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News Wrap up: "Equanimity" set to return to Malaysia.

Aug 07, 2018

"Equanimity" set to return to Malaysia

Luxury yacht "Equanimity" will be arriving in Malaysia today, and the PM has gone on Facebook to thank Indonesia for handing it over.

Image:The Finance Ministry plans to sell off the super yacht ‘Equanimity’ which is reported to arrive in Malaysia tomorrow. Pic by NSTP/EMAIL

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad also urged the company that owns the vessel to prove they bought it with clean money, if they want it back.

This comes amid allegations that businessman Jho Low bought the vessel with money stolen from 1MDB.

Death of Cradle Fund CEO now classified as Murder

The death of Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan has been classified as murder, about 2 months after he was found dead in a fire at his home in PJ. 

Image:NSTP

The company initially issued a statement saying he died from an explosion of a phone being charged near him. 

MOH expects HFMD cases to go down.

The Health Ministry expects the number of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease cases to decline during the upcoming school holiday, as students won't be in such close proximity with each other.

Image:FMT

Meanwhile the Education Ministry says about 2,400 students have been affected by HFMD so far. 

Finally, the govt has slammed rumours claiming the Special Court for Sexual Crimes Against Children will be closed

It clarified, the court is actually being expanded to Selangor, Pahang and Johor.