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1. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin raised the possibility of localized Covid-19 restrictions instead of motion control orders across the state in light of the ongoing vaccination campaign. It also announced a stimulus package of RM20 billion, including RM11 billion in direct tax injection.
2. For those who do not comply with the MCO’s standard operating procedures, there will soon be a three-tier penalty system. However, those who pay early are eligible for a 50 percent discount.
3. The New Zealand government told its Parliament that Malaysian Deputy Minister for Federal Territories Edmund Santhara did not seek an emergency assignment in his limited quarantine spaces. At home, PKR Youth wants Santhara to be extradited if he is found to have violated New Zealand laws.
4. When the president of the PKR, Anwar Ibrahim, approached Umno, five opposition parties urged him to unite the opposition and reject any cooperation with the “kleptocrats”.
5. Umno President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is cracking down on members of the party’s supreme council who have allegedly been leaking the content of their meetings.
6. The director general of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said that there are some unknowns that prevent the use of a single dose of Covid-19 vaccine for the country’s Covid-19 vaccination plan, instead of delaying the second dose to address the vaccine supply shortage. . As of March 16, 346,508 people (1.1 percent of Malaysia’s population) had received their first dose.
7. A 40-year-old insurance agent is trying to reverse her unilateral conversion to Islam by her father when she was 10, but the Department of National Registration and two others oppose her lawsuit.
8. Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said that Penang might have to use muddy water for its supplies unless it pays Kedah raw water fees.
9. BN has established several working groups to monitor the government, including one for the implementation of eligibility to vote automatically for those over 18 years of age.
10. Berjaya Corporation Bhd shares rose 17 percent after it appointed the ousted former president of Permodalan Nasional Bhd, Abdul Jalil Abdul Rasheed, as its new group CEO.
