Today's countdown includes:

5. Has hardcore poverty really been eradicated in Sabah? Some reports are definitely saying so, but more specifically, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said it was a done deal, and hardocre poverty in Sabah had been eradicated in 2 months. at a Kaamatan event. So we hear thoughts from Dr Teo Sue Ann, Director of the MySDG Centre for Social Inclusion.

4. Four elephants have died, in Kluang Johor, and there are suspicions that this was the result of a human-animal conflict, as this is happening after several complaints were made to PERHILITAN that these animals have been destroying crops. For this, Wong Ee Phin, from the Management and Ecology of Malaysian Elephants weighs in.

3. PKR is representing the unity government at the Sungai Bakap by-elections. Syaza Shukri, an Associate Professor in political science from IIUM shares her response to this.

2. Zayn Rayyan's parents have been remanded by the police. Srividhya Ganapathy, co-chairperson of the CRIB Foundation shares her thoughts on how to respect the dignity of the child victim, as well as his siblings, in investigating and reporting.

1. Our top story: The prosecution rests in the 1MDB case against Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

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