Marcos' return and BN
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Marcos' return and BN
Airlines in hotseat over delays
Cops to grill MP's son
Marcos' return and BN
The Philippines voted in Ferdinand Marcos Jr as their new president, 36 years after the country toppled his father's dictatorship regime.
Marcos Jr's landslide victory has spooked critics on the left, who have accused him of presenting a whitewashed and revisionist version of his family's tainted legacy in order to evoke nostalgic populism.
Chills from this Marcos victory are being felt across the Sulu sea, with DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang warning that a similar scenario could unfold in Malaysia.
Lim's concerns are not unfounded.
Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak is constantly projecting an image that he is popular among conservative crowds, unhampered by the 1MDB scandal that brought him down in 2018 and being convicted in the related SRC International case.
Meanwhile, BN has also been winning big at the polls - again projecting an image of reinvigorated strength and popularity.
Polling results, however, show that - at least for now - BN does not have popular majority support, and that its fortunes are rather due to flaws of the first-past-the-post electoral system in multi-cornered fights.
Critics could also argue that Pakatan Harapan's win in 2018 was partly due to nostalgic populism among supporters of Dr Mahathir Mohamad who longed for the perceived prosperity during his two decades in power.
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Airlines in a hot seat over delays
The government is scrutinising airlines, particularly AirAsia, after a series of flight delays and rescheduling over the past several days.
The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) said it was investigating complaints, and urged affected travellers to lodge complaints.
This includes if they didn't receive appropriate compensation or care from the airlines during the delays.
Compensation, including meals and internet access for their flights delayed for more than two hours, and accommodation, if necessary, for flights delayed more than five hours.
Mavcom said travellers were also entitled to a refund if the rescheduled flights don't meet their needs.
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 | Expecting answers in 24 hours, he urges MOT to be more proactive. |
 | Wee tells airlines to also improve communication with passengers. |
 | Police did not reveal if the couple was being investigated. |
Cops to grill MP's son
Police will record a statement from Baling MP Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim’s son over a video clip depicting him driving with police outriders.
Cops want to determine if Mohamed Khairul Anwar Abdul Azeez had tarnished the police's image with the video.
Police have said that the outriders acted on their own, and have been transferred to administrative duties pending internal investigations.
In a separate incident, a man was sentenced to 12 days in jail and fined RM10,000 in total after pleading guilty to obstructing a VIP convoy and driving recklessly along the Sultan Iskandar Highway.
HIGHLIGHTS
 | Zaidel Baharuddin urges cops to strictly limit the use of outriders. |
 | Mike Chong challenges DAP's Nga Kor Ming to debate on the ban. |
 | They are accused of using handheld fireworks in a game of combat. |
A daily glance at Covid-19
2,605 new cases yesterday (May 10) brought the cumulative infections to 4,463,740.
6 new fatalities put the death toll at 35,590.
New cases by states
Selangor (1,126)
Kuala Lumpur (327)
Negeri Sembilan (195)
Penang (174)
Malacca (127)
Johor (126)
Kedah (120)
Perak (120)
Sarawak (74)
Pahang (46)
Kelantan (43)
Terengganu (40)
Sabah (39)
Putrajaya (25)
Labuan (15)
Perlis (8)
What else is happening?
Seputeh MP Teresa Kok wants police to investigate Sungai Besar Umno division chief Jamal Md Yunos for allegedly breaching the Official Secrets Act (OSA) by filing classified documents in court. Kok and Jamal are in a legal battle over alleged defamation.
Employers seeking to hire foreign workers may soon have to attend interview sessions directly with the government planning to terminate the e-quota module that allows companies to get approval via an online application.
A KPMG senior partner told the High Court that Najib Abdul Razak had tried to intimidate the firm into signing off on its audit of 1MDB's 2013 financial statement.
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