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Serangan balas Ramanan agak berbisa

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Menteri Sumber Manusia, Datuk Seri R Ramanan, bercakap pada sidang media pada Majlis Apresiasi Perkhidmatan Warga Kementerian Sumber Manusia, hari ini. Gambar BERNAMA Naib Presiden PKR, Datuk Seri R Ramanan, mendesak Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli supaya menjawab skandal membabitkan bekas Menteri Sumber Asli dan Kelestarian Alam, Encik Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, khususnya berhubung isu penyalahgunaan kuasa membabitkan Yayasan Hijau Malaysia, Berita Harian melaporkan hari ini. Berkhalwat dengan isteri orang Ramanan berkata, isu pemimpin Parti Bersama Malaysia (BERSAMA) itu bukan sahaja membabitkan kesalahan berkhalwat dengan isteri orang tetapi skopnya lebih besar kerana yayasan berkenaan adalah sebuah subsidiari di bawah Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Kelestarian Alam (NRE). Beliau berkata, wanita terbabit adalah pegawai kanan yayasan berkenaan dan dilantik sendiri oleh Nik Nazmi ketika masih menjadi menteri. Salah guna kuasa "Dana kutipan hasil daripada syarikat sendiri yang beliau (Nik Nazmi) ...

Two opposing parties can interpret the constitution, but the court may be the best place for a resolution

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Two days ago, Member of Parliament for Kota Bharu, Kelantan (PAS), Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan, raised an issue in the Dewan Rakyat regarding the cancellation of the appointment of ten Negeri Sembilan Executive Councillors (Exco) by the decree of the Yang Dipertuan Besar, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, in that state. Although he did not voice an open objection, he presented it as a matter of confusion after referencing the Negeri Sembilan constitution. He argued that the state constitution states an Exco can hold office at the pleasure of the Yang Dipertuan Besar, and that the ruler can cancel the appointment on the advice of the Menteri Besar. In the context of the ongoing crisis in Negeri Sembilan right now, the appointments of the ten Exco members were cancelled by the Yang Dipertuan Besar without advice from the Menteri Besar. From a logical standpoint—rather than a legal one—the Yang Dipertuan Besar certainly had a reasonable ground for issuing such a decree without getting advice...

Waze and TuJu

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Whether we like it or not, our lives and our whereabouts can easily be tracked anywhere. When we make cashless transactions—using debit or credit cards, and even more so when paying via QR codes—everything is recorded in detail, including the location, time, and date of your transaction. If you secretly bring your girlfriend into your secret condominium, don't assume there is no record. When you scan your card at the entrance to open the barrier gate, everything is recorded, including CCTV footage. The system might not know you are bringing in a secret lover, but if anything happens afterward, it will be quite difficult for you to deny that you were at that location. So, Waze is just one of many sources of fear when it comes to having your location tracked. What makes that fear even more prominent is none other than the fact that it is based in Israel. As an ordinary, completely unimportant person, why should I care about any of that? Nobody wants to know where I am anyway. In fact...