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NOW ROUNDING | Here are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly.
1. The government will impose an interdistrict travel ban in Sabah starting tomorrow to curb the spread of Covid-19, while Sarawak will ban travelers from Sabah and Labuan from entering the state, starting Sunday onwards.
2. The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, has championed the current procedure for screening travelers returning from Sabah as more groups emerge across the country involving travelers from the state.
3. Orang Asli children do not attend classes due to challenges ranging from lack of internet connectivity to unaffordable cost of face masks.
4. Enrollment students denounced double standards, as they have not been allowed to travel home for two months, but the rule does not apply to students from polytechnics and universities.
5. Umno has postponed its wing and division meetings to avoid the Covid-19 contagion. Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor confirmed that a member of his cabinet tested positive for the disease, while Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin was ordered to self-quarantine.
6. Former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said that PKR President Anwar Ibrahim did not support him, despite Mahathir himself arranging for Anwar’s royal pardon and release from prison.
7. The hearing on former Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s appeal against his conviction and sentence for the SRC International trial is scheduled to begin on February 15 next year.
8. The new Sabah government has formed a Covid-19 Disaster Management Committee following the first cabinet meeting of Chief Minister Hajiji Mohd Noor. However, the post of state health minister remains vacant.
9. Umno President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there will be a “full autopsy” of the post-election events in Sabah after his deputy Mohamad Hasan lamented that Umno has become an “isolated political actor” despite to have the most seats in Sabah.
10. FGV Holdings Bhd denied the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) claim that it was using forced labor, while Human Resources Minister M Saravanan revealed that another major palm oil producer in Malaysia is also in the crosshairs of CBP.
