KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.
1. Annuar Musa has been sacked as BN secretary-general. MCA said the move was neither discussed nor communicated with BN component parties, while Annuar himself is expected to address the issue at a press conference today.
2. Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob urged travellers to voluntarily go for Covid-19 testing before leaving a red zone, while the government decides whether to reinstate travel restrictions following multiple clusters involving such travel.
3. As the DAP party election nears, a renewed movement is gathering pace to unseat secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and his father Lim Kit Siang from helming the party.
4. Malaysia’s Covid-19 vaccination plan will be presented to the cabinet on Jan 13. Those seeking vaccination will be able to use the MySejahtera app to register their interest and monitor for potential side effects, while the government mulls whether to provide free vaccination for migrant workers.
5. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mustapa Mohamed said the procurement model for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project is too costly and he promised to reveal the amount Malaysia will be compensating Singapore for cancelling the project.
6. The prosecution raised a complaint with the High Court in Kuala Lumpur over Najib Abdul Razak’s Facebook post on 1MDB-linked allegations against former Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz.
7. The Malaysia United Democratic Alliance (Muda) held a press conference questioning the controversy surrounding Prasarana chairperson Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, but this took a surprising turn when Tajuddin’s son Faizal Tajuddin turned up to address some of the issues.
8. Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid, the daughter of Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, said her appointment to SME Corporation's board had nothing to do with her father.
9. A survey found that most BN supporters want Umno to remain in the Perikatan Nasional-led government but “go alone” in the next general election, while the party’s Kelantan chapter is expected to field candidates in all seats contested by Bersatu.
10. Kuala Lumpur City Hall has launched an investigation into a pothole on Jalan Tengah that caused the fatal accident of a 75-year-old on Sunday, saying that the road had already been resurfaced nine times since September last year.
