SNAPSHOT | Contempt bid over proclamation of new 'ruler'; CM: Malacca to hold polls after Johor, N Sembilan

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Royal dispute

• The secretary of Negeri Sembilan’s council of customary chieftains intends to initiate contempt of court proceedings against parties involved in yesterday’s proclamation of Tunku Nadzaruddin Tuanku Ja’afar as the new Yang di-Pertuan Besar.

  According to Bernama, Raja Norazli Raja Nordin, secretary for the Council of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar and the Ruling Chiefs (Dewan Keadilan dan Undang) referred to media reports allegedly implicating plaintiffs previously restricted by a High Court interim injunction.

  Insisting that the customary event had occurred after the Seremban High Court issued the order to preserve the status quo, Raja Norazli noted that his lawyers had previously filed contempt proceedings against the plaintiffs over actions beginning May 13.

  The contempt proceedings have been fixed for hearing on July 7.

READ MORE: Tunku Nadzaruddin proclaimed as N Sembilan ruler, doubts raised on state assembly's dissolution

State polls

• Malacca Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh has hinted that the state election will be held after the Johor and Negeri Sembilan polls are concluded.

  According to Bernama, Rauf said the situation in Johor and Negeri Sembilan is different from that in Malacca, which does not require the state assembly to be dissolved in the near future.

  

  The current assembly term ends on Dec 30.

  “We (BN) will continue to administer government affairs and look after the people’s welfare until a date to be officially announced.

  “We are not following either Johor or Negeri Sembilan and we will deploy (party) machinery to assist in the elections in both states,” he said when met by reporters at an event marking his return from performing the haj pilgrimage at his residence in Kampung Pulau, Alor Gajah, last night.

Local council

• Authorities are mulling building an on-site detention pond along Jalan 223 in Section 51a, Petaling Jaya, as a long-term flood mitigation measure.

  According to The Star, the plans follow reports that traders at Selera Jaya 223 food court were hit by flash floods twice in two weeks, submerging 60 stalls under 1.2m of water and causing thousands of ringgit in losses.

  Petaling Jaya mayor Zahri Samingon reportedly said the proposed project involved utilising an empty plot of land near the food court.

  “The state government proposed the retention pond and plans are now at the proposal stage to build it below the site, with proper structural engineering and piling,” he said after officiating the pre-launch for the 20th anniversary of Petaling Jaya as a city, at MBPJ Civic Centre yesterday.

World

• A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday blocked several immigration policies introduced by the US President Donald Trump’s administration that had prevented many immigrants in the US from obtaining asylum, green cards and other legal immigration benefits, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.

  

  In a 135-page ruling, chief judge John McConnell of the US District Court in Rhode Island concluded that the broad restrictions on legal immigration benefits were “contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious.”

  One of the policies struck down by McConnell suspended immigration applications from citizens of 39 countries included in Trump’s travel ban, citing national security concerns after an Afghan asylum recipient was charged with shooting two National Guard members in Washington, DC.

  The measures, introduced late last year, largely prevented US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from issuing green cards, work permits, citizenship and other benefits to nationals of the affected countries, most of them in Africa and Asia.

• France has opened an investigation into an alleged "war crime" and "torture" over Israel's treatment of French activists who took part in the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla 2.0.

  France’s national counterterrorism prosecutor's office (PNAT) initiated the probe after activists accused Israeli authorities of mistreatment during their detention last month, according to AFP.

  Israel detained more than 430 activists from countries around the world, including 16 Malaysians, after intercepting them in international waters on May 18 while en route to break the blockade of the Palestinian territory.

  The French government has also banned Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir from entering the country after he posted a video mocking the flotilla activists while in custody.

  

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