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LCS bailout
Gambling fund feud
Revisionist Sheraton Move
LCS bailout
The government has given Boustead Naval Shipyards (BNS) a bailout after the company struggled for years to deliver six littoral combat ships.
The new deal, inked with BNS parent company Boustead Holdings, will see the contract price bumped up to RM11.2 million, up from RM9 billion previously.
Putrajaya had already forked out RM6 billion for the project.
However, despite the increased cost, the number of LCS vessels to be delivered has been cut down to five.
A government special purpose vehicle (SPV) will also be taking over BNS and overseeing the project.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said a detailed statement on the issue will be forthcoming.
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Gambling fund feud
A political tiff over Anwar’s claim that PN's GE15 campaign was partly funded by gambling funds has been reignited.
De facto Law Minister Azalina Othman Said told Parliament that the MACC had not opened an investigation paper on the allegations due to it being "too general" with no one able to confirm it thus far.
This caused an uproar from PN, who accused Anwar of slander, while demanding an apology.
PN chief Muhyiddin Yassin is also mulling a lawsuit against Anwar.
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Revisionist Sheraton Move
Bersatu deputy president Ahmad Faizal Azumu appeared to engage in some revisionit history when commenting about the Sheraton Move.
Faizal said the meeting with Umno at the hotel only took place because there was a DAP plot to unseat then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Previously PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang claimed it was him who initiated the 2020 change in government, but for different reasons.
Azmin Ali had also previously claimed it was Dr Mahathir Mohamad who inspired the plan - while the former prime minister denied any involvement.
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called on the media to be critical of the government, while giving the opposition their right to express themselves.
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang claimed that his party is being courted to join the government.
Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli have both denied this.
Telegram said it has not been cooperative with the government as it refuses to participate in “any form of political censorships”.
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