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Jho Low's new '1MDB-funded' biz
Harapan nixes Penang state polls
Teacher vs Education Ministry
Jho Low's new '1MDB-funded' biz
Fugitive Jho Low has a new business up and running in Shanghai, China according to two journalists tracking him.
Bradley Hope and Tom Wright believe this businessperson has set up a new company in the British Virgin Islands called Grace Zenith Limited.
Grace Zenith then used US$333 million - possibly 1MDB funds - to take over a Low family business entity in Shanghai.
The two journalists suspect Low may be operating other businesses as well.
Meanwhile, de facto Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said it won't be easy to get Low back as Malaysia has no extradition treaty with China.
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Harapan nixes Penang state polls
Pakatan Harapan has affirmed that state legislatures under its control will not be dissolved for early polls.
This includes Penang, which had argued against separate state elections.
DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke said it was a tough decision to make for the sake of coalition unity.
Meanwhile, PSM said it has agreed in principle to Harapan's electoral pact.
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Teacher vs Education Ministry
A public school teacher is at risk of losing his job.
His crime? Criticisng the Education Ministry on Facebook.
Mohd Fadli Salleh, better known as Cikgu Fadli, has been repeatedly airing grouses about the syllabus taught in public schools and how it leads to heavy school bags which parents and students often complain about.
News of his impending sacking has caught the attention of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob - who hopes for a win-win outcome when the Education Ministry's disciplinary board meets to discuss Fadli's case today.
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Dr Mahathir Mohamad wants the opposition to unite in order to have a fighting chance against BN.
PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar denied that party president Anwar Ibrahim is still holding secret talks with his Umno counterpart Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Perak's Sultan Nazrin Shah has yet to make a decision on whether to dissolve the state legislature.
The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court dropped charges against graphic artist Fahmi Reza over a satirical work piece combining the PAS logo with beer cans.
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