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Charles dropped, Pua exits, Wong rebels
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Charles dropped, Pua exits, Wong rebels
Thomas goes to court
Mass graves fail to end human trafficking
Charles dropped, Pua exits, Wong rebels
DAP has dropped Charles Santiago, who won the Klang parliamentary seat for three terms.
He will be replaced by Ganabatirau Veraman. Though disappointed, Charles accepted the decision and called on voters to support his successor.
In Bentong, incumbent Wong Tack, who was axed, refused to ride off into the sunset.
He will contest as an independent against DAP’s new candidate for the seat, Young Sefura.
Tony Pua, the incumbent Damansara MP, has decided against contesting in the national polls, much to the disappointment of his supporters and colleagues.
Selangor DAP chairperson Gobind Singh will replace him while the incumbent Bakri MP, Yeo Bee Yin, will contest in the former’s seat of Puchong.
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Thomas goes to court
Former attorney-general Tommy Thomas is seeking to strike down the report of the Special Task Force on his controversial book, “My Story: Justice in the Wilderness”.
In the originating summons filed with the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Thomas was listed as the sole plaintiff whereas the task force’s chairperson JC Fong and its members were named as defendants, together with the government.
According to a copy of the affidavit in support, Thomas claimed the special task force is an illegal body.
The government declassified the report on Oct 21 and Thomas is being investigated for allegedly violating the Official Secrets Act, the Sedition Act and for abusing his powers.
Caretaker Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob had said the report should be used as fodder against the opposition in the coming general election.
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Mass graves fail to end human trafficking
Seven years have passed since the mass graves of Rohingya migrants were discovered in the hills of Wang Kelian in Perlis.
But the perpetrators remain unprosecuted.
Furthermore, Malaysiakini discovered that human trafficking continues unabated through the Thai border.
Ironically, the international border closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic have emboldened these syndicates, which smuggle the migrants fleeing the violence and economic woes in Myanmar.
However, the syndicates now appeared to have shifted their operations to the Bukit Kayu Hitam border area in Kedah, some 65km from Wang Kelian.
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