PTPTN under fire for travel ban idea, and 9 things that happened yesterday

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

1. National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) chairperson Wan Saiful Wan Jan has said he, too, is against the travel ban idea for loan defaulters but reiterated that the proposal did not come from the PTPTN but by stakeholders. 

2. Despite the repeated clarification, PTPTN continued receiving brickbats, while Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman vowed to challenge any such proposal brought to cabinet.

3. A former PKR division treasurer has filed a police report accusing a first-term PKR MP of repeated sexual harassment, while the lawmaker filed a report accusing her of mental torture and trauma due to her flood of phone calls.

4. The Kuala Lumpur High Court has heard that the civil notice to forfeit property and valuables linked to 1MDB could not be served on fugitive businessperson Jho Low's mother Goh Gaik Ewe who is overseas.

5. New Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat has called on anyone, including members of the public, with information on alleged misconduct by judges to write to her, to the president of the Court of Appeal as well as to the Chief Judges of the two respective High Courts.

6. LGBT activist Numan Afifi, whose appearance on Astro Awani on Tuesday was postponed a few hours before it was to be aired, has said there was nothing problematic with what was discussed on the show but felt those with “political ambitions” wished to sensationalise it and scare people.

7. Former Council of Eminent Persons chairperson Daim Zainuddin dished out more advice for the present government - telling Putrajaya to stop dancing to former premier Najib Abdul Razak’s tune, to establish its own narrative and to leave dealing with banks to Bank Negara.

8. The Coroner's Court at the inquest into Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim's cause of death is expected to call a mechanical engineer to resolve confusion over the use of Newton’s second law of motion to calculate force which struck the firefighter on the night of the Seafield temple riot.

9. PAS-led Kelantan government has withdrawn its long-running suit against national oil and gas company Petronas pertaining to oil royalty claims, and Petronas is expected to withdraw its appeal against the state at the Federal Court.

10. Tanjung Papat assemblyperson Frankie Poon Ming Fung takes over the late Stephen Wong’s role as Sabah health and wellbeing minister, while the former’s state Youth and Sports Ministry portfolio is filled by Luyang assemblyperson Phoong Jin Zhe.