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Key Highlights

  • PN rally's missing leaders

  • Stateless baby snatching

  • Anwar back in China

PN rally's missing leaders

The duo who were the main faces publicising PN's Sept 16 rally were conspicuously absent when the event took place.

PN Youth chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari and Bersatu Youth chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal were believed to be nearby in Kampung Baru when demonstrators gathered at the local mosque.

However, they were not spotted actually attending the rally or the march from Kampung Baru to Sogo.

More than 1,000 people attended the rally, which called for Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to be recharged for corruption in the Yayasan Akalbudi case.

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Stateless baby snatching

In conjunction with Malaysia Day, Kini News Lab released a special report on how stateless Bajau Laut mothers in Sabah are losing their babies to adoption without consent.

The alleged baby snatching occurred at the Lahad Datu Hospital and is driving women from the Bajau Laut community to give birth at home out of fear of losing their newborns - which further complicates matters.

The Sabah Health Department, however, denied the allegations and has lodged a police report over the matter.

Meanwhile, an expert said that stateless women should be assisted in conducting DNA tests to prove that the children they are at risk of losing are theirs.

HIGHLIGHTS

Kini News Lab | Baby snatching: How stateless mums lose their infants in Sabah hospital
Musa Aman to lead Sabah Harapan?
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Anwar back in China

Anwar Ibrahim was in China for his second trip to the country as prime minister on Sunday.

The trip - which lasted for just one day - saw Anwar, together with several cabinet ministers head to Nanning where the China government was holding an Asean expo and business summit.

The visit saw Malaysian and Chinese firms sign three memoranda of understanding worth RM19.8 billion.

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Views that matter

Anwar's doublespeak on Zahid's DNAA
By R Nadeswaran
Moving Malaysia forward at 60
By Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Inhumane treatment of stateless Bajau Laut
By Dr Amar-Singh HSS

Other news that matter

  • The trial against former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and former treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah in the RM6.6 billion IPIC criminal breach of trust (CBT) case will commence over two months next year.

    The defence will subpoena former attorney-general Tommy Thomas as a witness in the case.

    Previously, a purportedly leaked memo alleged that prosecutors had recommended to Thomas to drop the charges against Najib and Irwan.

  • Sarawak's Jepak assemblyperson Talib Zulpilip died on Friday at 72.

  • The government will look into grouses raised by citizens to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong during their tour of Borneo.

  • The preliminary report on the Aug 17 aircraft crash near Bandar Elmina in Shah Alam, Selangor ruled out damage to the plane’s engines and pilot incapacitation as potential causes of the incident.

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