[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5:Tun M, Pejuang lawmakers seek to join lawsuit on Agong's powers, Samsung billionaire heir back to jail for bribery

Among the headlines for Monday, January 18th, 2021, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four others from Pejuang party, jointly filed an application seeking to be part of a constitutional court challenge regarding the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s discretion to refuse to declare an Emergency.

Also, Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong has been sentenced to jail for 30-months over corruption charges. South Korean court found Lee, 52, guilty of bribery and embezzlement. Lee was convicted of bribing an associate of former President Park Geun-hye and jailed in 2017, however, the sentence was reduced and suspended after appeal. He was immediately taken into custody after the verdict by a court in Seoul.

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