Pejuang, Muda registrations rejected and other news you may have missed

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

1. The Registrar of Societies has rejected both Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) and Malaysian United Democratic Alliance’s (Muda) attempts to register as political parties. Pejuang’s pro-tem chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed the ROS had said its application was in order but needed ministerial approval.

2. New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia exceeded 3,000 cases per day for the first time, and there are signs that Selangor is now on the same trajectory that Sabah was in October and November last year.

3. As the pandemic situation in Malaysia grows dire, a group of 43 health experts, including former top officials of the Health Ministry, penned an open letter pleading Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to implement 10 measures to head off the worst of the outbreak.

4. The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has warned former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak to refrain from attacking prosecution witness and former Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz on social media.

5. PAS will hold a meeting on Saturday to discuss a possible breakdown in relations between its allies Umno and Bersatu.

6. Selangor BN information chief Isham Jalill said Annuar Musa had been removed as the coalition’s secretary-general because he sided with Bersatu.

7. The Wildlife and National Parks Department defended its raid on the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, which is now seeking a meeting with the Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry on Perhilitan’s confiscation of six gibbons from the project.

8. Putrajaya is investigating allegations that a US spy plane had posed as a Malaysian aircraft while conducting surveillance of China military bases in the South China Sea.

9. The Sarawak Health Department is seeking 400 healthy volunteers for a Phase III Covid-19 vaccine trial. They can contact the Sarawak General Hospital via WhatsApp if they wish to participate.

10. Hundreds of supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol just as Congress was convening a session to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory.