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NOW ROUNDING | Here are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly.
1. The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said that the MySejahtera app has helped detect 9,167 cases of Covid-19, which represents 17.41 percent of the cases in Malaysia.
2. The Ministry of Health and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization are finalizing a date to sign the Covax plan that would involve paying RM94.08 million in advance, while a candidate vaccine in Covax’s portfolio showed promising results in elderly patients.
3. The current Bar Association election has been beset by a toxic environment, including vicious personal attacks and leaks of personal information.
4. The Cabinet Special Committee for the Fight against Corruption has agreed, in principle, to establish a code of conduct for political secretaries, as recommended by the National Center for Governance, Integrity and the Fight against Corruption.
5. While the movie ‘Pork’ by rapper Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, is being shortlisted for various awards overseas, the Perikatan Federal Territories Nasional Youth Wing has filed a police report on the movie poster for allegedly affecting racial sensitivities.
6. Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa threatened legal action against Deputy Cheras Tan Kok Wai over the latter’s claim that 42 parcels of Kuala Lumpur City Council land had been sold under his supervision, but said that consider the suggestions of the Public Accounts Committee in this regard.
7. Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal has defended his proposal to help people by forgiving debts and “printing money”, saying that his critics had misunderstood his points and made false assumptions.
8. The government said it cannot disclose its settlement agreement with investment bank Goldman Sachs on the 1MDB issue because the agreement is confidential.
9. The Shah Alam High Court has ordered the son of former Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, Mohamad Nizar, to pay RM13.1 million in unpaid taxes.
10. Some Petaling Jaya resident groups have expressed concern that the scrapped Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (Kidex) project is being revived as the proposed Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD Link).
