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News Wrap up: MINDEF: our military needs upgrades, Guards accused of stealing millions from PMO.

Aug 10, 2018

MINDEF: our military needs upgrades

The Defence Ministry has issued a statement admitting our military needs upgrades, but insists it's ready to defend Malaysia against external threats.

Image:@KementerianPertahanan

This comes after minister Mohamad Sabu told Parliament that the state of our military assets is embarassing. 

Guards accused of stealing million from PMO

17 security guards have been accused of stealing 3.5 million ringgit from the PM's Office on the night of GE14.

They were supposed to be guarding the premises, but allegedly took the funds when they found out BN was losing power. 

Former PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak has claimed the money was actually Umno's money.

Image:AFP/The Star

Najib told Malaysia Kini the money was meant for the campaign period leading up to GE14. 

On a separate matter, Najib has explained he made an appearance on the Sungai Kandis by-election campaign trail on the request of eventual loser Datuk Lokman Noor Adam. 

This comes as several Umno leaders partially blamed him for the loss. 
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In other news:

PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged unis worldwide to open their doors to everyone regardless of race and nationality.

He spoke while accepting an honorary doctorate from the Ritsumeikan University in Japan.

For more, head over to Astro Awani.com. 
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The Penang govt is considering building an underground reservoir to tackle flooding in the state. 

It will be modeled after the system in Bangkok, Thailand, whch can accomodate more than 3,700 cubic metres of rainwater. 
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And about 1,600 people in France had to be evacuated due to floods, which struck after unusually hot weather.