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KINI ROUNDING The | Here are the key headlines that may have happened yesterday, shortly.
1. New cases of Covid-19 infection increased to 122, the second consecutive day that infections have been in the triple digits. There were 70 local or community infections.
2. The Ministry of Health urged older people to stay home even when the conditional movement control order (MCO) goes into effect.
3. Six states will not reopen their economies today and will maintain MCO restrictions.
4. Nurulhidayah, the daughter of Umno President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, will be accused of violating the MCO on Tuesday.
5. The contender for the president of Bersatu, Mukhriz Mahathir, said that the party’s best option is to support Pakatan Harapan.
6. The Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Saifuddin Abdullah, ordered the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission not to act against the Hong Kong-based media, South China Morning Post, for its report on the arrests of hundreds of migrants in an offensive against the coronavirus. However, a police investigation is ongoing.
7. The chairman of the interim committee of the Malaysian Media Council, Premesh Chandran, emphasized that the support of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia is needed for the council to become a reality.
8. Three out of four journalists in 77 countries have faced official restrictions, obstruction or intimidation in the course of reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) of more than 1,300 members from the media.
