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Last week, we reported that the Malaysian police force can check your mobile phone if there is enough reasonable suspicion. However, it was further clarified again by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, saying the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) cannot simply check a phone without a good reason.

Perhaps bad news to most people, the Malaysian police force now has the authority to check your mobile phone if there is suspicion or anything related to a crime. The news was confirmed by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain yesterday, under Section 23 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Based on a statement by the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, it seems that Malaysia’s first flying car won't be tested on 21 November 2019. This is due to the fact, that the EH216 Flying Car was not given the clearance to conduct tests at UniKL MIAT.

Based on a statement by AndroidAuthority, WhatsApp could be getting the disappearing messages feature in the future. To go into more detail, this feature lets the user determine how long the messages will stay visible before it deletes itself from both the sender and the recipient's device.

Based on a statement by AndroidAuthority.com, Huawei is currently developing their own 'Google Maps replacement' called the Map Kit. However, it seems that the Map Kit isn’t developed with consumers in mind. Instead, it caters more towards developers who want to integrate mapping capabilities onto their Harmony OS applications.