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Bangladesh's home minister says the government is petitioning to cancel bail granted to fugitive ex-police chief Benazir Ahmed in the UAE, alleging he may hold passports from multiple countries to evade extradition.
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister living in India, has declared she will return home and appear in court to contest her death sentence, dismissing charges related to a deadly 2024 crackdown as politically motivated.
Malaysia's parliament has passed the Cyber Security Bill 2026, a comprehensive overhaul of digital crime legislation that makes all cyber offences extraditable and sets minimum three-year jail sentences.
PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim has called for fugitive businessman Jho Low to be tried in Malaysia over the 1MDB scandal, arguing the country should not defer to US decisions on the case.