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Pakatan Harapan candidates contesting four state seats in Jempol have committed to resolving infrastructure deficits and improving conditions for FELDA settlers, signalling a direct challenge to incumbent administrations across the constituency.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has clarified that the government has not banned programmes in FELDA settlements, stressing that state governments remain free to organise events provided they comply with election laws regarding use of government resources.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has denied reports suggesting caretaker Johor Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi was blocked from a Felda settlements event, dismissing claims of political interference.
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Former Felda chairman Tan Sri Isa Samad has run out of legal remedies after Malaysia's apex court rejected his final attempt to quash his RM3 million graft conviction, marking an end to years of appeals.
Malaysian authorities arrested nine people, including foreign nationals, during a raid on a Felda plantation in connection with an illegal bauxite mining operation. Police seized assets valued at RM3.75 million.
The Federal Court has rejected a review petition from former Felda chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, confirming his conviction in a RM3.09 million corruption case tied to the Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites transaction in Sarawak.
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Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has firmly rejected suggestions that he instructed officials to restrict the Johor Menteri Besar's involvement with Felda affairs, seeking to defuse mounting political tensions.