Today's countdown includes:

5. A PPR in Bestari Jaya will finally be developed in hopes to resolve the longstanding housing crisis faced by 245 families across five estates since 1998, despite being approved back in 2018. Sr Dr Ainoriza Mohd Aini, a Senior Lecturer from the Faculty of Built Environment of UM comments on why PPR's typically take so long to be developed after approval.

4. Local fast food outlet, Darsa Fried Chicken under fire for racial comments made by an admin of the restaurant's social media.

3. Investigations into a Bloomberg journalist for his involvement in a report about the alleged development of a casino in Forest City. Zaharom Nain, Professor of Communications and Multimedia aat University of Nottingham Malaysia weighs in on the investigation.

2. The Malaysian government has recieved brickbats over the participation of arms dealers with direct involment in the Palestinian genocide at a national security exhibition. Nur Hafizah Shamsudin, a representative of Sekretariat Solidariti Palestine comments on this.

1. With the Kuala Kubu Bharu by-elections coming closer, we look into the discourse surrounding the Indian voter base. For this, we speak in-depth with former Klang MP, Charles Santiago.

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