A list of selected news stories chosen by Astro AWANI's editor for the week beginning Oct 12 to Oct 18, 2015.

Among the issues highlighted include Barisan Nasional (BN) heavyweights joining Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in protesting against SOSMA, toll hikes on 18 highways, Khairuddin and Matthias not charged under SOSMA, MH17 final report, the death of neglected teen Muhammad Firdaus, the true story behind the Pos Tohoi tragedy, and Saifuddin Abdullah joining PKR.

Towards the weekend the stories that caught the readers' attention were the story about the Sultan of Johor owning the most expensive Mack truck in the world, the arrest of an IS server militant hacker by Malaysian police, JDT football club creating history and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's speech at the the 44th Gerakan national delegates' conference.


Monday, October 12: BN heavyweights join Tun M in protesting SOSMA detentions

BN heavyweights


Tuesday, October 13: Toll hike on 18 highways effective October 15

Toll


'Khairuddin and Matthias not charged under SOSMA' - AG


Khairuddin and Matthias


Wednesday, 14 October: Flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine by Russian-built missile, report concludes

Final Report MH17

[VIDEO] A simulation of how flight MH17 was shot down by BUK missile

Neglected teen Muhammad Firdaus dies after fits attack: report

Muhammad Firdaus


Thursday, 15 October: Pos Tohoi tragedy: Fear of punishment believed to have triggered chain of events

Pos Tohoi


Saifuddin Abdullah joins PKR

Saifuddin PKR


Friday, 16 October: The Sultan of Johor owns the most expensive Mack truck in the world

Mack truck


IS server militant hacker channelled information to attack US security forces

IS hacker


Saturday, 17 October: JDT move into AFC Cup semis to create local football history

JDT


Sunday, 18 October: "Don't make 1MDB a political football" - Najib

Najib speech


Other interesting stories for your read:

1MDB: Zeti's efforts a big 'jihad'- Perlis Mufti

AG closes BNM investigations into 1MDB

Six family members killed in LPT2 crash

Kajang kidnapping: Taxi driver released, no link to incident - Police

Three-year-old girl takes care of bedridden mother in hospital

Malaysian Chinese are not 'Pendatang' - Najib