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Minister Khairuddin summoned to Bukit Aman and 9 news you may have missed

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

1. Police have summoned Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Khairuddin Aman Razali (above) for questioning at Bukit Aman today over his alleged quarantine breach, while Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah revealed that the ministry’s top officials only became aware of the offence last week.

2. The Umno supreme council has decided that it will not yield even one seat to Bersatu during seat negotiations.

3. Lorry drivers in Johor have taken exception with PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man’s claim that drivers making deliveries in Singapore were not quarantined, pointing out that other rules are in place to minimise contact with other people.

4. Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and former finance minister Lim Guan Eng have challenged the government to reveal details of the RM6.61 billion in projects that the allegedly awarded by the Pakatan Harapan administration without open tender.

5. An audit has found that Malaysian peacekeepers in Lebanon were issued with substandard armoured personnel carriers that require them to emerge from the protection of their vehicles to open fire, although UN specifications require an integral weapons system.

6. A school in Kedah has been forced to close following an outbreak of Covid-19 that is attributed to the Tawar cluster.

7. Reports indicate that both BN and Perikatan Nasional flags will be used in the coming Sabah state election.

8. Pahang authorities have set up roadblocks preventing unlicensed durian growers in Raub from entering their farms, purportedly to provide security for a land survey to be conducted.

9. Researchers in Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Belgium have reported the first documented cases of Covid-19 reinfection, raising questions on how long immunity against the disease could last.

10. A Malaysian woman has been sentenced to death in Vietnam after being convicted for drug trafficking.


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