Among the headlines for Thursday, 27th August is former finance minister Lim Guan Eng claims most of the 101 direct awards supposedly approved under the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration were negotiated during Barisan Nasional’s (BN) tenure in power.

Also, a New Zealand judge sentenced white supremacist Brenton Tarrant to life in prison on Thursday for killing 51 Muslim worshippers in the country’s deadliest shooting, saying the sentence was not enough punishment for the “wicked” crimes.



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