Anwar confident of GE15 victory and 9 news you may have missed

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

1. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim expressed confidence in a Pakatan Harapan victory during the 15th general election, while his allies in Amanah and DAP appear to be trying to nudge PKR to break a protracted impasse with Bersatu dissidents led by Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

2. Analysts and party insiders predict that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will face new challenges to his tenuous grip on power whichever way the court rules on his predecessor Najib Abdul Razak’s first of many 1MDB-related trials today.

3. A businessperson admitted to borrowing money to donate RM6.6 million to a foundation controlled by then deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in the hope of securing contracts.

4. The Health Ministry is targeting the Bukit Tiram Covid-19 cluster for active case detection and warned that complacency towards the government’s social distancing guidelines could lead to a surge in coronavirus cases.

5. Social distancing guidelines for the coming Hari Raya Aidiladha celebrations call for a limit on the number of animals sacrificed and the number of people present.

6. Lawyers representing Bangladeshi national Md Rayhan Kabir have are yet to secure a meeting with their client, who is being held by the Immigration Department.

7. The government has tabled a bill in the Dewan Rakyat proposing stiffer penalties against reckless or drunk driving that causes injury or death.

8. Former election commission chief Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman failed to defend his position as the Kota Bharu Bersatu chief in the party election.

9. Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen expressed shock and disappointment over Padungan assemblyperson Wong King Wei’s sudden announcement to quit DAP.

10. Two suspects have been arrested on-the-spot for trying to bribe the Danga Bay police station chief with RM10,000 as an inducement to release nine undocumented migrants.