World News - KANGAR, Perlis - Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad lost his seat in Parliament after residents of Langkawi on Saturday voted to put Perikatan Nasional (PN) in control of the island constituency. It is the 97-year-old’s first defeat in Malaysia’s parliamentary. Read more at www.tnp.sg
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysians have voted in the country’s first-ever hung Parliament, with the three main national coalitions failing to secure a simple majority of 112 seats in a fiercely fought general election on Saturday. A clutch of big names, including former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, were vanquished as official results as at 4am on Sunday left Pakatan Harapan (PH).
IPOH (Bernama): The police will call graphic designer and activist Fahmi Reza next week to record his statement on a poster uploaded on Facebook and Twitter regarding Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad.
Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said several individuals had already been called to facilitate investigation on the case. We will summon the main suspect in the case to give his statement,” he said when asked on the progress of the case investigation during a media conference here on Sunday (June 27).
On June 1, Perak UMNO Youth chief Mohd Ariff Abdul Majid lodged a police report at the Kuala Kangsar district police headquarters on the poster which he described as slanderous and a deliberate attempt to incite hatred against the Perak Menteri Besar.
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