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Rafizi won't shut up about Farhash
MPs want KL mayor's power curbed
No nukes for M'sia, just nuclear energy
Rafizi won't shut up about Farhash
Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli is ignoring a cease and desist letter from Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak.
The letter demands that Rafizi stop commenting about Farhash, and apologise for claiming he had met a whistleblower over the businessperson's dealings.
Rafizi said he had only spoken facts, and will meet Farhash in court.
Meanwhile, the former aide to Anwar Ibrahim also failed to get an ad interim injunction against MalaysiaNow.
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MPs want KL mayor's power curbed
Government and opposition MPs want the Kuala Lumpur mayor's authority to be curbed.
Unlike other cities, Kuala Lumpur doesn't have a local council system, and the mayor is deemed "all-powerful".
Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Padang Serai MP Azman Nasrudin both argued that it was time to introduce a council system to introduce checks and balances in the capital's administration.
The calls come amid a push by the Public Accounts Committee to reform land development procedures in Kuala Lumpur and how government land in the city is sold.
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No nukes for M'sia, just nuclear energy
Malaysia's neighbours worried about the country pursuing nuclear energy need not fear that it would also lead to the development of atomic weapons.
Parliament has passed amendments that explicitly ban the development of nukes in the country.
It has become a capital offence, with the only option besides death being 30 to 40 years in prison.
Malaysia aims to have nuclear power by 2031, with plants proposed in the peninsula and Sabah.
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