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Key Highlights

  • Wan Saiful charged

  • Halimah pleads innocent

  • Najib’s review nears end

Wan Saiful charged

Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan has been charged with corruption.

The first charge is for soliciting a bribe of an unspecified amount and the second charge is for receiving a bribe of RM6.96 million.

These bribes were alleged to be for helping a company - Nepturis Sdn Bhd - secure a project called "Central Spine Road: Sertik Ke Persimpangan Lebuhraya Pantai Timur" from the federal government through pre-qualification.

Also charged with corruption is Segambut Bersatu deputy chief Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad, for seeking kickbacks under the Jana Wibawa programme.

Two more businesspersons are expected to be charged in relation to the Jana Wibawa programme today (Wednesday).

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Halimah pleads innocent

Kapar MP Dr Halimah Ali is playing defence after continued backlash on her remarks linking "low-quality food" to autism and cancer.

Bandar Kuching MP Kelvin Yii wants Halimah to be referred to Parliament's Rights and Privileges Committee over her remarks.

Dewan Rakyat speaker Johari Abdul is expected to deliver a ruling today.

Halimah claimed she did not utter the remarks being attributed to her.

However, she appeared to be fixated on the "Menu Rahmah" aspect of her remarks rather, than panned medical claims.

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Najib’s review nears end

Najib Abdul Razak's judicial review hearing on his SRC International conviction is nearing an end.

Lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah wrapped up his submissions yesterday, arguing among others that Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat should have been disqualified from being part of the then apex court bench hearing Najib

This is over a 2018 social media post by the top judge’s husband deemed critical of Najib.

The prosecution will be delivering a rebuttal submission today,

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  • Five Sabah Umno assemblypersons have left the party to join Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah.

  • The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission is probing free-to-air channel Awesome TV over its report that claimed the government is planning to axe 800,000 civil servants.

    Awesome TV claimed its report had been manipulated.

  • Malaysiakini has established its own union branch as part of the National Union of Journalists, the first online portal to do so.

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