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NOW ROUNDING | Here are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly.
1. Former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng is expected to face two more charges of property misappropriation on Monday. An aide to the Minister of Housing and Local Government, Zuraida Kamaruddin, revealed a letter purportingly proving that Lim was behind a negotiated contract directly attributed to Zuraida’s ministry, while Zuraida said she has letters to prove she was not involved.
2. Parts of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor have been affected by an unscheduled water outage due to odor pollution, believed to come from the Sungai Gong factories.
3. Pasir Puteh, PAS MP Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh, has refused to back down on his claim that the Christian Bible was distorted.
4. The Australian Federal Police have seized property worth A $ 1.6 million (RM4.8 million) which is linked to the Mara Inc. scandal.
5. The United States Department of Justice recovered US $ 60 million (RM249 million) after settling its civil forfeiture cases against assets acquired by Riza Aziz, who is said to have used allegedly embezzled funds from 1MDB .
6. Vice Minister of Communications and Multimedia Zahidi Zainul Abidin apologized for wrongly accusing student Veveonah Mosibin of lying about having to take an online exam in a tree to get publicity for her YouTube channel.
7. Former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said that Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s planned youth party will fail, while former Wanita Umno boss Rafidah Aziz said there is no need for more divisive policies.
8. After a meeting with the police in Bukit Aman, M Indira Gandhi has expressed her hope to meet her daughter Prasana Diksa before Deepavali.
9. The Associations of Defenders of Islam (Pembela) have urged the Pahang government to crack down on durian farmers illegally occupying state lands, while a group representing the farmers denied the claim that 300 of them are willing to sign the state’s durian legalization plan. .
10. The Benteng LD Covid-19 group was found to have spread from a police dungeon in Lahad Datu to the Tawau prison.
