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NOW ROUNDING | Here are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly.
1. Malaysia recorded its first death from Covid-19 in a month, bringing the death toll to 126.
2. The Covid-19 outbreak in Kedah also did not decrease with a fifth group emerging in just over a month, this time involving hospital staff.
3. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, in his Merdeka Day speech, said that caring for the people is the guiding principle of the Perikatan Nasional government.
4. During a visit to Sabah before the state elections, Muhyiddin also proposed increasing social assistance from RM 200 to RM 1,000.
5. Umno Supreme Council Member Ahmad Shabery Cheek said that the reunification of Bersatu and Umno is now difficult because Bersatu is becoming a multiracial party.
6. However, Bersatu Secretary General Hamzah Zainudin said that such claims were inaccurate as the party accepted non-Malays as associate members from the beginning and is now only thinking of establishing a wing for them.
7. BN Secretary General Annuar Musa said PN is expected to finalize its negotiation of seats for the Sabah elections by the middle of next week.
8. Analysts opined that Pejuang would find it difficult to remain relevant if they insist on becoming another Malay Muslim party in an already crowded field, and instead pointed to the youth party proposed by Muar Syed Saddiq’s MP Abdul Rahman as a way to break out of the old mold.
9. Johor Bersatu is seeking guidance from his central leadership on how to deal with his Kempas Assemblyman Osman Sapian, who appeared to have disgraced himself in support of former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. Taking Osman out would lead to a hanging assembly in Johor.
