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The ongoing conflict has resulted in nearly 35,000 Palestinian deaths – the majority of them civilians – according to health authorities in the Hamas-controlled enclave, with many of its 2.3 million residents also displaced.
Gambling is considered taboo across Malaysia’s multicultural society – especially among the ethnic Malay majority, who are predominantly Muslim and legally barred from engaging in any form of betting. Yet Malaysians are also prolific gamblers, with the country’s nationals regularly appearing at gaming tables elsewhere in Asia.
“No casino licence. It is a lie … it is not true,” Anwar told reporters at an event on Thursday after the report, published by Bloomberg, was widely picked up by local news and went viral on Malaysian social media.
Earlier this year, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) charged three people, including two tycoons, for corruption and summoned Mahathir’s two eldest sons for questioning over their assets.
Petty officer Nor Rahiza Anuar was supposed to celebrate a special Eid gathering with her family this Friday. Able Seaman Joanna Felicia Rohna last spoke to her younger sister on Saturday, asking her to take care of their grandparents and eat well.
Even a pay cut to work in the civil service in his home state of Sarawak could not deter Robin Wong from leaving the peninsula to return to his roots, where renewed political and economic clout is now matched by a determination to resist the rise of Malaysia’s Islamist hardliners.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court is set to rule on Najib’s application in June.
But as PKR marks the 25th anniversary of its formation this year – and Anwar turns 77 – the question of who will succeed him as leader of the 1-million-strong party remains unanswered.