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MANILA: Over 7.4 million individuals have applied as voters during the seven-month nationwide registration period for the May 2025 midterm elections. The latest data from the Commission Elections (Comelec) released Wednesday showed 7,427,354 applications were processed from Feb. 12 to Sept. 30. This, however, excluded Batanes province, which extended the voter sign-up until Tuesday due to Super Typhoon Julian. Calabarzon topped the number of registrants with 1,223,159, followed by the National Capital Region with 997,062 and Central Luzon with 834,467. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has processed 416,866 registrants; Davao region, 411,879; Central Visayas, 387,586; Bicol, 365,464; Northern

KUALA LUMPUR, The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s trial for the alleged misappropriation of RM2.3 billion in 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds refuted claims by Najib’s defence that Section 41(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act was established solely to persecute the former prime minister. Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said the contention made by Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah that the section was enacted and came in force on October 2018 just to politically persecute Najib was careless and baseless. “I need to clear the contention. When Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee said that 41(A) of

KUALA LUMPUR, The Council of Datuk Dato’ Malaysia (MDDM) announced today that it has recently received complaints about three individuals, including a woman, using fake ‘Tan Sri’ titles. MDDM secretary-general, Datuk Samson David Maman, confirmed the matter, adding that all three individuals are Malaysians. ‘We received complaints through emails, phone calls, text messages, and photos,’ he said during a press conference after attending the Forum on Act 787 – Preserving the Dignity of Honorary Titles, here today. He added that the council deals with an average of 30 cases each month involving fraudulent honorary titles such as ‘Datuk’, ‘Datuk Seri’,

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysians have lost a total of US$12.8 billion (RM54 billion) to scams in a year, representing three per cent of the country’s gross domestic product, said trust tech company Gogolook. In a joint statement today, according to the State of Scam Report 2024, it said 70 per cent of scam victims did not report their cases to the authorities, representing a five per cent drop from the previous year. ‘This highlights the growing skepticism regarding the effectiveness of reporting processes. From those surveyed, 32 per cent of the respondents have experienced loss of money from scams,’ it said.

KUALA LUMPUR, The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended lower today. Spot month October 2024 and March 2025 shed 1.5 points each to 1,639.0 and 1,631.5, respectively, while November 2024 and December 2024 fell 2.0 points each to 1,640.5 and 1,643, respectively. Turnover rose to 6,827 lots from 4,743 on Wednesday, while open interest slipped to 47,874 contracts from 48,899 previously. The FBM KLCI ticked up 2.24 points, or 0.14 per cent, settling at 1,641.55 compared to Wednesday’s close of 1,639.31. Source: BERNAMA News Agency