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  • Bar to challenge Pardons Board

  • Hunt against sexual abuse in schools

  • PAS pays its debts

Bar to challenge Pardons Board

The Malaysian Bar will file a legal challenge against the Pardons Board’s decision to reduce former premier Najib Abdul Razak’s sentence for his SRC International corruption conviction.

This was decided after a motion on the matter was passed with an "overwhelming majority" during the Bar's annual general meeting on Saturday.

However, new Bar president Ezri Abdul Wahab was quick to note that the challenge was not against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Najib's lawyer claimed that the previous Agong had wanted to pardon Najib, while the rest of the Pardons Board had wanted the ex-premier to serve out the rest of his sentence.

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Hunt against sexual abuse in schools

You touch, you go. That's Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek policy on sexual harassment in schools.

She stressed that both girls and boys can become victims, including in religious schools.

She recounted one incident where one victim at a religious school was guilt-tripped into protecting their offender.

Meanwhile, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said warned that authorities would hunt down school administrators or individuals who attempt to cover up cases of sexual abuse, whether it happened in schools or homes.

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PAS pays its debts

PAS finally settled a debt of over RM659,000 with a former printer of Harakah, the party's official newspaper, as decided by the court.

The party also withdrew its appeal against the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court's decision.

In August 2019, Malaysiakini reported the debt dispute involving Harakah and its two printers at the time - Angkatan Edaran Enterprise Sdn Bhd and NAJ Press Resources.

The debt with Angkatan Edaran was said to be over RM2 million, but the company was declared bankrupt.

However, the same management established NAJ Press Resources as a replacement and continued printing Harakah at that time.

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