CMCO extended but loosened, and other news you may have missed

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. The conditional movement control order (MCO) in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Sabah and several localities have been extended until Dec 31 due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases, but restrictions are also being lifted to allow Christmas celebrations and certain types of sports events and tourism activities.

2. The Health Ministry revealed that 280 medical personnel are being treated for Covid-19 amid new outbreaks at Serdang Hospital and Selayang Hospital. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this is believed to have been caused by the growing number of in-community transmissions in the Klang Valley.

3. After a slew of setbacks for Pakatan Harapan, the next generation of political leaders weigh in on what’s next for the opposition.

4. Bukit Gasing assemblyperson Rajiv Rishyakaran has proposed that the Housing and Local Government Ministry set up a landlord-tenant tribunal to help resolve the rental market’s racial discrimination problem.

5. Umno sources claimed that party advisory board chairperson Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah will not face disciplinary action for his joint press conference with former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad calling for the rejection of the Budget 2021 proposal.

6. DAP lawmaker Charles Santiago decried a "witch hunt" after being summoned for questioning over a forum discussing the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 that was held last year.

7. In a case that has gone viral on social media, a 58-year-old restaurant operator has been fined RM2,000 after pleading guilty to beating up a woman who honked at his car for obstructing traffic. 

8. The Home Ministry has banned two books - Gay is OK! A Christian Perspective and Peichi -  for attempting to promote homosexual culture and for containing pornographic content, respectively.

9. A group has sued the government to demand that Malaysian women married to foreign spouses can automatically get citizenship for their children who are born overseas.

10. Rahah Mohamed Noah, who is the widow of second prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein and mother of sixth prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, has passed away at the age of 87. She will be accorded a state funeral today.