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Transfusing politicians' cash to doctors
Sabah scandal finally rouses Anwar
Footballers citizenship scandal
Transfusing politicians' cash to doctors
Health news portal CodeBlue has a proposal to help the government pay for increased on-call allowances for doctors and dentists.
Slash allowances for MPs, senators, as well as pensions for retired politicians and ministers, by half.
They said this can raise the RM80 million needed to fund the increased perks for medical officers.
As highlighted by Kini News Lab previously, MPs’ combined fixed allowances total up to at least RM25,700 per month.
However, Dewan Rakyat speaker Johari Abdul, who is paid RM31,000 per month, did not support the proposal.
He said this is because MPs don't keep their money for themselves, and instead have to channel it to their party and constituents, among others.
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Sabah scandal finally rouses Anwar
After almost a year, the Sabah corruption scandal finally stirred some emotion within Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Before, Anwar had often appeared to downplay the seriousness of the allegations that multiple Sabah government politicians had taken kickbacks to facilitate a mineral exploration project.
However, on Friday, the prime minister gave a fiery speech in which he took veiled jabs at those who played up nationalist sentiments while plundering Sabah's resources.
This comes after a new video incriminated Sabah Deputy Chief Minister I Jeffrey Kitingan of accepting more than RM1.6 million in alleged bribes from businessperson Albert Tei.
Kitingan is a proponent of Sabah parties not cooperating with those based in the peninsula, and had wanted GRS to go solo in the upcoming state polls instead of partnering with Anwar's Pakatan Harapan coalition.
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Footballers’ citizenship scandal
Fifa caused a stir when it slapped the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and seven foreign players with sanctions.
The alleged offence? Using forged documents to allow the seven footballers to play for Malaysia.
Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail insists the seven “heritage” players - footballers who have some familial connection to Malaysia - were naturalised following due process.
The FAM, meanwhile, has chalked down the incident to a technical error when it submitted the documents.
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