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Key Highlights

• Memorandum of misunderstanding
  
  
• Labuan MP charged
  
  
• Umno gets set for Malacca polls
  
  

Memorandum of misunderstanding

More cracks are forming in the truce signed between Pakatan Harapan and Putrajaya.

The opposition coalition has accused the federal government of stealing credit for a loan interest waiver for households earning less than RM5,880 per month.

Harapan is especially irked as it claimed the government didn't even want to implement the waiver until the coalition pushed for it - resulting in its inclusion in their memorandum of understanding (MOU).

Harapan chief Anwar Ibrahim had previously slammed the slow implementation of the reforms promised under the MOU.

HIGHLIGHTS

	Budget 2022 to be expansionary It will lay the foundation for reforms.
	New targets for bumi economic growth mooted This is to reflect current challenges.
	PM: M'sia to return as investment hub He credits Keluarga Malaysia.

Labuan MP charged

Warisan claimed that its refusal to sign the MOU with Putrajaya has led to its Labuan MP Rozman Isli being charged.

The Sabah party's president Shafie Apdal said he was confident this would not have happened if they had signed the agreement.

Rozman was accused of using his previous post as a Labuan Port Authority Board member to obtain a government contract for a family-linked company back in 2018 and before the 14th general election.

The Labuan MP believes he was charged because he refused to abandon Warisan and support the BN-PN government.

HIGHLIGHTS

	Pandora Papers special task force mooted It can comprise IRB, BNM, CCID.
	Appeals Court allows Tawau MP's appeal This is over the 2014 Borneo Samudera case.
	Rafidah rails at 'ranks for sale' claim Things in the country are getting worse, she laments.

Umno gets set for Malacca polls

Malacca Umno chief Ab Rauf Yusoh claimed that no decision was made on the state election at last night's Umno supreme council meeting.

However, the supreme council has ordered the party to prepare for the election and to comply with SOPs set by the Election Commission.

The meeting was attended by Umno vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who is also the prime minister.

Ismail Sabri had previously said that the government would decide on whether to declare a localised emergency to prevent polls this week.

The EC is set to decide on the date for the state election on Monday.

HIGHLIGHTS

	Ministry probes leaked phone calls to PM This is over the Malacca crisis.
	Bar seeks to assist court in Najib's tax appeal Lawyers cite the impact on taxpayers.
	Zahid withdrew RM17.9m from foundation for daughter This was for a bid to buy a Bali hotel, High Court hears.

A daily glance at Covid-19

• 8,084 new cases yesterday (Oct 14)
  
  
• Perlis hit a record high number of cases (409), more than double its previous record of 200 cases on Oct 7.
  
  

New cases by states:

Selangor (1,630)
Sarawak (1,061)
Kelantan (896)
Johor (804)
Sabah (691)
Penang (587)
Terengganu (452)
Kedah (416)
Perak (409)
Kuala Lumpur (304)
Pahang (289)
Malacca (255)
Negeri Sembilan (184)
Perlis (82)
Putrajaya (24)
Labuan (0)

What else is happening?

• Police arrested two men who were caught on camera beating beggars at the Komtar Tower in Penang.
  
  
• Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong submitted an explanation letter to Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun after he was accused of misleading the lower house on the cabotage policy. He declined to divulge details until his debate with DAP's Lim Guan Eng is held.
  
  
• A PAS senator courted backlash after he blamed Korean dramas for encouraging teenagers to commit suicide.
  
  

HIGHLIGHTS

	MPs to study medical marijuana regulations Bipartisan caucus chaired by Muar MP.
	PAC censures Amanah Raya This is over ‘unsatisfactory’ performance.
	Minister hints at minimum wage hike Saravanan says 'good news' coming.

What are people saying?

	Politicians will never reform the PDRM By S Thayaparan
	Tour operators must be prepared for future shocks or perish By YS Chan
	Hope that Anwar’s office 'upgrade' not the only reform By Malaysiakini readers