Day: May 24, 2024

KOTA BHARU, The Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) will review the proposal papers on the reintroduction of 16 provisions of the Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment (I) Kelantan 2019 that were annulled by the Federal Court last February.

Deputy Minister Dr Zulkifli Hasan said that currently, they are awaiting the report through the special committee that has been formed in Kelantan for this purpose.

‘We will review and examine the proposal when it is completed because it needs to be reported to the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Malaysia (MKI) and the Conference of Rulers.

‘This is because they want to see all aspects comprehensively so that any subsequent actions will truly adhere to the interpretation of the constitution and the existing legal framework,’ he told Bernama in Pulau Melaka here today.

On March 6, the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly, in its sitting, approved a motion to re-legislate the 16 offences in the Syariah Criminal Code Enactment (I) Kelantan 2019, w
hich were declared null and void by the Federal Court on Feb 9.

Previously, a panel of nine judges led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, in an 8-1 majority decision, annulled the enactment after allowing the petition by lawyer Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid and her daughter, Tengku Yasmin Nastasha Tengku Abdul Rahman.

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GEORGE TOWN, Penang Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak hopes that the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project will take into account the state government’s interest without neglecting the environment and small and medium-sized traders in the planned areas.

He expressed confidence that the project, involving MRT Corp with the cooperation of the state government, can be implemented as soon as possible.

‘One of the long-awaited mega projects in Penang is the construction of the LRT with a cost of RM10 billion to RM13 billion which will be carried out through the Transport Ministry.

‘Apart from focusing on strategic station and depot alignments, the relevant parties need to consider the state government’s interest, without neglecting or compromising the environmental greenery and traders in the planned areas.’

He said in his address when opening the First Meeting of the Second Session of the 15th Penang State Legislative Assembly here today.

According to Ahmad Fuzi, the state government has requested
a total of 93 projects under the 12th Malaysia Plan for Penang, involving an estimated cost of RM17.7 billion, with the allocation required for 2025 amounting to RM2.8 billion.

Therefore, he urged the federal government to consider these applications in line with the state’s records and achievements.

‘Penang continues to stand firm and recorded RM71.9 billion in approved investments covering the main sectors of manufacturing and services in 2023, further strengthening the state’s status as a major investment destination.

‘Despite our country facing various global economic challenges throughout 2023, we recorded a significant increase of 77 per cent compared to RM16.3 billion approved investments in the previous year,’ he said.

However, Ahmad Fuzi said the Penang government needs to take proactive steps to implement a deficit reduction strategy for 2024 while intensifying efforts to increase the state’s revenue.

‘In general, Penang is one of the states that consistently shows excellent financial performan
ce as the actual expenditure deficit can still be covered by the accumulated balance of the state’s consolidated fund, thus recording a positive financial performance at the end of the year.

‘Penang is also the second state with the lowest accumulated amount of outstanding federal government loans, which amounted to RM36.73 million as of Jan 31, 2024,’ he said.

The sitting was adjourned and will resume on Monday.

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PUTRAJAYA: The production environment of the MyInvois System, facilitated through the Application Programming Interface (API), has been opened to enable ‘e-Invois’ pilot companies to issue e-Invoices using their actual business data starting today.

In a statement released today, the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) announced this as a significant step towards the mandatory implementation of e-Invois, scheduled to commence on Aug 1.

‘LHDN advises that e-Invois pilot companies can now access the production environment API of the MyInvois System after obtaining the Client ID and Client Secret for the production environment from LHDN via email at sdkmyinvois@hasil.gov.my,’ LHDN said.

It said access to the production environment enables e-Invois companies to manage and issue e-Invoices directly to LHDN using real business data, ensuring the accuracy of the information submitted.

To facilitate a smooth transition to e-Invoices submission via the API environment, LHDN noted that the digital signature verification pro
cess is temporarily suspended.

According to media reports, the initial phase of e-Invois implementation on Aug 1 applies to companies with annual revenue or sales exceeding RM100 million.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd (Bank Islam) has detected and prevented 1,632 fraud-related cases, thus saving customers’ savings amounting to RM11,682,813.19, within the first four months of this year.

Bank Islam group chief operating officer Mohamed Iran Moriff Mohd Shariff said it was the result of the quick actions of the bank’s staff, ‘Bank Islam Heroes’, for successfully foiling the fraudulent activities.

‘For example, recently our ‘Bank Islam Heroes’ at the Taman Bukit Indah branch, in Johor Bahru, successfully intercepted and stopped a ‘love scam’ attempt, thus saving more than RM200,000 of customer savings.

‘In another case in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur, bank staff managed to save a customer from being a victim of a ‘phone scam’, involving a malicious software application, or malware. Alhamdulillah, it saved the customer from losing RM500,000,’ he said, when he was appearing as a guest on Bernama Radio’s POV (Point of View) – Perspektif Bukan Persepsi programme, recently.

POV – Perspektif Bu
kan Persepsi airs every Tuesday, at 5.15 pm, featuring a regular panel of crime analyst, Kamal Affandi Hashim, to discuss current issues.

However, Mohamed Iran Moriff said that that number is not a figure to be proud of, and that the bank will always educate the public through various initiatives, including providing posters involving fraud in its 135 branches nationwide.

He said that Bank Islam also provides a variety of security features to protect customer funds from fraud, among them the transition of the short message system (SMS) one-time password (OTP) transmission method to a more secure authentication method.

‘Apart from that, the implementation of verification and a cooling-off period for electronic banking services, and allowing registration for one mobile device,’ he said, adding that customers can also contact the special 24-hour hotline at 03-2690 0900 to raise any complaints regarding fraud.

Meanwhile, Kamal Affandi said that, apart from the bank’s actions to prevent fraud attempts, the pub
lic also needs to be careful and not be easily fooled by syndicate tactics, such as becoming victims or customers as mule account holders.

‘Don’t be easily deceived and give bank account access to third parties, because it will only bring you harm,’ he said.

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NIBONG TEBAL, A notification on the vacancy of the Sungai Bakap state seat following the death of its incumbent Nor Zamri Latiff will be sent to the Election Commission (EC) tomorrow, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said.

‘The State Assembly Speaker has been informed regarding the matter and the state assembly secretary will notify the EC,’ he told reporters after Nor Zamri’s burial at the Sungai Acheh Muslim Cemetery here today.

Chow, representing the state government, conveyed condolences to Nor Zamri’s family and hoped that the family would endure their loss with patience.

‘We only got to know each other after the State Election (Penang State Election) last August and only had one meeting together… However, we have to accept this reality (his death),’ he added.

Earlier, Chow paid his last respects to the deceased at his home and offered condolences to Nor Zamri’s family members.

Nor Zamri, 56, died at 1.38 pm today after receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Seberang Jaya Ho
spital (HSJ) for an inflammation in the stomach since the beginning of this month.

Nor Zambri, who was also Nibong Tebal PAS chief, contested in the state election last August against Pakatan Harapan candidate Nurhidayah Che Rose and won with a majority of 1,563 votes.

He is survived by wife Musalmah Yusop and six children.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency