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Gelakan is PN chk & balance

enduser — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:17:53 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...alance-says-lau

Gerakan is PN’s internal check and balance, says Lau

PETALING JAYA: Gerakan remains committed to multiracialism as well as Malaysia’s secular system and will serve as a check and balance within Perikatan Nasional (PN), says Gerakan president Dominic Lau.
In an appeal to Bukit Kepayang voters to back Gerakan’s sole candidate in the Negeri Sembilan election, Lau said the state assembly needed diverse voices.

He said Gerakan would focus on bread-and-butter issues and local development, while rejecting extreme racial or religious rhetoric, Oriental Daily reported.

“I appeal to the people to give Gerakan a chance. We are a multiracial party and will play our role as a check and balance within PN.

“We are committed to solving problems pragmatically and focusing on the national economy and issues affecting people’s livelihoods at the local level,” said Lau.

The former senator said Gerakan would scrutinise the next state government and its policies if elected to represent Bukit Kepayang.

He also urged voters to treat the Negeri Sembilan polls as a referendum to voice their dissatisfaction with the federal government’s performance.

A defeat for Pakatan Harapan in the Aug 1 polls could potentially shorten the federal government’s term, he added.

Lee Boon Shian is Gerakan’s sole candidate in the Negeri Sembilan polls. The PN candidate is in a straight fight with DAP’s Nicole Tan, who is seeking a third consecutive term as Bukit Kepayang assemblyman.

The seat has been DAP’s since 2008 but was held by Gerakan for one term from 2004.

Chinese voters make up the majority in Bukit Kepayang at 48.3% of the electorate, followed by the Malays (28.2%) and Indians (21.7%).

OpenAI agent attack unlike we've seen before

enduser — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:57:41 +0800

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/23/g-s1-135085/...cking-ai-models

OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models gone rogue. Here is what to know
July 23, 20261:23 AM ET

ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it is still investigating the "unprecedented cyber incident" that led its artificial intelligence systems to break out of a testing environment and hack into another AI company.

OpenAI said Tuesday two of its most capable AI models were responsible for the cyberattack targeting AI startup Hugging Face. The incident is stirring debates over the need for stronger AI guardrails and the extent to which AI agents are capable of acting on their own.

Hugging Face said last week that it had detected an intrusion into its data processing systems that it suspected was caused by an AI agent acting on its own. But the New York-based startup said it wasn't until this week that it learned OpenAI was responsible, and it worked with the larger company to contain what Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue called "an attack unlike anything we've seen before."

San Francisco-based OpenAI said its AI used stolen credentials and discovered a previously unknown vulnerability to access Hugging Face's servers. It was working with reduced guardrails because it was supposed to be in an isolated testing environment known as a sandbox.

But it went to "extreme lengths to achieve a rather narrow testing goal," finding ways to connect to the internet without human direction and "gain access to secret information that it could use to cheat the evaluation," the company said.

Some experts say OpenAI is wrongly blaming the technology
University of Amsterdam social scientist Hannes Cools said the framing of the cyberattack as an AI agent acting on its own is an unnecessary anthropomorphization that takes some of the heat off the company.

"It is a human decision to switch off specific safeguards," said Cools. "It's not an AI that goes rogue in that sense. It followed specific instructions based on the prompt that was given to that AI system."

Those instructions, according to OpenAI, called for using "complex attack paths" to test how well the AI could exploit a computer system.

Even so, other experts say the cleverness with which the AI models were able to cause problems with little human direction speaks to the dangers. OpenAI said the intrusion was caused by a combination of its AI models, including its newly released GPT‑5.6 Sol and an "even more capable" model that is still being tested internally.

"It went off and did this hack all by itself, as far as we can tell," said Colin Shea-Blymyer, a cybersecurity research fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology. "This is the highest level of autonomy that we've seen in the use of a large language model for cyber operations."

How an AI agent found the keys to the 'teacher's house'
One of the most surprising innovations in what Shea-Blymyer describes as an "almost entirely self-directed" attack was the AI agent's apparently independent decision to target Hugging Face, a well-known AI development hub and marketplace.

He said OpenAI's internal environment for testing AI capabilities and risks worked a "little bit like putting a student in a room and telling them, 'Do bad things. Your job now is to evaluate how bad of a person you can be.' And then you lock the room and you leave for the weekend and you come back and they've left the room."

But then "the cybersecurity agent that was being tested broke out of its sandbox, had access to the internet and sort of thought to itself, 'Who would have the answers to the test that I'm working on?' "

The answer was Hugging Face, a repository for AI testing data.

"And so the agent thought, 'Well, we'll go to the teacher's house,' so to speak. And from there it devised a plan to break in and steal the answer key," he said.

The hack highlights the debate on open-source vs. closed AI
The hack comes at a time of intense debate about the benefits and risks of open-source AI models, particularly those built in China that are cheaper and almost as good as those that U.S.-based "frontier AI" companies like Anthropic, Google and OpenAI are building.

Despite its name, OpenAI's models are closed. Hugging Face, by contrast, is a big promoter of open-source technology, in which developers make key components accessible for anyone to examine, modify and build upon.

Hugging Face co-founder and chief science officer Thomas Wolf said the attack has reinforced his belief in the importance of wide access to open-source models for cybersecurity defense. Hugging Face used a Chinese model to combat the intrusion.

"When a frontier model is attacking you and moving laterally inside your infrastructure, defenders need wide access to near-frontier tools within hours or even minutes, rather than being pointed toward a closed-door" platform, Wolf wrote in a social media post

Very good election pledges

enduser — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:22:24 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...an-be-delivered

Negeri Sembilan PH unveils ‘election pledges that can be delivered’

SEREMBAN: Pakatan Harapan’s manifesto for the Negeri Sembilan state election is centred around commitments it is confident of delivering, rather than promises made solely to win votes, says state PH chairman Aminuddin Harun.
Aminuddin, the caretaker menteri besar, said the coalition had refined its manifesto based on its experience governing the state over the past eight years.

“This manifesto has been strengthened to ensure PH remains the main force in developing the state.

“It must be more comprehensive and robust so that the people can continue to enjoy what we have delivered over the past eight years,” he said after launching the manifesto tonight.

Aminuddin said PH’s track record showed that it had carried out its manifesto commitments during its time in the state government.

“We are not a coalition that has governed for decades, but we believe we have delivered what we promised the people in the past eight years,” he said.

Among the manifesto’s key commitments are plans to build 20,000 affordable homes, improve access to quality education, and construct a rail bypass line from Senawang to Port Klang to catalyse the state’s industrial growth.

Aminuddin said PH also wanted to strengthen support for young people and families, and that its broader vision was to build a more advanced, sustainable and prosperous Negeri Sembilan over the next five years.

The manifesto’s key pledges

Among its key pledges, the PH manifesto focuses on ensuring a stable state administration while creating high-paying jobs and expanding affordable housing.

The key proposed initiatives include creating 30,000 high-paying jobs over the next five years, catalysing development in the state’s central and eastern regions, and expanding the semiconductor, aerospace, data centre, digital economy, logistics and green technology industries.

It also pledges to strengthen the People’s Wellbeing Scheme (Skim Sejahtera Rakyat), which would provide up to RM1,500 in one-off cash aid for undergraduates, RM2,400 in living cost aid for public university students, and RM5,000 for first-class graduates.

Under the scheme, PH is also promising free laptops for students, as well as up to RM300 annually for senior citizens.

PH pledged to deliver five high-impact initiatives: the construction of Seremban Sentral, a new hospital in Bandar Enstek, a new international port in Port Dickson, legal amendments to allow second- and third-generation Felda settlers to build second homes on their parents’ land lots, and the Senawang-Port Klang rail bypass line.

The coalition pledges to build 20,000 affordable homes across Negeri Sembilan over the next five years, and to intensify efforts to resolve issues related to land, land titles and ownership.

It will also increase funding for the state’s Type A affordable housing scheme through the RMM@N9 initiative.

MP asked gov to tiru indon

enduser — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:19:33 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...dren-govt-urged

Introduce free meals for schoolchildren, govt urged

PETALING JAYA: A former MP has called on Putrajaya to consider providing free meals to schoolchildren nationwide, expanding on an initiative by the Selangor government which starts next month.

DAP’s Charles Santiago said the federal government should support the state government’s initiative to provide free breakfast to 120,000 schoolchildren from August, and help expand it to other states.

“At a time when families are struggling with the rising cost of living, no child should have to learn on an empty stomach,” the former Klang MP said in a statement.

The Selangor government’s programme, reported to be part of a RM140 million economic relief package, will see 120,000 pupils in 965 schools across the state receive free breakfast two to three times a week.

Students already receiving meals under the federal Supplementary Food Programme (RMT) scheme will not be included. The RMT only targets children from lower-income households.

Santiago said these food programmes for students could create jobs and support local farmers as well as small food vendors if ingredients were sourced locally.

He cited Brazil, where more than 30% of the school meals budget is channelled to family farms.

He also suggested that Putrajaya revisit a previous proposal to provide free breakfast to about 2.7 million pupils in government and government-aided primary schools nationwide.

He was referring to a proposed nationwide free breakfast programme announced in 2019 that was supposed to benefit 2.7 million primary school pupils.

Initially expected to cost the government between RM800 million and RM1.67 billion, it was later scaled back amid concerns over cost and whether children from wealthier families should qualify.

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enduser — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:31:29 +0800

Dun care politics or not, whatever good for ppl ill support

But make sure physical work start before election 2028

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Nga was BN’s other ‘poster boy’

enduser — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:10:41 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...-says-kian-ming

Nga was BN’s other ‘poster boy’ in Johor polls, says Kian Ming

PETALING JAYA: DAP deputy chairman Nga Kor Ming was essentially Barisan Nasional’s other “poster boy” in the Johor polls, with the federal minister’s controversial remarks galvanising BN support, former MP Ong Kian Ming claimed today.

Ong, also of DAP, said several statements made by Nga on the campaign trail in Johor had made him a lightning rod for many Malay voters.

This included his vow to resign as housing and local government minister if former prime minister Najib Razak was freed of his jail term in the SRC International case.

“You could see that many of the things he said during and before the campaign had sparked a negative reaction,” said the former two-term MP.

“It basically made Malay voters say, ‘I’m going to come out and vote; I’m going to make sure BN wins and Pakatan Harapan doesn’t.’ And this affected a lot of the seats PKR and Amanah contested,” he said on BFM’s Breakfast Grille.

PKR central committee member Elizabeth Wong agreed, citing Nga’s pledge to replace all 123 new village chiefs in Johor with DAP appointees should PH form the Johor government

Wong, the former three-term Bukit Lanjan assemblyman, said this was a “problematic” statement that not only offended the Malays but even Johor Chinese living in these areas.

“We have to remember, all these new village and Chinese village chiefs are very close to the grassroots. So, can you imagine, their jobs are essentially at stake.

“So, I doubt they would give any votes to us.”

Nga had also drawn a stern rebuke from his Cabinet colleague, BN secretary-general Zambry Abd Kadir, after he labelled Zambry’s higher education ministry as being “slow like a turtle” over allowing holders of the Unified Examination Certificate to enter public universities.

BN stormed to a convincing victory in the Johor polls, winning 48 seats in the 56-member state assembly, with Johor menteri besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi considered as the coalition’s poster boy.

PH won the remaining eight seats, four less than the 12 seats it won in 2022, while Perikatan Nasional was wiped

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Election magic: candy for u all

enduser — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:37:20 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...foreign-workers

Govt to review e-invoicing, mandatory 2% EPF contribution for foreign workers

ISKANDAR PUTERI: The government has agreed to review the e-invoicing system, and the mandatory 2% Employees Provident Fund contribution for foreign workers, deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said tonight.

He said the Cabinet has accepted Barisan Nasional’s proposals at its meeting earlier today to ease concerns among businesses.

“We do not want businesses to feel burdened by the implementation of e-invoicing,” Zahid, who is also the BN chairman, told a crowd of about 200 people while campaigning for the Johor state election.

The e-invoice system was introduced on Aug 1, 2024. As of April this year, a total of 225,604 taxpayers have adopted the system, issuing a combined 1.299 billion e-invoices.

Separately, Zahid said the Cabinet has agreed to review the requirement for employers to contribute 2% to the EPF for foreign workers.

“We requested that the 2% contribution be reconsidered, and the Cabinet agreed to review it,” he said.

He also confirmed that the Cabinet has resolved an issue involving a 10-year tax exemption for TAR UMT after a proposal by MCA president Wee Ka Siong.

He said the Cabinet agreed that the earlier decision to grant the tax exemption should be implemented, requiring the institution only to submit its audited annual accounts to the finance ministry each year.

He thanked Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for considering BN’s views.

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BN landslide victory, PH lingkup

enduser — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:01:38 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...-says-kian-ming

BN’s odds of landslide win in Johor rising, says Kian Ming

PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional’s chances of a landslide win in the Johor polls are increasing, with the Umno-led coalition having greater odds of winning a larger haul of seats than it did in the last state election, says former Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming.

The DAP man said BN could end up sweeping 53 of the 56 seats up for grabs on July 11, a whopping 13 more than the 40 it won in the 2022 state polls.

He said Pakatan Harapan (PH) would likely take the remaining three seats while Perikatan Nasional (PN) could be wiped out.

Ong based his projections on the vote share between BN, PH, and PN in the 2022 general election (GE15), where PH won 13 of the 25 parliamentary seats.

“Based on the GE15 results, PH would have won 31 state seats with 43% of the popular vote compared to just 13 state seats (including one won by Muda through a pact with PH) in the 2022 state polls,” he said in a statement.

However, he said Chinese and Indian support for PH was at its peak in GE15, and that this would reduce in the upcoming state election.

Ong said PH appeared to lack a cohesive campaign narrative after a week of campaigning, other than attacking BN’s poster boy, menteri besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi.

He also pointed out that PH had not named a menteri besar candidate, while many senior leaders in the state were not contesting. He said this had left a vacuum in leadership guidance and the shaping of campaign narratives.

“PH is only announcing its manifesto today, while BN unveiled its manifesto the day after nominations.

“There will not be enough time for PH to make the manifesto familiar even among PH’s own candidates, much less the larger electorate in Johor,” he said.

Ong, an adjunct professor at Taylor’s University, added that PN was unlikely to perform well, especially after the breakdown in the relationship between PAS and Bersatu.

The former DAP election strategist also said a dominant victory for BN in Johor would spill over to the Aug 1 state election in Negeri Sembilan.

It could even expedite the dissolution of Parliament later this year to make way for the 16th general election, Ong added.

BN and PH are vying for all 56 seats up for grabs in the Johor assembly, while PN is contesting 33. PAS, which is only contesting 11 seats, has urged its supporters to back BN candidates in seats not contested by PN.

Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad’s Parti Bersama Malaysia is contesting 15 seats, which Ong said could affect PH’s vote share, while Muda is vying for four.

In the 2022 state election, BN won 40 seats, followed by PH (12), PN (three), and Muda (one).

9/10 deployed AI but 94% no significant benefit

enduser — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:55:02 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...e-ai-profitable

Microsoft, AWS deploy engineer armies to help make AI profitable

SAN FRANCISCO: AWS and Microsoft want to embed thousands of their own engineers at client companies to help them capitalise on artificial intelligence, which has yet to turn a profit in the business world.

Microsoft announced Thursday the creation of a unit called Microsoft Frontier Company, which is backed by a US$2.5 billion investment and brings together 6,000 experts and engineers.

The new Microsoft entity comes as rival AWS, the world’s leading cloud provider, announced Tuesday a similar US$1 billion investment in an organisation called Forward Deployed Engineering, also tasked with dispatching thousands of engineers to help clients.

The two cloud giants are responding to the same challenge: companies are buying more AI tools, but those investments are not yet paying off in obvious ways.

As of the end of 2025, almost nine out of 10 companies had deployed AI in at least one business function, but 94% reported no significant benefit from those expenditures, according to consultancy McKinsey.

Its study, published in late April, argued that handing out AI tools to employees is not enough – companies need to rethink the very way they work.

Microsoft and AWS, both of which supply servers and software to myriad businesses worldwide, are betting that their engineers will deliver results faster and better than clients’ in-house teams.

“The currency that the customers are always talking about right now is speed,” said Francessca Vasquez, vice president of Frontier AI Engineering and Services at AWS.

Sri Elaprolu, Director of AWS’s GenAI Innovation Center, said the key is resisting the temptation to lead with the technology.

“Just because someone is excited about agentic AI doesn’t mean agentic AI is the right answer,” he told AFP at the AWS Summit conference in Washington.

“The wrong way of going about it is forcing a technology into a problem versus working backwards to define what the right steps are to get there.”

‘World-class talent’

With these initiatives, Microsoft and AWS are following the lead of San Francisco’s major AI labs.

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, and its rival Anthropic, the maker of Claude, dispatched their own teams of engineers to client sites this spring, partnering with major investment funds.

In doing so, the AI labs revived an idea pioneered more than a decade ago by Palantir, the US data analytics specialist.

Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft Commercial Business, said the new unit draws from existing industry experts, product engineers and consulting teams, as well as outside hires.

“We’re also hiring a lot of world-class AI talent – people that have developed large language models and fine-tuned large language models at the face of the customer,” he said.

The push comes as tech giants seek to recoup record investments to develop AI and build massive data centres.

Despite strong growth in its cloud business, Microsoft has disappointed markets and its shares have shed nearly a quarter of their value since January.

The company cut roughly 15,000 jobs in 2025 and a further wave of cuts is expected.

LRT3: mbsa tido

enduser — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:47:46 +0800

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Election magic: internet coverage settle

enduser — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:56:58 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...i-kata-calon-ph

Masalah internet Felda Layang-Layang bakal selesai, kata calon PH

PETALING JAYA: Masalah capaian internet yang membelenggu beberapa kawasan di Felda Layang-Layang di Kluang, Johor bakal selesai, melalui tindakan susulan yang sedang diambil pihak berkuasa.

Calon Pakatan Harapan (PH) bagi DUN Layang-Layang, Guna Balakrishnan, memaklumkan wakil Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) telah melawat kawasan bagi menilai keadaan serta merangka pelan penambahbaikan rangkaian.

Guna yakin penyelesaian masalah liputan internet boleh dilaksanakan dalam masa terdekat.

“SKMM berkongsi beberapa cadangan dan pendekatan bagi menyelesaikan masalah rangkaian internet di sini supaya penduduk dapat menikmati capaian yang lebih baik dan stabil,” menurut kenyataan.

Guna hari ini melawat kira-kira 40 kediaman di Felda Layang-Layang untuk mendengar pelbagai isu yang dihadapi penduduk.

“Antara perkara yang dibangkitkan termasuk keperluan menaik taraf sistem perparitan bagi mengatasi kejadian banjir kilat serta kebimbangan penduduk terhadap ancaman anjing liar yang menjejaskan aspek keselamatan,” katanya.

Memasuki hari keempat tempoh berkempen PRN Johor, Guna berkata beliau akan terus beri tumpuan kepada kawasan pedalaman, kampung tradisional serta perkampungan masyarakat Cina.

Setakat ini, Guna menyifatkan maklum balas penduduk sebagai amat mengalakkan dan memberikan suntikan semangat.

Guna bersaing dengan penyandang, Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim yang mewakili Perikatan Nasional (PN), dan Chua Jian Boon daripada Barisan Nasional (BN) pada pilihan raya yang akan mengundi pada 11 Julai.

Pada PRN lalu, Mutalip menang atas tiket BN dengan kelebihan 2,815 und

Proud of klang

enduser — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 07:02:22 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...-klang-tomorrow

.Anwar to open new LRT line from Bandar Utama to Klang tomorrow

SHAH ALAM: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will open the new Shah Alam LRT line (LRT3) tomorrow and announce when commercial operations will begin over the 37.8km route from Bandar Utama to Johan Setia.
The route comprises 20 stations, with 10 new stations: Bandar Utama, Kayu Ara, BU 11 (Bandar Utama 11), Damansara Idaman, Subang, Glenmarie 2, Kerjaya, Stadium Shah Alam, Dato’ Menteri, and UiTM Shah Alam, with the remaining stations at Seksyen 7 Shah Alam, Bandar Baru Klang, Pasar Besar Klang, Jalan Meru, Jambatan Kota, Taman Selatan, Seri Andalas, Klang Jaya, Bandar Bukit Tinggi, and Johan Setia.

Shah Alam line chief Ariffin Idris said there would be connections to the Kajang line at Bandar Utama and to the Kelana Jaya line at Glenmarie 2.

The stations will be served by 40 feeder buses across 13 routes at RM1 per ride from 6am to 11.30pm. Rapid On-Demand van services will serve 20 zones at RM2 per trip. Car parks will be available at the Kayu Ara, Damansara Idaman, Pasar Besar Klang, Seri Andalas, Bandar Bukit Tinggi, and Johan Setia stations, with a total of 2,300 bays provided.

Ariffin confirmed that work will begin by the end of this year on reconstruction of the Tropicana, Raja Muda, Temasya, Bukit Raja and Bandar Botanik stations.

44 amendments to Road Transport Act

enduser — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:14:10 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...abled-on-monday

Amendments to Road Transport Act to be tabled on Monday

KUALA LUMPUR: Transport minister Loke Siew Fook will table a series of amendments to the Road Transport Act 1987 (RTA) on Monday, including provisions to criminalise illegal racing and “tonto” activities.
The amendments will also see higher compound fines for repeat offenders and laws to regulate the use of e-scooters and hoverboards.

Loke said the bill will be tabled for first reading on Monday and would hopefully be passed by the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday evening.

“These amendments have gone through a select committee that also comprises representatives from the opposition,” he said at a special briefing on the proposed amendments here.

Loke said 44 amendments would be tabled.

Commenting on illegal racing, Loke said in the past, the authorities could only issue a summons if the offenders had no road tax or had modified their vehicles.

“But we couldn’t charge them (for illegal racing) as there was no specific provision.

“With these amendments, we can charge them and hopefully it would be a deterrent,” he said, adding that illegal racing was a “menace, especially on weekends”.

Loke went on to say that the proposal to increase the maximum fine for repeat offenders was because they found that the current rate of RM300 was ineffective as a deterrent.

He also said there are currently no specific laws to address the issue of “tontos” who acted as lookouts for criminal syndicates to evade law enforcement.

Loke said these “tontos” would tail and obstruct enforcement officers and share information about their whereabouts.

Other amendments included allowing those involved in minor accidents to lodge police reports online and barring vehicle owners with outstanding summonses or cases from leaving the country and preventing foreign vehicles with similar issues from entering the country.

The amendments will also seek to increase the penalty for submitting fake documents or providing the road transport department (JPJ) with wrong information.

He added that a separate amendment to require offenders to pay compensation to the families of road accident victims would be tabled later this year.

In March, Loke said the ministry was drafting provisions to make compensation mandatory for offenders, following a fatal crash in Klang involving a driver allegedly under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

The last time the act was amended was in 2020, when stiffer penalties were introduced.

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Singer Bonnie Tyler out of coma

enduser — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:54:03 +0800

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https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...ler-out-of-coma

Singer Bonnie Tyler out of coma

LONDON: Singer Bonnie Tyler, known for mega-hits “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero,” has come out of a coma following emergency surgery last month, her family said.
The 75-year-old Welsh star, who shot to fame with her hits in the 1980s, was put into a coma at a hospital in Faro, Portugal, in May to aid her recovery.

A message from her team and family posted on her website late Monday said she is “no longer in a coma but remains very unwell and in intensive care” in Portugal.

“Her doctors remain confident that she will make a good recovery but it is going to take time,” they added.

“All her planned concerts until the end of August are set to be cancelled or postponed as a result,” they said.

Tyler had been due to perform this year in Germany and Austria and at a festival in Britain.

The family thanked fans for their “huge outpouring of love”, saying Tyler was aware of this.

Tyler shot to fame in the 1970s with hits including “Lost in France” and “It’s a Heartache”.

“Total Eclipse of the Heart” later topped the charts in both Britain and the US.

“Holding Out For A Hero” came out in 1984 and featured on the soundtrack to the huge US box office hit “Footloose”.

US plane kebabom every other day

enduser — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:21:17 +0800

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...f-in-california

Eight feared dead as US bomber crashes on takeoff in California

LOS ANGELES: All eight people aboard a US B-52 bomber that crashed in California on Monday are feared dead, Edwards Air Force Base said, with pictures from the scene showing the aftermath of a large fire that appeared to have destroyed the aircraft.

The crash happened around lunchtime at the base, a major operations center for the US military around 60 miles (95km) north of Los Angeles.

“An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress carrying eight people on a routine test mission crashed today shortly after takeoff at 11.20am (1800 GMT). Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable,” said a statement from Edwards Air Force Base.

“Emergency response personnel are on scene, and officials are working to account for all personnel,” the statement said, adding that the crash was under investigation.

The airfield was closed and all inbound aircraft were being diverted, the base said on social media.

“All non-commercial visitor passes have been suspended until further notice to allow the installation to focus entirely on emergency response operations.”

A spokesman from the base declined to give any further information.

Aerial footage showed a large charred area on the ground.

There appeared to be very little left of the plane, with a journalist in a broadcast helicopter speaking of a “large plume” of black smoke that had been visible in the aftermath of the crash.

A number of emergency vehicles could be seen by the vast burned patch.

The B-52 is a heavy bomber that first flew in 1954 and was originally designed for war with the Soviet Union. It has received continual upgrades to keep it in service for decades since the Cold War’s end.

The massive bomber – which can carry a range of weapons, including bombs and cruise missiles – has a wingspan of 185 feet (56m) and a length of 159 feet (48m).

The plane is usually crewed by five people: an aircraft commander, a pilot, a radar navigator, a navigator and an electronic warfare officer, according to a US Air Force fact sheet on the plane.

With a combat range of up to 8,800 miles (14,163km), the plane is capable of carrying a nuclear payload.

The United States has deployed the aircraft in conflicts in Vietnam, the Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan, and most recently in Iran.

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BN believed that Chinese voters already insap

enduser — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:31:26 +0800

https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/777040

BN chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi believed that Chinese voters are beginning to swing back to his coalition.

Likening Chinese votes to a pendulum on a clock, he acknowledged that for BN, the swing was coming back around