BN trounces PN in Pelangai
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BN trounces PN in Pelangai
Muhyiddin's lawyers' office raided
New Indian parties mooted
BN trounces PN in Pelangai
BN succeeded in staving off Perikatan Nasional in the Pelangai by-election.
BN retained the seat with 62.4 percent of votes, an improvement from the 57.7 percent it achieved in 2022.
However, PN also made gains, increasing its vote share in the seat to 37.4 percent compared to 25.7 percent previously.
The BN win is likely to derail plans for PN to incite defections and form a new state government in Pahang.
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Muhyiddin's lawyers' office raided
The MACC raided law firm Rosli Dahlan Saravana (RDS) on Friday.
The raid was over a probe on the 1MDB asset recovery efforts.
Rosli Dahlan, a partner of RDS, is the lead counsel for Bersatu and the opposition party’s president, former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
In 2021, Rosli denied allegations of receiving kickbacks from Goldman Sachs’ RM16.63 billion settlement with 1MDB and the government - then led by Muhyiddin - over the investment bank’s role in the 1MDB scandal.
The current administration led by Anwar Ibrahim viewed the Goldman Sachs settlement as being lopsided and is determined to recover more funds from the firm.
RDS said no client documents were seized during the raid.
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New Indian parties mooted
Ex-DAP leader P Ramasamy has mooted the formation of a new Indian party independent of both Harapan and PN.
He said this was needed to chart a “true course” for the benefit of Indians in Malaysia.
Meanwhile, a businessperson with links to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is seeking the latter’s blessings to form a new Indian party as well.
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