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Key Highlights

  • Ex-home minister vs home minister

  • Sedition Act to be amended

  • DAP reshuffles roster

Ex-home minister vs home minister

Former home minister Hamzah Zainudin is flexing for a showdown with his successor, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Hamzah said that during PN’s election campaign in Kedah, he will be revealing a purported letter from Saifuddin, asking for the 2022 PKR party elections to be nullified.

Saifuddin had lost to rival Rafizi Ramli in the PKR deputy president race during the contest.

Saifuddin had denied asking Hamzah for such a favour.

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Govt mulls amendments to Sedition Act

The cabinet has agreed in principle to study amendments to the Sedition Act.

This was so that the act would only be used to protect the royal institution from acts of provocation.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said mentioned the cabinet will also explore drafting new legislation to curtail racial and religious provocation.

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DAP reshuffles roster

DAP has made significant changes to its line-up of candidates for Penang and Selangor.

In Penang, nine out of 19 candidates are fresh faces, while in Selangor, six out of 15 are first-time candidates.

Among the party veterans who were dropped or chose to retire include Penang Deputy Chief Minister P Ramasamy, DAP women’s chief Chong Eng and Selangor exco member Teng Chang Kim.

Meanwhile, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke has sought to appease other dropped incumbents by nominating them for state GLC posts and also the Selangor speaker position.

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Other news that matter

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  • Police claimed that allegations of officers acting unprofessionally and inappropriately towards a stalking victim was the result of a “misunderstanding”.

  • A retired soldier dubbed “Dr Ganja” has been spared the death sentence after the charges against him were amended.

    He was also released from prison.

  • Gerakan president Dominic Lau came under fire after he allegedly posted a tweet mulling whether or not to contest the Pulai by-election, barely an hour after its incumbent, the late Salahuddin Ayub was laid to rest.

    Lau denied posting the tweet and claimed his account was hacked.

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