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#MorningBrief: Top 5 news
Major news highlights today.
HERE is the list of key news you need to know today.
Sabah not transit for Daish terrorists - IGP
Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today denied Sabah is a transit location for Daish terrorists from neighbouring countries.
Instead, he said, the state is only a passage area, including for those involved in economic activities, from three countries, namely the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.
Floods: More people evacuated in Johor
The number of flood victims at the 70 evacuation centres in Johor increased to 8,204 people from 2,427 families as at 7 am today.
State Health and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Ayub Rahmat said Segamat district was the worst affected with 6,609 people (2,012 families) been displaced compared with 4,921 people (1,518 families) at 10 pm yesterday.
Malaysia can engage other regional agreements without TPPA, says academician
The fallout of the Trans-Pacific Agreement (TPPA), would enable Malaysia to engage other regional agreements with more intensity, particularly with China as the country is the world's second largest economy, says an academician.
Sunway University Business School Economics Professor Yeah Kim Leng said the United States, which has rejected the TPPA, was a case of missed opportunity.
Megawati accused of blasphemy
In the midst of the political heat in Indonesia, former president Megawati Soekarnoputri is now under investigation after she was alleged to have insulted religion.
A man lodged a police report claiming the PDI-P chairman had insulted religion in her speech during the party's anniversary celebrations recently.
Israel plans more than 2,500 new settler homes to start Trump era
Israel announced plans on Tuesday for 2,500 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the second such declaration since U.S. President Donald Trump took office signalling he could be more accommodating toward such projects than his predecessor.
A statement from the Israeli Defence Ministry, which administers lands Israel captured in a 1967 war, said the decision was meant to fulfil demand for new housing "to maintain regular daily life".
Sabah not transit for Daish terrorists - IGP
Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today denied Sabah is a transit location for Daish terrorists from neighbouring countries.
Instead, he said, the state is only a passage area, including for those involved in economic activities, from three countries, namely the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.
Floods: More people evacuated in Johor
The number of flood victims at the 70 evacuation centres in Johor increased to 8,204 people from 2,427 families as at 7 am today.
State Health and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Ayub Rahmat said Segamat district was the worst affected with 6,609 people (2,012 families) been displaced compared with 4,921 people (1,518 families) at 10 pm yesterday.
Malaysia can engage other regional agreements without TPPA, says academician
The fallout of the Trans-Pacific Agreement (TPPA), would enable Malaysia to engage other regional agreements with more intensity, particularly with China as the country is the world's second largest economy, says an academician.
Sunway University Business School Economics Professor Yeah Kim Leng said the United States, which has rejected the TPPA, was a case of missed opportunity.
Megawati accused of blasphemy
In the midst of the political heat in Indonesia, former president Megawati Soekarnoputri is now under investigation after she was alleged to have insulted religion.
A man lodged a police report claiming the PDI-P chairman had insulted religion in her speech during the party's anniversary celebrations recently.
Israel plans more than 2,500 new settler homes to start Trump era
Israel announced plans on Tuesday for 2,500 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the second such declaration since U.S. President Donald Trump took office signalling he could be more accommodating toward such projects than his predecessor.
A statement from the Israeli Defence Ministry, which administers lands Israel captured in a 1967 war, said the decision was meant to fulfil demand for new housing "to maintain regular daily life".