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Johor's DAP opposition has pressed the state government to justify abandoning the Iskandar Malaysia Bus Rapid Transit in favour of an elevated autonomous rapid transit network, raising concerns over project costs and decision-making processes.
Student activists at the University of Malaya are demanding an update on a sexual harassment investigation into a professor, citing the institution's failure to release findings despite claiming in September the probe was nearing completion.
A Malaysian Prisons Department officer has been charged under the Penal Code over a January 2025 incident at Taiping Prison that resulted in a detainee's death. Five other staff members face internal discipline.
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A senior official from Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia has pleaded not guilty to 158 graft charges involving RM98 million in Shah Alam Sessions Court, marking another significant corruption case in the country.