Guan Eng to face more charges and 9 news you may have missed

KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.

1. Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng is expected to face two more charges of criminal misappropriation of property, on Monday. An aide to Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin revealed a letter that purportedly proves Lim was behind a directly negotiated contract attributed to Zuraida’s ministry, while Zuraida said she has letters to prove she was not involved.

2. Parts of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor have been hit with an unscheduled water disruption due to odour pollution, believed to be emanating from factories in Sungai Gong.

3. PAS’ Pasir Puteh MP Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh has refused to back down from his claim that the Christian Bible was distorted.

4. The Australian Federal Police have seized properties worth A$1.6 million (RM4.8 million) that are linked to the Mara Inc scandal.

5. The United States Department of Justice has recovered US$60 million (RM249 million) after reaching a settlement of its civil forfeiture cases against assets acquired by Riza Aziz, who is said to have used funds allegedly embezzled from 1MDB.

6. Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin has apologised for wrongly accusing student Veveonah Mosibin of lying about having to take an online examination on a tree to garner publicity for her YouTube channel.

7. Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s planned youth party will fail, while former Wanita Umno chief Rafidah Aziz said there is no need for more divisive politics.

8. Following a meeting with the police in Bukit Aman, M Indira Gandhi has expressed hope that she will meet her long-lost daughter Prasana Diksa before Deepavali.

9. The Islam Defenders Associations (Pembela) has urged the Pahang government to crack down on durian farmers who occupy state land illegally, while a group representing the farmers denied the claim that 300 of them are prepared to sign up to the state’s durian legalisation scheme.

10. The Benteng LD Covid-19 cluster is found to have spread from a police lock-up in Lahad Datu to the Tawau Prison.