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Key Highlights

  • Death penalty reform timeline

  • 'Insulting' Najib protest

  • Nenggiri dam





Death penalty reform timeline

The government yesterday outlined the timeline for its plan to do away with the mandatory death penalty.

De facto Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the amendments to 11 laws are expected to be tabled during the October Parliament sitting and they could take effect by January next year.

However, the government is still studying cases where people have already been mandatorily sentenced to death.

Whether the timeline can be met depends if there will an early general election. If early polls are called, it will fall on the new government's resolve to proceed with the reform.

The general election is not due until the second half of 2023 but there has been pressure on the government to call for early polls.





HIGHLIGHTS

LFL hits at police 'disconnect' on drug laws
It goes against the govt’s reforms.
Adam Adli: We're down but not time to give up
PKR needs to have a common cause.
PAS terrified of losing posts - Umno Youth
PAS is against early polls.






'Insulting' Najib protest

A DAP member who in March welcomed former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's visit to Penang with a "national embarrassment" banner was charged with ”insulting behaviour”.

At the time, Lim Zheng Han, 25, was confronted and allegedly roughed up by Najib's supporters.

But Lim was the one who found himself on the receiving end of the law.

Lim said he was only reiterating the Court of Appeal's statement which described Najib's corruption case as a ”national embarrassment” after upholding his guilty conviction.





HIGHLIGHTS

Kadir: BN win or lose, not easy to get pardon
A heavy burden for the Agong.
Zahid would help UKSB after receiving money - witness
Ex-director testified in Zahid’s graft case.
SRC appeal: QC doesn’t even know BM - prosecution
The prosecution argues against Najib’s bid.






Nenggiri dam

The controversial RM5 billion Nenggiri dam in Gua Musang, Kelantan, is another step closer to construction following the breaking of the ground ceremony.

Amid protests from Orang Asli communities who will be displaced by the project, Tenaga Nasional Berhad maintained that the relocated villagers would receive ”quality facilities”.

While clean water and electricity will be a plus, the villagers are worried that their way of life, such as hunting and foraging, would be impacted when large swathes of land are flooded by the dam.



HIGHLIGHTS

PKR presses BNM to crack down on financial fraud
Current measures are not enough, it says.
Jamal wants Zafrul as S’gor Umno's poster boy
He says Umno needs more young leaders.
SCIB clarifies sub-contract for DBKL lamp works
It had raised eyebrows.






What are people saying?

Police will not investigate PAS ulama
By S Thayaparan
Data breach: accountability needed from govt
By Arshad Raji & Zulkifli Mohamed
Muslims not so easily confused
By Malaysiakini readers




What else is happening?

  • The Asian Football Confederation is reportedly considering blacklisting Bukit Jalil National Stadium due to its poor pitch condition.

  • The Health Ministry is offering to loan medicine supplies amid concerns of shortage at private clinics and hospitals.

  • Former Malaysian Bar president Ambiga Sreenevasan called on all lawyers to join a walk for the independence of the judiciary organised by the Bar Council.




HIGHLIGHTS

Flexible ceiling prices to ensure food security - PM
Efforts also to decrease import dependency.
Bella forced to eat chilli-laden fried rice - witness
She says Bella had refused but was forced.
Local group's zero-waste quest goes global
Zero-waste lifestyle handbook showcased in Berlin.

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