Latest news with #wrongdoing
CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
Officer cleared in report into 2023 punches
Alberta's police watchdog cleared an Edmonton police officer of any wrongdoing after the officer punched a man multiple times during a 2023 arrest.
Free Malaysia Today
4 days ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
SMM blasts ‘politically motivated' allegations surrounding viral photo, threatens legal action
Sabah Mineral Management Sdn Bhd has refuted any wrongdoing arising from a photograph that has gone viral recently, saying it was taken during a working visit to Indonesia in August 2024. PETALING JAYA : Sabah Mineral Management Sdn Bhd (SMM) has threatened legal action against media outlets and others over the continued publication of 'false, misleading, and defamatory' allegations stemming from a now-viral photograph of its officials. In a statement addressing the photo which features current CEO Natasha Sim alongside several officials, the state-owned agency said: 'SMM unequivocally denies that any wrongdoing occurred.' It described the controversy as 'politically motivated' and part of a 'broader campaign to damage the company and its officers'. 'Should these baseless accusations continue to circulate, we will not hesitate to initiate legal action, including against media outlets for defamation and malicious falsehood,' the statement read. SMM noted that the allegations relate to an ongoing lawsuit involving Sim's predecessor, Jontih Enggihon, and businessman Albert Tei. The suit includes claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, tampering with official documents, and conspiracy to injure. 'The current wave of public allegations appears to recycle issues already under judicial scrutiny,' it said. It clarified that the photograph was taken during a working visit in August 2024 as part of foreign direct investment discussions with a mining conglomerate in Indonesia. The visit followed board approval in February 2024 and was led by Sim, then serving as chief strategy officer. It added that the first trip to the conglomerate's base had occurred in March 2023, and was initiated by Jontih as part of a due diligence exercise. The partnership was formally recommended to the board by Jontih in December 2023. On July 18, Malaysiakini reported that the now viral photograph had 'triggered a fresh political storm'. Apart from Sim, the photograph featured SMM secretary Emily Chong and Sabah timber tycoon Elbert Lim next to a private jet. The portal quoted Warisan assemblyman Justin Wong as claiming the photo had sparked a new scandal engulfing SMM.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Taylor Swift: Sir Sadiq Khan cleared over free concert tickets
The mayor of London has been cleared of wrongdoing in accepting free tickets worth around £3,000 to a Taylor Swift concert last independent investigation concluded that Sir Sadiq Khan did not breach the Greater London Authority (GLA) code of conduct, and that he had exercised an appropriate degree of Tories asked the GLA's monitoring officer Rory McKenna to investigate after it emerged that the tickets had been provided by LS Events, a contractor to the GLA.A spokesperson for Sir Sadiq Khan said: "Any gift accepted by the Mayor is declared openly and transparently. In this case there was an administrative error which was quickly corrected." Sir Sadiq watched the concert with family members from a VIP box on 15 August 2024, during the pop star's sell-out run at Wembley Stadium last were five other members of City Hall staff with him, including two senior McKenna decided in January that there would be no further investigation into three of the allegations - that the tickets were declared late, were undervalued, and were provided by a he asked an independent investigator to determine whether the mayor had "exercised an appropriate level of caution".This investigation has now cleared the mayor of all wrongdoing. Susan Hall, leader of the City Hall Conservatives who made the initial complaint, said: "I am disappointed that the investigation has finished this way, but ultimately it'll be up to Londoners to decide whether the Mayor acted appropriately in accepting free tickets from a firm that contracts with the GLA for tens of millions of pounds."This investigation has shone a spotlight on the relationship between the Mayor and businesses contracted by the GLA."The mayor has said that he "has no involvement in the procurement process for GLA events, nor in the tendering of these contracts."
Washington Post
6 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
How MAGA influencers put pressure on Trump, Bondi over Epstein
When conservative podcaster Liz Wheeler visited the White House along with other MAGA influencers on Feb. 27, Attorney General Pam Bondi handed her a binder labeled 'The Epstein Files: Phase 1.' Wheeler hoped the contents might be the first step toward finally getting to the bottom of the deceased sex offender's elite inner circle and who else might have been involved in wrongdoing.
