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AGC Drops Appeal Against Zahid's Acquittal

Dec 12, 2024

The Attorney General’s Chambers has withdrawn its appeal against Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi…over his acquittal from 40 corruption charges linked to the Foreign Visa System contract.

It says it is of the view that there is a strong legal and factual basis to maintain the High Court’s earlier decision to acquit the Deputy Prime Minister.

Zahid was previously charged with receiving bribes while he was home minister and DPM under the previous BN administration.

However, he was subsequently given an acquittal and discharge by the High Court in September 2022…after ruling that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against him.

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It not just B40 students who are eligible for aid under the government’s Siswa Sulung Program.

The Higher Education Ministry clarified, that those from big M40 families, can also seek assistance.

The Siswa Sulung Program offers aid to the first child in underprivileged families… who successfully receives a place for their first degree at public universities.

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The government has approved a 463 million ringgit allocation to improve the country’s public transport services.

Its part of the preparation for our duties as ASEAN chair next year…and Visit Malaysia Year in 2026.

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The number of flood evacuees nationwide is down slightly to around 3,700 so far today.

Nearly 95 percent of the victims are currently from Terengganu.

The rest are in Johor, Perak and Pahang.

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Open AI has confirmed that its ChatGPT chatbot is currently down for some users worldwide…with the company currently working on fixing the problem.

It’s the latest tech service to experience a global outage…after Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook also went offline earlier today.