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Malaysian court rejects bankruptcy petition from Singapore casino

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Debt arose from a gambling transaction is void and illegal under Malaysian law FMT reported yesterday, the High Court in Ipoh, Perak has dismissed a Singapore casino’s petition to bankrupt a restaurant owner for his alleged failure to settle a RM26 million debt, ruling that the claim is not legally enforceable. Justice Encik Moses Susayan said Singapore-based Resorts World at Sentosa Pte Ltd could not recover the debt owed by Encik Lee Fook Kheun because it arose from a gambling transaction, which was void and illegal under Malaysian law. Susayan also said he was bound by a Federal Court ruling early last year that a gambling debt was not legally enforceable in Malaysia on grounds of public policy. The petition was based on a 2018 Singapore High Court order which was registered in Malaysia under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1958. The judgment sum, including interest as of 22 December 2022, amounted to RM25,937,294.58. Resorts World filed the creditor’s petition in 2021 ...
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Female teacher acquitted from sexual assault charges

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Referring to a Malay daily's news report, Malaysian leading news portal FMT said the Kuala Lumpur sessions court today acquitted a female teacher of two sexual assault charges involving a 15-year-old male student in 2023. According to Sinar Harian , judge Puan Tasnim Abu Bakar made her ruling after the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against the 32‑year‑old woman at the end of submissions. In the first charge, the woman was accused of sexually assaulting the teenager in a car on Jalan Datuk Abdul Malik, Kuala Lumpur, at 8pm on 23 June 2023. The charge was framed under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which provides for up to 20 years’ imprisonment and whipping, read together with Section 16(1) of the same Act, which provides for up to five years in jail and no less than two strokes of the rotan. In the second charge, she was accused of committing the same offence in a car at the Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz bus stop at 9pm the same d...
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Mana Sikana

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Media tempatan melaporkan Allahyarham Mana Sikana hari ini diangkat sebagai penerima Anugerah Sastera Negara ke-16 sekali gus menjadi sasterawan negara terbaru. Pemilihan tokoh sastera terkenal itu dibuat Menteri Pendidikan Puan Fadhlina Sidek di Kuala Lumpur dan disiarkan secara langsung di media sosial Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Anugerah Sastera Negara merupakan pengiktirafan tertinggi yang dianugerahkan kerajaan kepada tokoh yang berkarya dalam bahasa Melayu serta menunjukkan sumbangan cemerlang dan berterusan terhadap perkembangan kesusasteraan tanah air. Menurut Fadhlina, Mana Sikana - atau nama sebenarnya Abdul Rahman Napiah - memiliki keupayaan menggabungkan kekuatan kreatif dengan keilmuan teori. Keadaan itu, katanya, menjadikan Mana Sikana seorang tokoh sarjana kreatif yang amat berpengaruh dalam dunia kesusasteraan tanah air. Fadhlina menambah, proses penilaian dilaksanakan secara telus, berintegriti dan berwibawa oleh panel penilai yang dilantik oleh Perdana Menteri. “Dalam h...
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