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NOW ROUNDING | Here are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly.
1. Umno is poised to be the kingmaker as he shows his muscles against Bersatu alongside an unlikely ally: PKR President Anwar Ibrahim.
2. Former Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak supports his party’s resolution to reconsider its relationship with Perikatan Nasional, although he said it has nothing to do with Anwar, while a high-level source in Umno said the move was due to that the match had to play second. violin to Bersatu.
3. In a letter to Dewan Rakyat’s spokesman, Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah called for a vote of no confidence against the prime minister to be debated in Parliament.
4. Amid the political maneuvers, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has postponed the hearing granted for the next two weeks, including to political leaders, due to restrictions related to Covid-19.
5. The government has established a special committee to ensure that Malaysia has access to Covid-19 vaccines once they are available, while the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said more patients are needed. for a study to help understand immunity to COVID-19.
6. Sabah has recorded its seventh consecutive day of deaths from Covid-19, while more than half of the intensive care unit beds allocated for Covid-19 patients in Sabah have already been occupied.
7. Bingkor Assemblyman Robert Tawik has denied distributing cash handouts to voters on Election Day during the Sabah elections last month.
8. A former political secretary to a federal minister is expected to face charges today in a ringgit 5 million corruption case.
9. A Reuters The investigation has found that hate speech directed at the Rohingya community in Malaysia appears on xenophobic Facebook groups, despite attempts by the social media platform to stop such activities.
10. Khazanah Nasional said that Firefly could become Malaysia’s national airline if Malaysia Airlines is closed.
