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KPM: Don't Touch Parents' BPA!

Jan 13, 2026

Schools are not allowed to make any deductions from the govt's RM150 early schooling aid that is meant for parents.  

The Education Minister made this reminder, after receiving complaints that some schools were taking a portion of the money to cover costs like PTA fees.  

She warned that every sen must be given to their rightful recipients. 

Those who received less should contact the ministry immediately.   

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60,000 higher education students are eligible for this year's FLYSiswa programme, which offers flight ticket subsidies for travel between the Peninsular, Sabah Sarawak and Labuan.  

According to the Transport Ministry, this is after the programme was expanded to cover institutions including the National Academy of Arts, Culture and Heritage, government-linked universities, and State-Owned Higher Education Institutions. 

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6 people who were hurt in yesterday's explosion at a private university in KL have been discharged from hospital  

Cops say 3 others are still receiving treatment – a contractor, a student and a cafeteria worker. 

One person died in the blast, which happened during maintenance work on an n air conditioning compressor.  

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MCMC is expected to issue a detailed statement soon, over the possibility of taking the social media platform X to court.  

This, amid the controversy surrounding its AI chatbot Grok, which has been misused to generate explicit deepfakes of women and minors.