Goldman Sachs to pay M'sia RM16.6bil, and 8 news you may have missed

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. International banking firm Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay US$3.9 billion (RM16.63 billion) as settlement with the Malaysian government for its role in the 1MDB scandal.

2. The government said it is committed to amend the National Film Development Corporation (Finas) Act 1981 such that social media users are free to produce videos, but NGOs warn that continuing to apply the law against media organisation would have negative consequences.

3. Sarawak is ramping up its Covid-19 testing as more new cases of the disease are being detected there.

4. A growing number of women are turning to social media to name and shame men who sexually harass them and hold them accountable. Read Malaysiakini special report.

5. Former primary industries minister Teresa Kok questioned her successor’s move to rebrand the ‘Love My Palm Oil’ campaign as ‘Sawit Anugerah Tuhan’, noting that the former would have targeted local as well as international audiences.

6. Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal denied allegations that the party attempted to hide its assemblypersons to prevent defections.

7. Pontian MP Ahmad Maslan has failed to strike out charges of money laundering and for giving false statements to the MACC.

8. A fundraising campaign is underway to provide schools with reusable face masks to protect its students against Covid-19.

9. Perak Perikatan Nasional component parties have agreed that there would be no clash between them at the Slim by-election, said the state’s Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu.