<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>JOHOR BAHRU (Sept 3): The former assemblyman for Larkin from Bersatu, Datuk Mohd Izhar Ahmad, announced joining Parti Amanah on Sunday night.&nbsp;</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>He handed over his membership form to Amanah president Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu in a "Mega Perpaduan Madani" ceramah (speech) at Taman Rekreasi Taman Uda Utama here on Sunday night, which was attended by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>Mohd Izhar, who was the former Johor investment, entrepreneur development, cooperatives and human resources committee chairman, said he has lost confidence with Bersatu president&nbsp;Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.&nbsp;</div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>On Saturday (Sept 2) night, former Bukit Pasir PAS assemblyman Najib Lep also did the same and announced his participation in the Amanah party at a ceramah in Sungai Abong, Muar.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>Last Friday (Sept 1), Amanah Johor chairman Aminolhuda Hassan said in a statement that two former leaders of PAS and Bersatu, along with more than 200 members of both parties, will join Parti Amanah in separate programmes.</div>

JOHOR BAHRU (Sept 3): The former assemblyman for Larkin from Bersatu, Datuk Mohd Izhar Ahmad, announced joining Parti Amanah on Sunday night.

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The government will revive the town hall session which will serve as a platform for ministries and secretaries general (KSU) to inform people about measures and actions taken in response to the findings of the Auditor General’s Report.

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One of Elon Musk’s rockets carried a South Korean spy satellite into orbit as the rivalry between the two Koreas expands beyond Earth. &nbsp;

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Oil prices slumped more than 2% on Friday on investor scepticism about the depth of Opec+ supply cuts and concern about sluggish global manufacturing activity.

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