Conditional MCO for Bayan Lepas and other news you may have missed

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

1. The Mukim 12 subdistrict in Penang - which contains the Penang International Airport, Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone and other places - will come under conditional movement control order beginning tomorrow.

2. The conditional MCO for Seremban district that begins today has different rules compared to the one imposed on the Klang Valley and Sabah.

3. Prisoners at Alor Setar Prison gave healthcare workers a heroes’ send-off by singing a song hailing them as “prison heroes” after the enhanced MCO on the prison and its staff quarters was lifted.

4. Electoral watchdog Bersih has raised concerns over proposals for a new law that it fears could be abused to postpone elections indefinitely, while Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has asked for a study on the feasibility of postponing the Batu Sapi by-election.

5. DAP organising secretary Anthony Loke has listed three demands for the government to meet before both sides could sign a confidence and supply agreement.

6. The Electrical Industry Workers' Union has urged the government to allow the withdrawal of Employee Provident Fund contributions from Account 1 to ease the burden of the Covid-19 pandemic’s economic impact, but Parti Sosialis Malaysia said the government should ensure the funds remain untouched until retirement.

7. The Health Ministry predicts that it would take another three weeks to rein in the current wave of Covid-19 outbreak, while a report claimed that China’s promise to provide vaccines against the disease is tied to the release of Chinese nationals detained in Malaysia.

8. De facto law minister Takiyuddin Hassan revealed that more than 500 death sentences have been set aside since 2000 upon appeal.

9. The Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee will give priority to investigating postponed cases after new members have finally been appointed to the committee, but Tanjung Karang MP Noh Omar has opted to turn down his appointment.

10. A significant portion of the Bukit Kiara Federal Park has been formally gazetted as a green lung, but this does not include Taman Rimba Kiara at the foothills that is now part of an ongoing lawsuit.