KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.
1. The Dewan Rakyat will only convene to hear the Agong’s speech on May 18 and adjourn immediately after that. As a result, Langkawi MP Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will not be debated.
2. The meet-and-disperse parliamentary agenda has riled up opposition MPs, including Mahathir who questioned the legitimacy of the one-day sitting and the ruling government.
3. The infectivity of Covid-19 has dropped well below levels that can sustain an outbreak, but a resurgence is still possible, and Health Ministry will wait until after May 18 to decide whether movement control order (MCO) restrictions can be relaxed further.
4. Visits for Hari Raya, Hari Gawai and Hari Kaamatan will only be allowed on the first day of the celebrations, and will be limited to up to 20 people throughout the entire day if social distancing can be maintained.
5. The Health Ministry is investigating a 30-year-old who was found dead without treatment for Covid-19, and two university students who tested positive for the disease upon returning to Sabah despite spending weeks in quarantine.
6. All 402 passengers of AirAsia flights AK5742 and AK5740 to Tawau on May 1 and May 4 have been told to undergo a second Covid-19 screening after some passengers tested positive.
7. Perikatan Nasional (PN) leaders have presented statutory declarations from its assemblypersons in Kedah to the state’s ruler Sallehuddin Badlishah to propose a candidate to be the new menteri besar.
8. Several police reports have been made against Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Zulkifli Mohamad for allegedly violating the movement control order.
9. Courts have resumed operations nationwide with various precautions in place, including temperature screenings, logging of visitors’ details, and reminders to maintain social distancing.
10. The leaked audio of the Feb 23 Bersatu supreme council meeting showed it was merely for Muhyiddin to outline the exit plan he had made with former PKR deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali but the party did not make any decision to leave Pakatan Harapan, said Mahathir’s former media advisor Abdul Kadir Jasin.
