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BFM News @NewsBFM 34m

MITI clarified that it had never cleared Singapore-based Megaspeed International or its Malaysian affiliate, Speedmatrix, stressing that data centre inspections were routine.

This comes amid reports that US AI chips brought into Malaysia by Speedmatrix were illegally re-exported.

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Johari said this will ensure advanced chips imported into Malaysia are used locally rather than diverted to restricted markets.

However, he stated that there are no plans to investigate Megaspeed's Malaysian subsidiary, Speedmatrix, over allegations that it was used to channel Nvidia chips to Chinese users.

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Putrajaya is expected to begin the second phase of its Refugee Registration Document programme soon, targeting UNHCR cardholders living outside immigration detention depots.

The government is also considering movement restrictions on refugees while taking into account national security, sovereignty and human rights, said Deputy Prime Minister Zahid Hamidi.

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Putrajaya has directed UNHCR to temporarily halt refugee registrations as it restructures the system under the Refugee Registration Document programme.

The move aims to place refugee management and registration under greater government supervision, said Deputy Foreign Minister Lukanisman Awang.

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Putrajaya is considering guidelines to exempt Muslim workers at convenience stores from handling alcohol sales.

The proposed measures could include assigning them other duties or setting up separate payment counters without putting their jobs at risk, the Religious Affairs Ministry said.

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Pardons should only be granted after convicted individuals publicly accept responsibility for their actions and express remorse, said the Malaysian Bar amid its fresh legal challenge involving ex-PM Najib Razak.

Its president, Anand Raj, told BFM that all pending criminal prosecutions and charges must also be concluded before any pardon is considered, rather than granting them on a piecemeal basis.

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📌The Malaysian Bar has filed a fresh legal challenge against the decision allowing ex-PM Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his SRC International prison sentence under house arrest.

In its judicial review application filed at the KL High Court, the Bar is seeking several orders, including:

• Quashing the Federal Territories Pardons Board's September 18 proceedings and related decisions allowing Najib's house arrest.

• Declaring the proceedings and subsequent government actions to implement the arrangement unlawful and unconstitutional.

• Preventing Najib from applying for further pardons or changes to his sentence until his pending criminal cases are resolved and he publicly accepts responsibility and expresses remorse.

• Barring the Pardons Board from considering such applications until those conditions are met.

• Suspending the house arrest arrangement pending the outcome of the judicial review.

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Microsoft is working to restore its services following a global outage that disrupted Microsoft 365, with nearly 130,000 users worldwide reporting problems.

The company said investigations found that a core process on affected servers was becoming overwhelmed, causing them to stop responding and placing additional pressure on the remaining infrastructure.

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