Khazanah's sale of shares under spotlight and 8 news from yesterday

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

1. Subang MP Wong Chen asked Khazanah Nasional Bhd to justify its sale of shares in Telekom Malaysia Bhd and Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Bhd.

2. Foreign investors continued to exit Bursa Malaysia but the net outflow eased to RM394.34 million for the period of May 18 to 21.

3. A third immigration detention centre in Sepang was hit by a Covid-19 outbreak.

4. Former Penang Gerakan leader Jason Loo accused party president Dominic Lau of "ruining the party" but its secretary-general Mak Kah Keong defended Lau's leadership, stating that Gerakan will remain relevant.

5. Police dispersed worshippers who gathered outside the national mosque for prayers in conjunction with the Hari Raya celebration as it went against the social distancing guidelines against Covid-19.

6. The medical fraternity criticised a government guideline labelling children of medical frontliners as having a higher risk of Covid-19 infection and should be isolated at childcare centres.

7. Lawyer Haniff Khatri questioned the reappointment of Penang Umno deputy chief Shaik Hussein Mydin to the Penang Regional Development Authority (Perda) when Perda had ongoing suits against him over land sales that were allegedly below market price.

8. PKR's Tebrau MP Steven Choong Shiau Yoon said he was offered a ministerial position from "the other side" but maintained that he won't abandon his party.

9. South America is now the new Covid-19 epicentre while cases in Africa crossed the 100,000 mark.