KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.

1. The government is reinstating institutionalised quarantines beginning July 24 for people entering Malaysia, after a number of people were found to have breached home quarantine rules.

2. A report claims a woman who allegedly flouted home quarantine to dine at a restaurant (photo, above) has already been hospitalised for Covid-19 with her son since July 17, while police are on the lookout for a man who supposedly committed a similar offence. As many 63 people due for retesting prior to release from quarantine could not be found.

3. A rarely enforced filming law now being invoked against international broadcaster Al Jazeera could have far-reaching implications for anyone taking videos, whether a media company or a casual social media user.

4. Human Resources Minister M Saravanan dismissed allegations of forced labour at glove manufacturer Top Glove as “baseless”, while the company said it is largely based on “an old story”.

5. An aged care facility in Kluang has been placed under an administrative lockdown after a Covid-19 cluster has been found there.

6. The Prime Minister’s Office conceded that Prime Minster Muhyiddin Yassin’s speech on Monday contained erroneous figures on the financial aid paid out by the government.

7. The government has tabled a supplementary supply bill to the tune of RM7 billion to cover the budgetary expenses from last year.

8. Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun vowed to take sterner action against racist, sexist and seditious remarks uttered during the House’s proceedings.

9. Malaysia will sign a deal to build the RM3.75 billion Rapid Transit System with Singapore on July 30, after many delays.

10. A former auxiliary police member was spared the gallows after his conviction for drug trafficking and firearms possession was found to be flawed and “unsafe”.