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Zafrul wants to join PKR
Sabah graft cover-up 'perception'
Hannah beats Kamarul in court
Zafrul wants to join PKR
Local politics were delivered another shock on Friday when Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz quit Umno.
With just six months remaining on his senator tenure, Zafrul wants to join PKR.
Umno is not happy, especially since Zafrul did not relinquish his minister post and is demanding that this be rectified.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, however, appears keen to keep Zafrul in cabinet.
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Sabah graft cover-up 'perception'
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim denies any attempts to cover up the Sabah corruption scandal involving videos of assemblypersons talking about taking bribes.
He said the cover-up allegations were just "perception".
Instead, he said the MACC was just being thorough in doing its job.
He also said that the prime minister should not be investigator, prosecutor, and executioner - because that is a dictator's job.
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Hannah beats Kamarul in court
The High Court found Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusoff guilty of defaming Hannah Yeoh for claiming she wanted to turn Malaysia into a Christian nation.
The judge found that Kamarul had failed to establish a defence of justification and fair comment.
However, no apology was ordered as the judge deemed it would be insincere.
Kamarul was ordered to pay Yeoh RM400,000 in damages, as well as RM80,000 in costs.
He will be appealing the outcome.
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