Anwar puts his career on the line and other news he may have missed



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NOW ROUNDING | These are the key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in short.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim promised to resign if he fails to show that he has the support of the majority in Dewan Rakyat, according to MPs.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is determined to unite the Perikatan Nasional coalition to face the next general election regardless of the “thorns” in the way. Bersatu Youth believes that the coalition can obtain a two-thirds majority.

Bersatu has abolished his position as president, previously the most powerful in the party.

The president of the state of Perak, Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid, has given the green light to a motion of confidence for the mentoring of Ahmad Faizal Azumu.

Putrajaya withdrew the government guarantee for a RM2.04 billion loan application from Penang for its Light Rail Transit (LRT) project. A DAP legislator said this was political revenge.

Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said a windfall tax would send the wrong signal to investors and that no country in the region applies such a tax.

Dozens of medical personnel at the University Hospital Sains Malaysia in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, have been quarantined after several others tested positive for Covid-19, according to sources.

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