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Teoh Beng Hock Investigation To Be Re-opened

Aug 02, 2024

The government has agreed to re-open the investigation into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock in 2009.

The Prime Minister assured, that the new investigation would be conducted transparently and fairly, without interference.

Teoh died after being detained by the MACC for questioning 15 years ago, with a Royal Commission of Inquiry initially ruling his death a suicide.

However, the Court of Appeal in 2014 found that Teoh’s death had been caused by unlawful acts by unknown persons.

This prompted his family to push for the case to be investigated for murder.

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The Communications Minister has cleared the air over the new licensing requirement for social media companies.

Fahmi Fadzil says there’s been a lot of confusion over the ruling, but clarified that it only applies to platforms, and not individual users.

The licensing ruling officially began yesterday, although it will only be enforced in January next year.

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Six in ten Malaysians believe artificial intelligence will take over their jobs.

A new survey by Ipsos says this number, which amounts to 62% of respondents, is nearly double the global average.

Meanwhile, Malaysians also have a lower understanding of AI compared to globalrespondents, even though a higher-than average number of locals are actually looking forward to more AI implementation.

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And, the Education Ministry has assured that the entry of volunteer English teachers from Singapore will not impact the recruitment and placement of local teaching staff.