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Former Malaysia PM Najib to remain in jail as pardons board defers application The Federal Territories Pardons Board met on Friday (Sep 11) but deferred Najib’s application for a pardon to a future meeting. Najib is scheduled to complete his current jail term on Aug 23, 2028.

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Anthropic says its Claude AI was used to build a voter-targeting system covering all 222 parliamentary constituencies in Malaysia, while the threat actor also unsuccessfully pursued a contract with the country’s communications regulator.

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