[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: Teenager charged with smuggling 25 foreigners in MPV, Portugal and Spain continue to battle huge wildfires

AMONG the headlines for Wednesday, August 17, 2022, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today charged a 17-year-old teenager with smuggling 25 Myanmar migrants in a Toyota Vellfire vehicle.

Investigations found that all the illegal immigrants were brought from Rantau Panjang, Kelantan to Kuala Lumpur, for a payment of RM6,000 per person.

Also, Spain and Portugal are bracing for wildfires in the coming days with temperatures forecast to exceed 40°C on the Iberian peninsula.

Portugal’s prime minister warned today that the hot weather increases the threat of blazes.

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