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All unregistered tahfiz schools in KL will be shut down.

Sep 25, 2018

All unregistered tahfiz schools in KL will be shut down. 

The Federal Territories Minister says the govt will also come up with stricter rules for residential schools, especially tahfiz centres.

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He says it's to protect the welfare of such students, and the image of religious institutions, following recent high-profile controversies. 

Last week, a tahfiz school principal was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 9 students.

The school was also found to be unlicensed. 

Earlier, the PM's Dept said the Federal Govt is powerless to stop illegal tahfiz schools as they fall under the jurisdiction of local authorities.

Report, lodged !

A member of PKR Youth has lodged a report with the MACC, accusing the political secretary of a govt ministry of wrongdoing. 

Image: Utusan

He's alleged to have abused his position to offer contracts and government allocations to local party leaders in Pahang, in exchange for votes for the PKR elections. 

The political secretary is reportedly contesting for a postion in the party's central leadership council.
 

In other news:

Police say they will thoroughly investigate the murder of Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan before they submit investigation papers to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.

Image: Astro Awani

The Selangor police chief says the investigation will take time, as they have to cover every aspect with a fine-tooth comb.

To date, 6 people have been arrested so far in the case, with Nazrin's sister-in-law and her husband the latest to be detained.

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The KL Magistrate's Court has ordered PKR's Rafizi Ramli to answer a charge for defaming Tabung Haji on his Facebook account 2 years ago.
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A man in Taiping, Perak has pleaded NOT guilty to sexually assaulting his 13-year-old sister-in-law last year.
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And a 74-year-old man in Washington DC has been found alive and well, 5 days after he was trapped inside his apartment when his building caught fire! 

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