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NOW ROUNDING | In short, the key headlines that were perhaps missed yesterday.
1. The recovery motion control order (RMCO), which will expire on August 31, has been extended until December 31.
2. The Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Khairuddin Aman Razali, has dismissed calls for his resignation, while Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said he supports tougher sanctions against those who violate the government’s social distancing rules.
3. The chairman of the Umno advisory board, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, said that party members should withdraw from the cabinet because of Bersatu’s decision to become a multiracial party, but Khairuddin assures that the government of Perikatan Nasional remains strong.
4. Sources claimed that MIC’s discontent with Mohamad Azmin Ali of Bersatu and the call by Bersatu Youth Chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal for the vernacular schools to be eliminated are some of the reasons MIC decided not to join PN.
5. Umno President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and his PAS counterpart Abdul Hadi Awang agree that the government should seek a new term through snap elections due to its tenuous grip on power.
6. The Ilham Center think tank predicts an easy victory for BN in Slim’s by-elections, but said the new Pejuang party would have made its mark if it manages to at least retain its deposit.
7. The government will reopen the tender for the RM4,475 million Klang Valley Double Tracking (Phase 2) project after discovering that the project is still overpriced despite cost reductions made under the Pakatan Harapan management.
8. The Minister of Housing and Local Government, Zuraida Kamaruddin, accused the then Minister of Finance, Lim Guan Eng, of “directly assuming” the approval of a project by her ministry without a public tender being called in 2019. Lim said he will address Zuraida’s indictment today.
9. Malaysia has received $ 2.5 billion from Goldman Sachs as part of a settlement for the bank’s role in the 1MDB scandal.
10. Durian farmers in Raub obtained a temporary pardon when the Kuantan High Court granted a provisional stay against the Pahang government’s land legalization plan in which they would be evicted from their plots.
