KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.
1. DAP organising secretary Anthony Loke outlined several conditions for his proposed truce between the opposition and the government that would enhance political stability, such as allowing parliamentary select committees a greater role in providing check-and-balance.
2. A man who made a statutory declaration containing sodomy allegations against a prominent politician claimed that he was “manipulated” into signing the document by Pertubuhan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin president Ramesh Rao.
3. Langkawi police said a man sighted with a pink wristband at the airport was on his way to undergo home quarantine with the Health Ministry’s permission, but this was later reversed and he was instead sent for institutionalised quarantine.
4. In the latest instalment of KiniGuide, Malaysiakini outlines three proposed laws laid before the Dewan Rakyat that would help the government tackle the Covid-19 pandemic’s economic impact.
5. Plantation, Industries, and Commodities Minister Khairuddin Aman Razali has urged all parties to wait for the Health Ministry’s clarification on his alleged quarantine breach, while Seputeh MP Teresa Kok claimed that the minister attended multiple events following his trip to Turkey.
6. Malaysia recorded no new locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 yesterday, for the first time since July 14. However, a ship in Bintulu, Sarawak suffered an outbreak.
7. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is slated to deliver a speech in an event hosted by NGOs linked to International Trade and Industry Minister Mohd Azmin Ali, which has been fixed to be held tomorrow.
8. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said the party will use its own logo in the Sabah state election, despite an earlier suggestion for Warisan and its allies to use the Warisan logo instead.
9. The Pahang state government has refused to budge from its land legalisation scheme that has met opposition from durian planters in Raub, who are allegedly occupying state land illegally.
10. Former MACC chief commissioner Mohamad Shukri Abdull denied that the commission’s lock-ups are haunted, following former Felda chairperson Mohd Isa Abdul Samad’s testimony in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur earlier this week.
