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1. The Perikatan Nasional Plus government lost its majority in the Dewan Rakyat after Machang MP Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub withdrew support, but the loose coalition still retains control of Putrajaya.

2. The PAS leadership claimed they did not discuss the impending breakup between their allies Umno and Bersatu at a party meeting.

3. Medical staff at the Selayang Hospital had to manually access patients' records for the last three days after its IT system's failure.

4. The Health Ministry reported 2,451 new cases of Covid-19, including a spike of cases in Penang and Negeri Sembilan.

5. An Indonesian Sriwijaya Air passenger aircraft with more than 50 people on board is believed to have crashed off the coast of Jakarta.