MPs to be made GLC heads and 9 news from yesterday

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

1. De facto Law Minister Takiyuddin Hassan (photo, above) said all MPs who do not have any positions in government will be appointed to head government-linked companies.

2. All major school examinations are expected to be postponed amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

3. A police inspector was arrested on suspicion of rape against two Mongolian nationals after he stopped the two women at a roadblock and found that they did not have proper documentation.

4. A Chinese daily, quoting an unnamed Umno source, reported that Pengerang MP Azalina Othman has been tipped to replace Nga Kor Ming as the Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker.

5. Former Court of Appeal judge KC Vohrah passed away.

6. Malaysia recorded 153 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths yesterday, bringing the total infections to 4,683 and death toll to 76.

7. Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah acknowledged that a handful of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 and discharged later tested positive. However, Noor Hisham said, they were "weak positive" and the level of the virus was not enough to infect others.

8. Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the International Trade and Industry Ministry will make a final decision after receiving brickbats over its proposal to reopen barber shops during the movement control order (MCO).

9. Police seized the mobile phone of Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh over an inaccurate posting on her Facebook, which she had since retracted.

10. AirAsia Group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes urged the airline's customers to accept credits instead of cash refunds for cancelled flights, stating that the company is trying to keep all its employees and has already implemented pay cuts according to seniority.