Among the headlines for Wednesday, January 6th, 2020, the High Court was told today that the hearing of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s case involving 1Malaysia Development Berhad is expected to extend beyond the date for the trial of the criminal breach of trust case, as the prosecution is expected to call 60 witnesses.

Also,South Korea rolled out mass testing on some 70,000 prison inmates in the country after a massive prison outbreak and may extend flight suspensions from Britain in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19 cases.

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Semalam, Setiausaha Agung UMNO, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan memaklumkan, sebanyak 147 daripada 189 bahagian UMNO menolak kerjasama dengan parti Bersatu.
Untuk itu kita bersama Felo Penyelidik Institut Penyelidikan Politik Malaysia, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Dr Achmad Dzariean Mohd Nadzri.

On January 1st, the prime ministers of Malaysia and Singapore issued a joint statement that the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project had been terminated after they failed to agree on changes to terms of the project that been tabled by Malaysia following the change of government here in 2018. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Wan Agyl Wan Hassan, Transport and Rail Planner and Former Head of Policy & Planning Division for Operation Group, SPAD.

The termination of the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail projects, after the governments of both countries said they could not come to an agreement. What impact will the cancellation have at both ends of the track? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Walter Theseira, Associate Professor of Economics, Singapore University of Social Sciences.

On January 1st, the prime ministers of Malaysia and Singapore issued a joint statement that the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project had been terminated after they failed to agree on changes to terms of the project that been tabled by Malaysia following the change of government here in 2018. Tonight we ask what is the true cost of the cancellation. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Cheong Sze Hoong Zac, Committee Member, Transit Malaysia.