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Another Bersatu ‘defection’
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Another Bersatu ‘defection’
The DAP family ‘conspiracy’
Push for Baram dam
Another Bersatu ‘defection’
Bersatu appears to be losing control of its lawmakers.
Gua Musang MP Mohd Azizi Abd Naim became the third Bersatu lawmaker to pledge support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Similar to the other two rogue Bersatu MPs, Mohd Azizi also cited constituency interests in aligning with Anwar.
Likewise, he also said that he would remain loyal to Bersatu.
The party had already suspended Labuan MP Suhaili Abdul Rahman and Kuala Kangsar MP Iskandar Dzulkarnain Abdul Khalid over the move.
The three PN MPs brings the number of MPs aligned to Anwar in Parliament to 149, two more than a two-thirds majority.
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The DAP family ‘conspiracy’
A junior PAS lawmaker claimed that the trinity of Chinese bogeymen - DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang, former Singapore premier Lee Kuan Yew, and former communist leader Chin Peng - are all related.
Kepala Batas MP Siti Mastura Muhammad claimed in a speech that Kit Siang, Lee, and Chin Peng were cousins.
She also claimed Lim Guan Eng, Teresa Kok, Anthony Loke, Nga Kor Ming and Ngeh Koo Ham were all related to one another as well.
Guan Eng has denied that he and his father Kit Siang are related to Chin Peng and Lee, and has given Mastura 48 hours to prove her allegations.
Besides the Lim family - which also includes Guan Eng’s sister Lim Hui Ying - other DAP leaders who are known to be related to each other are Nga and Ngeh, who are cousins.
The other notable family in DAP is that of the late-Karpal Singh.
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Push for Baram dam
The Sarawak state government appears to be renewing a push to build a hydroelectric dam in Baram.
State premier Abang Johari Openg repeated a claim that the dam could help reduce crocodile infestation and attacks.
However, environmental groups questioned this claim, and demanded Abang Johari provide data to back up his claims.
The Baram dam project had been scrapped by Abang Johari’s predecessor Adenan Satem in 2015 following protests.
Critics say over 20,000 people would be displaced if the dam was built, besides its major negative impact on the environment.
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Other news that matter
The MACC says it has the green light from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to investigate any minister or government official.
Government agencies have been given three months to identify needy families who have not yet been enrolled in poverty eradication programmes.
The family of a school bullying victim want the alleged bullies to be expelled from the Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK).
The school’s Parent Teacher Association, however, condemned the family for making the issue viral.
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