Sabah polls court challenge thrown out, and 9 news you may have missed

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

1. The Kota Kinabalu High Court has dismissed the application by former chief minister Musa Aman and 32 others to challenge the dissolution of the Sabah state assembly, removing the hurdle for the state to hold its election on Sept 26.

2. DAP Youth members involved in adding Chinese names to road signs in Kuching, Sarawak will take responsibility for their actions, amid heavy criticism that saw even DAP’s allies turn against them.

3. Despite lacking laptops or even a stable Internet connection, three Form Four students banded together to build an app to help their school keep track of students’ daily attendance and body temperature.

4. Career civil servant Abdul Ghani Salleh, who was previously the Election Commission secretary, has been appointed as the commission’s new chairperson.

5. Lawyer Siti Kassim has been acquitted of a charge of obstructing the duties of a public servant at a Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) raid on a transgender event in 2016.

6. Sources claimed that Umno supreme council member Abdul Rahman Dahlan’s outburst against Sabah BN chairperson Bung Moktar Radin was a result of Umno’s national leadership’s failure to hold broader consultation about the coming state election.

7. Workers have protested outside Malakoff Corporation’s headquarters after the company cut off electricity and water supplies to the quarters of three former workers.

8. The Human Resources Development Fund has withdrawn its lawsuit over alleged fraud involving RM26.4 million, without explanation.

9. Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a French national in Langkawi was initially allowed to undergo quarantine at home based on an exemption under the Malaysia My Second Home Programme, but the exemption has been nullified.

10. Bangladeshi national Mohd Rayhan Kabir, who was featured in a controversial Al Jazeera interview regarding Malaysia’s treatment of undocumented migrants, has been put on a plane to Dhaka and deported.