Morning Brief: Top 5 News (February 7)

HERE is the list of key news you need to know today.

JPK denies burning Orang Asli huts at logging blockades

The Kelantan Forestry Department (JPNK) denied allegations of burning illegal huts built by the Orang Asli community at blockades set up at the logging route in the Balah Permanent Forest Reserve in an operation at Gua Musang Monday.

However, its director, Datuk Zahari Ibrahim said that the agency's enforcement team had carried out an operation demolishing illegal huts this morning.

MUSA supports TMJ as president of FAM

Melaka United Soccer Association (MUSA) has reiterated its support for the Tunku Mahkota of Johor (TMJ), Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim as the president of Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).

Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron who is also MUSA president they will continue to support Tunku Ismail to restore the glory days of Malaysian football.

Afghan diplomat shot dead at consulate in Karachi, Pakistan

An Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday by a guard at the Afghan consulate in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi in a personal dispute, officials said.

The consulate's third secretary was killed by the consulate guard, also an Afghan national, who had been arrested, police official Saqib Ismail told Reuters.

Enforcement officers seize pig bristle paint brushes in Shah Alam

The Selangor office of the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry today seized eight paint brushes of various types believed to be made from pig bristles at three hardware stores in the city.

The ministry's Selangor enforcement chief, Abdul Rosik Yakub, said the seizures were made in an operation against the sale of such brushes without any label at hardware stores in the state.

U.S. court to hear arguments Tuesday on Trump's travel ban

A U.S. federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday over whether to restore President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the most controversial policy of his two-week old administration.

In a brief filed on Monday, the Justice Department said last week's suspension of Trump's order by a federal judge was too broad and "at most" should be limited to people who were already granted entry to the country and were temporarily abroad, or to those who want to leave and return to the United States.