Evening Edition

MySejahtera has launched a "complaints" button that allows users to report SOP violations. We discuss if this is a good idea.

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Myanmar has refused to cooperate with ASEAN’s requests for their envoy to have access to Aung San Suu Kyi. And now, Malaysia and Indonesia are warning this might mean Myanmar will be excluded from the upcoming ASEAN summit. We look at the possible repercussions of this development. Image Source: railway fx, Shutterstock

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Last night, Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp all went down for six hours. We look at the lessons to be learnt from the unprecedented blackout.

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Highlights from the Dewan Rakyat today include discussions about a Bersatu member's derogatory remarks made against shuttler S. Kisona, and Tengku Zafrul Aziz's response about the Pandora Papers. Meanwhile, ministers began their winding-up speeches for the 12th Malaysia Plan, with MITI and the Defence Ministry among those under the spotlight.

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Datuk Seri Azalina Othman has been appointed as the Prime Minister's special human rights and law minister. We look at what this role might entail, and what it signals about the government's stance on human rights reforms.

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Former Melaka chief minister and Sungai Udang assemblyman Datuk Seri Idris Haron has announced that the Melaka state government has fallen after three councillors resigned and an UMNO assemblyman withdrew his support for the chief minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali, stating loss of confidence in his leadership. We look into the implications of this development.

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Issues discussed at the Dewan Rakyat today include rewards for Olympic and Paralympic medalists, the state of unemployment, and efforts to prevent new Covid-19 variants from entering the country. We also look at some highlights from today's debate on the 12th Malaysia Plan.

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As the world deals with issues of climate crisis, the oil and gas industry has been urged to amend its business model and prioritize renewable energy. We look into how this would affect us with Petronas.

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This week in Parliament, Syed Saddiq raised the issue of how much politicians earn, and all their different income sources including gratuity pay and pensions. We discuss what goes into their pay, and what needs to be reviewed.

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A new app called Lumi News Malaysia was developed recently, aimed to start people off with a good news headline daily. We explore the effects that this way of news consumption could have.

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