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Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad appointed as acting Education Minister

Jan 10, 2020

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Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will assume the duties of the Education Minister.

This is until a permanent person is appointed, to replace Dr Maszlee Malik. 

The PM's office says the Cabinet decided over the matter two days ago, after Dr. Maszlee stepped down from the post last week.

Two more polio cases detected in Sabah

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The Health Ministry has confirmed that two more children have been infected with polio in Sabah, bringing the total number of cases there to three.

Both children are non-Malaysians and neither were immunised, but they're in stable condition in hospital. 

The Ministry has urged the public to make sure their children are vaccinated and to maintain personal hygiene.

MACC's audio recording revelation: Legal or Not?  

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Legal experts are divided over the legality of MACC's release of recorded calls allegedly between Datuk Seri Najib Razak and several others.

Some say it was legal, including lawyer Dinesh Muthal, who told us that the audio clips, even if taped secretly, are admissible in court in Malaysia...

Dinesh Muthal said, "Case laws have stated that even if the evidence was obtained illegally, let's say these audio recordings were obtained illegally, the courts will still look at the relevancy of the evidence first. So the relevancy superceeds the illegality of the form of evidence have been obtained."

Earlier, the Malaysian Bar Council said the expo'se was improper, but added that a thorough investigation of the audio clips must be carried out.