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Harapan pledges in jeopardy?; Rafizi off the hook

KINI ROUNDUP | Here are the key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

Harapan pledges in jeopardy?

The implementation of an RM100 monthly public transit pass would have "huge" financial implications for the federal government, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

BN Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin believes that the Pakatan Harapan administration may have exaggerated the national debt situation to buy time for the implementation of its election promises.

Putrajaya appears to have committed to paying 1MDB boss Arul Kanda Kandasamy RM5 million in ex-gratia payments this year, despite having ordered him to go on "garden leave."

There are no firm plans yet to absorb staff from the soon to be dismantled Land Public Transport Commission into the Transport Ministry.

Three companies contracted by the Immigration Department to carry out its rehiring exercise of undocumented foreign workers will be terminated by the end of this month.

Putrajaya will look into ways to break the e-hailing industry monopoly.

Singapore is still seeking clarity over Putrajaya's position on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail project which it wants scrapped.

Putrajaya's ‘Hope Fund’ to pare the national debt stood at RM18.6 million as of yesterday afternoon.

Former cabinet minister Rafidah Aziz said allowing the Pakatan Harapan government to function properly should take precedence over its 100-day pledges.

Rafizi off the hook

PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli's 18-month jail sentence was reduced to a two-year good behaviour bond over his conviction for exposing details of the then-confidential 1MDB audit report.

The National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd and its chairperson Mohd Salleh Ismail withdrew their appeal in their defamation suit against Malaysiakini.

Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak also withdrew his defamation suit against PAS mouthpiece Harakah Daily over a report on 1MDB and his stepson Riza Aziz.

The Kedah government has clarified that it has not received any proposal for the purported RM30 billion Langkawi New City project by Ting Pek Khiing.

The Edge continued to challenge the veracity of Singapore's Straits Times’ account of how it secured an interview with Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo.

Other KiniBites

Umno information chief Annuar Musa claimed that the majority of Malays voted for the party during GE14.

MACC will interview Rosmah Mansor at 11am on Tuesday as part of the probe on SRC International.

Perlis BN is still trying to convince state ruler Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail to reconsider his decision to appoint Azlan Man as the menteri besar.

The Royal Malaysian Airforce said 40 percent of its assets need to be replaced.

Looking ahead

Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior will make its maiden port of call in Malaysia today.

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