
News: East & West Malaysia

EPF declares 6.15% dividend
The retirement fund will distribute a total of RM79.6 billion in dividends to its members.
Malaysia

Anti-hopping law standing in Hamzah’s way, says analyst

Supplementary electoral roll up for review
District police chief Johari Yahya says Yeoh Hock Sun, 63, died of refractory shock while receiving treatment at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
The investigation paper has been submitted to the deputy public prosecutor for further action.
Police say the 34-year-old man was riding his motorcycle between lanes when a vehicle in front braked suddenly.
The PKR secretary-general says the party does not want to take hasty action without hearing from Rafizi Ramli about what he said regarding contesting in the next general election.
Borneo+

Sarawak plans energy exports to Brunei, Philippines and Singapore

Sarawak remains at high risk of TB, says deputy health minister
Klias assemblyman Isnin Aliasnih says the district’s location in a low-lying basin makes it prone to flooding.
Abd Rasad Sadikir pleads guilty to two counts of forgery and eight counts of abetment over the supply of equipment for his school.
Parti Bumi Kenyalang president Voon Lee Shan says a negative ruling will be ‘more than a political setback’.
Piluta Samad is charged with murdering Hamidah Husin, also known as Lisa, on Feb 11.
Southeast Asia

Philippines, US, Japanese conduct joint Bashi Channel air drill

Son of Indonesia’s ‘gasoline godfather’ jailed in US$17bil corruption case
Defence cooperation, infrastructure, nuclear energy and critical minerals will be on the agenda during Lee Jae-myung’s visits to the two Southeast Asian nations.
Lawmakers demand a probe after the nearly blind Rohingya man was left in the winter cold following his release from detention.
The defence lawyer also attacked the credibility of the witnesses the prosecution relied upon for its charges against former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.
A court in Denpasar sentenced Kial Garth Robinson to 11 years in prison and Piran Ezra Wilkinson to eight years.
World

Bill Clinton says he was unaware of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes

USS Gerald R. Ford: the world’s biggest aircraft carrier
A day after the US and Iran held talks in Geneva, Donald Trump said that the cleric-run state was ‘not willing to give us what we have to have’.
An initial investigation suggests the driver had not activated a track switch, resulting in the tram derailing and smashing into a building.
The decision was welcomed by investors as shares of the streaming giant had shed more than 18% since it announced its deal with Warner Bros on Dec 5.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to fight political extremes on the right and left after his Labour Party suffered an election defeat to the left-wing Green Party.

















