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5. On Mini Popek Popek, we highlight the biggest stories from the Dewan Rakyat. Today, we cover updates on Malaysia-Russia ties, as well as the issue of pornographic content on platforms like Facebook and Telegram.

4. Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun's appointment as the new chairperson of the Election Commission, which has recived criticism from civil society and government backbenchers. Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng and Thomas Fann of Projek SAMA share their contrasting views on the appointment.

3. The Malaysian Football League has docked three hit Selangor FC with a RM100,000 fine, for backing out of the Charity Shield match with Johor Darul Ta'zim. Not only were the club's members unhappy, so was Selangor Sultan Sharafudin Idris Shah Alhaj. Sports commentator Keeshaanan Sundaresan weighs in on the move.

2. Penalties for illegal e-waste importers will now increase to a maximum of RM10 million, as compared to the previous figure of RM500,000, as announced by Minister of Natural Resrouces and Environmental Sustainability, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. To get a clearer picture of how serious this problem is, we reached out to Wong Si Peng, Events & Projects Officer from the C4 Centre.

1. Our top story: Civil societies are worried over the government's reported move to licence social media platforms and how this will affect, in a larger sense, freedom of speech in Malaysia. We speak to Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director at the Centre for Independent Journalism for her thoughts.

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