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Ex-1MDB CEO likens Jho Low to mafia adviser, and 8 news from yesterday
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KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. Former 1MDB chief executive officer Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi has likened businessperson Low Taek Jho's relationship to former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak as a mafia adviser.

2. Police arrested DAP's Gadek assemblyperson G Saminathan and Seremban Jaya assemblyperson P Gunasekaran under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), which allows for detention without trial, for their alleged links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

3. Special Branch's Counter-Terrorism Division chief Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said LTTE elements were planning an attack on the Sri Lanka High Commission in Malaysia.

4. The Dewan Rakyat unanimously approved the National Anti-Financial Crime Centre (NAFCC) Bill despite concerns about the extent of the prime minister's powers.

5. MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya said the compound issued against a list of recipients suspected of receiving stolen funds from 1MDB is non-exhaustive and only focusing on amounts exceeding RM500,000 for now in response to claims that it was being selective.

6. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Hanipa Maidin apologised to Umno's Pengerang MP Azalina Othman for making a sexist comment against her.

7. The National Union of Journalists urged Utusan Melayu Malaysia Bhd, which has gone into voluntary liquidation, to pay its staff salary arrears and compensation.

8. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the former staff of Utusan Malaysia will be rehired in a reboot version of the newspaper after a company linked to tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary purchased the newspaper's printing licence.

9. Water tariff is expected to increase next year.

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