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NOW ROUNDING | These are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly.
1. Mukim 12 sub-district in Penang – which contains Penang International Airport, Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone and other locations – will be under conditional movement control order from tomorrow.
2. The conditional MCO for the Seremban district starting today has different rules compared to the one imposed in the Klang Valley and Sabah.
3. Inmates at Alor Setar Prison gave health workers a heroes farewell by singing a song hailing them as “prison heroes” after the improved MCO was lifted at the prison and its facilities for the personal.
4. Election regulator Bersih has raised concerns about proposals for a new law that he fears could be abused to postpone elections indefinitely, while Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has called for a study on the feasibility of postponing Batu’s by-elections. Sapi.
5. DAP Organizing Secretary Anthony Loke has listed three demands for the government to meet before both parties can sign a trust and supply agreement.
6. The Electrical Industry Workers Union has urged the government to allow the withdrawal of contributions to the Provident Fund for Employees from Account 1 to ease the burden of the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Parti Sosialis Malaysia said that the government should ensure that the funds remain intact until retirement.
7. The Health Ministry predicts that it will take another three weeks to stem the current wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, while a report claims that China’s promise to provide vaccines against the disease is linked to the release of detained Chinese citizens in Malaysia.
8. De facto Justice Minister Takiyuddin Hassan revealed that more than 500 death sentences have been overturned since 2000 following appeal.
9. The Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee will give priority to investigating deferred cases after new members have finally been appointed to the committee, but Tanjung Karang MP Noh Omar has chosen to reject their appointment.
10. A significant portion of the Bukit Kiara Federal Park has been officially listed as a green lung, but this does not include the Taman Rimba Kiara in the hills which is now part of an ongoing lawsuit.
