Court rules Sosma section unconstitutional and 7 news from yesterday

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

1. The Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that Section 13 of Sosma, which prohibited courts from granting bail in security offences cases, is unconstitutional. It ruled this in granting Gadek assemblyperson G Saminathan's bid for a bail hearing.

 2. Several Felcra settlers have raised questions about a RM35.25 million biogas project which has seen little progress in five years.

3. A Klang-based cleaning services company is under the authorities radar after a group of its former employees raised their alleged exploitation, according to international migrant workers' rights NGO, Migrant Care

4. Family members of six victims who died in a fire at Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru Hospital (HSA) three years ago have sued the hospital and government, claiming negligence of patient safety.

5. Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak is seeking to compel DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang, an online news portal and its reporter to show cause concerning an internet article linked to the ex-premier’s RM42 million SRC International case

6. The German embassy in Kuala Lumpur wants Putrajaya and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) to censure a graduate showed the Nazi salute during a convocation ceremony last weekend.

7. The Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry and Perak government were urged to make public and disclose the contents of the deal inked with a China company to explore rare earth minerals in the state.

8. PKR decided that deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali will officiate its forthcoming Women’s wing congress while former president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will open its Youth wing’s congress.