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School workshop segregation
KLIA immigration delays
MACC not buying charity argument
School workshop segregation
An all-girls convent school in Johor has been accused of intentionally excluding non-Muslim students from an overnight SPM workshop held at a local hotel.
A purported message from the school's headmaster denied there was any racist intent, but that the workshop was needed to avoid 40 Malay students from failing their SPM examinations.
The Education Ministry in a statement later claimed the purported segregation was meant to avoid "disrupting" Chinese New Year celebrations.
A second workshop for those who did not attend the first one is due to begin on Thursday.
While the ministry denied any racism was involved, it did not confirm or deny that all in the first batch of students at the workshop were Muslims.
It also did not state whether any non-Muslims had attended the first workshop, despite saying it was open to all.
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KLIA immigration delays
Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Tiong King Sing is not happy with how long it takes for international travellers arriving at KLIA to get through immigration checkpoints.
He said queues were unacceptably long and taking over two hours, and he called for an updated faster immigration clearance process.
One day after his complaint, it still took over an hour for international travellers to get through immigration.
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MACC not buying charity argument
The MACC does not appear to be convinced by PAS' claims that money paid to voters during the GE15 campaign were acts of charity.
MACC chief Azam Baki said payments to voters are deemed bribes under the law if the candidate or their representatives paid it.
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang claimed those giving money were unaffiliated good samaritans.
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