News@9: Today's top headlines - May 30, 2025 [WATCH]
'I'm not a dictator'
Stressing the need for an all-out war against corruption, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said any prosecution related to corruption must be based on evidence, not arbitrary instructions.
Police have, to date, frozen RM3.8 billion in assets in connection with an investment scam linked to Mobility Beyond Imagination.
The East Coast Rail Link project, which stretches across Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Selangor, is expected to be 90 per cent complete by year-end.
RM400k for defamation
Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has won RM400,000 in damages in her defamation suit against UUM lecturer Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff over two Facebook posts published in 2017.
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