auditor-General’s Report 2015 found that the overall management of security services at 59 schools audited last year to be unsatisfactory.

The report also found that procurement for supplies not meeting specifications caused the Malaysian Civil Defence Department (JPAM) to suffer losses amounting to RM840,000.

More than a year since the devastating floods in December 2014 which displaced some 200,000, 40 percent of new houses meant for the victims have yet to be completed, forcing some to still live in tents or transit homes.

More Kini bites

DAP Batu Kawan parliamentarian Kasthuri Patto wondered if 'hidden hands' sped up the citizenship application of Sarawak governor's wife Ragad Taib in 'record' time of just six years, while permanent residents and undocumented Sarawak natives have to wait decades to become citizens.

1MDB chief executive Arul Kanda Kandasamy pulled out of his earlier agreement to a public debate with Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, citing the need to focus on the police probe into the state-owned investment arm, and its ongoing dispute with International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).

CIMB chairperson Nazir Razak did not misuse his position with regard to the US$7 million from his brother Prime Minister Najib Razak which he helped distributed to politicians at the last general election, found an internal review conducted by the CIMB board.

Looking ahead

Kindergarten teacher M Indira Gandhi is challenging the conversion certificates of her three children at the Federal Court. The children were unilaterally converted by their father, Mohd Ridhuan Abdullah.

Parliament continues its sitting today.