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Politics should be debated based on policies, facts and figures, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

MOF said the payment will be credited directly to the bank account from June 26 to July 5.

PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the payment involved an allocation of more than RM2 billion benefiting eight million people nationwide.

Anwar said the government is also opening new applications for STR and calling on all qualified individuals to apply before March 31.

Anwar's Unity Government initiatives focused on the less fortunate, especially the poor, the needy and those in the B40 group.

The police have recorded the statements of three individuals including a school headmaster to assist in the investigation into the disappearance of BAP totalling RM109,000.

There was a breach in the SOP for the withdrawal of schooling financial aid amounting to over RM100,000 that was eventually stolen in an incident in Beranang, Selangor.

Anwar said the Unity Government has agreed to continue several of the aid that was announced in the previous 2023 Budget.

The RM5 million special financial aid to help the needy in Kedah is expected to be distributed after January next year, Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said.

The government expects to spend at least $18 billion on subsidies and cash aid this year, the largest amount in history.

BKM Phase 2 has been improved with additional cash assistance worth RM630 million, bringing the total allocation of BKM to RM8.2 billion.

The cash aid was distributed through the Touch 'n Go' e-wallet in three equal payments in November and December last year.

A total of 74,285 (64.1 per cent) heads of household (KIR) impacted by the first wave of floods have received the compassionate cash aid (BWI) to date.

DBKL will also give a cash aid of RM500 to each family involved, Mahadi said.

Flood victims in Taman Sri Muda described the process of application and distribution of flood aid, including the Bantuan Wang Ihsan (BWI), as easy and smooth.

Dr Mohd Afzanizam says the market responded positively to news of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent heading the US Treasury Department.

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