Permata Negara, yang diasaskan 20 tahun lalu ketika pendidikan awal kanak-kanak belum menjadi keutamaan nasional, kini diiktiraf sebagai antara legasi terpenting negara dalam membentuk potensi kanak-kanak, termasuk anak istimewa dan berbakat, serta mendapat pengiktirafan di peringkat antarabangsa.
Penubuhan Tabung Pembangunan Buku Negara (TPBN) oleh Yayasan Pembangunan Buku Negara (YPBN) menjadi langkah strategik memperkukuh budaya membaca, menyokong penulis tempatan dan memacu industri pembukuan negara dalam era pendigitalan.
Under the original 12 year jail sentence imposed by the High Court on the disputed RM42m SRC International conviction, former Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak would be free on 23 August 2026, however by Agong's allegedly flawed Decree -- unsafe in law -- he may be freed, as per letter from Pardons' Board, only on 23 August 2028!
Agong could have granted Najib release by Decree, from arbitrary detention, based on miscarriage of justice arising from Tainted Ruling in the High Court on 28 July 2020, but the latest statement from the Pardon Board has created more discord
Four judges, in the face of the DNA granted by their Panel Head, may have 'erroneously' deemed that it was fatal flaw in law, indeed not safe, under the circumstances. The Najib defence team argued Judicial Review in oral submission for three days as Appeal purportedly for 2nd bite at the cherry.