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Oct 19, 2018

Zahid claims trial

UMNO President Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has pleaded not guilty to 45 charges under anti-graft and money laundering laws.

Some of the charges were related to funds belonging to a charity run by his family, while others involved him receiving bribes as inducement to help certain companies obtain contracts.

The former Deputy Prime Minister was granted a bail of RM2 mil, to be paid in two installments.

His ex-boss, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak also turned up in court today, saying he wanted to give Zahid his moral support.

Zahid is the second UMNO leader after Najib, to be charged since GE14.

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Landslide hits Bukit Kukus, leaving three dead

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Three people died, and at least nine others are believed to have been buried alive in a landslide, that hit a construction site in Bukit Kukus, Penang this afternoon. 

One person, who is injured has been sent to the Penang hospital.

This incident came almost a year after the deadly landslide in Tanjung Bungah.

In that incident, 11 construction workers were killed at the site of a housing project.

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And the Equanimity goes to...

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A court in KL has ruled that two 1MDB subsidiaries are the rightful owners of the superyacht Equanimity.

According to Malaysiakini, this is after no other parties challenged the ownership claim, made by the Malaysian government and 1MDB.

The decision means that any proceeds of the sale of the Equanimity, will go to 1MDB.

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NRD calls for more people to switch to new MyKad

The National Registration Department is urging some 3 million people to change their MyKad's to the new version, starting today.

It says the new MyKad has better security features than the previous one.

So far, only about 81,000 individuals are using the new MyKad.