SNAPSHOT | No letter yet, says N Sembilan speaker; foreigners not allowed to hold events in Kesidang open areas

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• The Negeri Sembilan state assembly has not received any letter from the territorial chieftains urging its members to remove Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun.

  "No (I have not)," speaker MK Ibrahim Abdul Rahman said in a brief text reply to Malaysiakini's query.

  In their letter dated yesterday, the Undang Yang Empat - together with another state chieftain, the Tunku Besar Tampin - called Aminuddin a liar and urged the members of the Negeri Sembilan state assembly to remove him from office.

  

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Immigration

• Foreign nationals, particularly the Rohingya, are no longer allowed to hold events in open areas in Kesidang, Malacca.

  Bernama reported that they are instead advised to hold such events in venues such as rented restaurants and halls.

  Local assemblyperson Allex Seah said the decision was jointly made with the Village Development and Security Committee, as well as several authorities and other government agencies.

  Seah said there are between 100 and 200 Rohingya people residing in Limbongan, but local villagers complained about loud music, dangerous driving, and the presence of “outsiders”.

  This included complaints regarding a community programme held in Kampung Limbongan, which became the reason not to approve a Rohingya wedding ceremony to be held in the same village.

Environment

• Perak ruler Sultan Nazrin Shah has urged the 8th Putrajaya Forum to adopt planetary health as a formal pillar of Asean’s security framework, arguing that it is a strategic reality rather than a gesture of environmental conscience.

  

  “It is the foundation on which every other aspect of planetary and human security rests,” Bernama quoted him as saying, pointing out that a region that cannot feed itself or protect its coastlines from flooding cannot be considered secure, regardless of military technologies.

  Nazrin also stated that while technology could mitigate the varied security challenges in the Asean region, it could also exacerbate them if technology is applied carelessly or in the service of narrow interests.

  The forum is part of the Defence Services Asia and National Security Asia 2026 exhibitions. This year’s theme is “Asean Security at the Edge of Emerging Technologies”.

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