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Day: 2 February 2023

Bersatu will write to MACC about frozen accounts, says Muhyiddin

BERSATU will be writing to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to request the agency unfreeze its accounts, party president Muhyiddin Yassin said today. According to Muhyiddin, the request will be to help ease the party’s day-to-day operations, including its wage bill and office rent.

Migrant worker amnesty receives nearly 50,000 applications for permits

THE Labour Recalibration Programme 2.0 (RTK 2.0) has received positive response as the government engages in its latest amnesty for undocumented migrant workers, TV3 reported today.  Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud said that over the past five days, the agency has received nearly 50,000 applications from employers. 

S. Korea, US hold air drills as N. Korea warns of ‘all-out showdown’

SOUTH Korea said today it had staged joint air drills with the United States featuring strategic bombers and stealth fighters, prompting Pyongyang to warn that such exercises could “ignite an all-out showdown”. The exercises, the first by the security allies this year, came a day after US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean […]

AG refuses to drop Rewcastle-Brown defamation charge

THE Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has rejected the representation by Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown seeking the withdrawal of a charge against her for allegedly making defamatory statements against Sultanah of Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah. Rewcastle-Brown, who is from the United Kingdom, was charged in absentia with defaming Sultanah Nur Zahirah in a book, “The Sarawak […]