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Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (two, left) with his wife Datin Seri Hamidah Khamis (left) at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Aidilfitri celebration in Sri Satria today. Also present was Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub. - BERNAMA

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In this file photo taken on March 17, 2020, Syrian refugees stand ion the balcony of a building under construction which they have been using as shelter in the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon. - Syrians poured into Lebanon after civil war broke out in 2011 with Damascus's brutal suppression of peaceful protests. With the regime now back in control of most of the country, calls have intensified in crisis-hit Lebanon for Syrians to go home. - Pic: AFP

China sent warships to the waters around Taiwan on Thursday, following a meeting between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and the US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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The Federal Court chief registrar's office has released a CCTV recording to prove its claim that the bail counter at the Kuala Lumpur courts complex did not close early on April 20.

Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek (right) while chairing the special discussion on Thursday.

Musician Ed Sheeran leaves after the first day of his copyright-infringement trial at Manhattan Federal Court on April 25, 2023 in New York City. - AFP

"If Najib is let off very early into his sentence, it would appear the unity government is not serious on "catching the big fish" but may be seen as keen in power," IIUM political analyst Dr Syaza Shukri.

What the government must do is ensure that such influence, especially in publicly funded think tanks and publicly funded educational institutions are curtailed.