A slew of reforms in Perak and other news you may have missed

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

1. Perak Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad has received unanimous support from Perak assemblypersons after striking a deal with the opposition to introduce a slew of reforms, while Kelantan moves to terminate supervisory officers in certain constituencies.

2. Malaysia’s total Covid-19 figures now surpasses that of Mainland China and has set a new record for active cases, while a nurse at Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital is among those who succumbed to the disease.

3. Alor Setar native Jocelyn Yow, who is now the mayor of the California town of Eastvale, shared the stories of growing up in Malaysia and her rapid rise to public office.

4. After the opposition’s bid to reject the 2021 Budget proposal faltered, three DAP parliamentarians Teo Nie Ching, Yeo Bee Yin, and Hannah Yeoh suggested a new hope is needed and some changes would have to be made.

5. Emergencies have been declared in Gerik and Bugaya to delay the upcoming by-elections in the two constituencies and avoid the risk of Covid-19 transmission.

6. The Selangor government said it would not recognise any representatives from the Housing and Local Government Ministry's Penggerak Komuniti Tempatan (PeKT) initiative to serve in the state.

7. Police are on the hunt for seven suspects after a clinic complained they had forged its Covid-19 test result slips to apply for a job.

8. The Covax facility, in which Malaysia has invested RM94.08 million upfront, is at risk of failing to reach its goals and may not be able to deliver Covid-19 vaccines until as late as 2024.

9. The Bar Council has been urged by a group of young lawyers to rectify its ineffective mechanism for reporting sexual harassment and to introduce minimum pay for chambering students.

10. A study suggested that mandatory stay-at-home orders such as those seen in Malaysia’s initial response to the Covid-19 pandemic only provided marginal benefits on top of other measures being introduced.