Corrupt magistrate's shot at redemption and other news you may have missed

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1. Former magistrate Firdaus Ramlan shared how he ‘inherited’ a system where he received bribes from those brought before his court and how he was eventually caught. He hopes his story will be a cautionary tale for others.

2. Sungai Buloh Hospital infectious disease consultant Dr Suresh Kumar Chidambaram said even Covid-19 survivors who had mild disease could have persistent symptoms for months, though it is more common among those who had been admitted into an intensive care unit.

3. Police officers are finding it difficult to juggle between their core duties of fighting crime and enforcing the movement control order (MCO) but try to take matters in stride.

4. Marzuki Yahya, who was sacked from Bersatu after standing his ground against party president Muhyiddin Yassin following the Sheraton Move, said he believes in keeping what is right and fighting what is wrong.

5. The federal government’s standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Chinese New Year faced with backlash and accusations of cultural insensitivity. The National Unity Ministry is seeking a review, but NGOs it claimed to have consulted denied having a say in the matter.

6. The Sarawak government, on the other hand, is allowing Chinese New Year reunion dinners and visitations with some conditions despite the growing Covid-19 outbreak in the state.

7. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said his ministry’s laboratories are already running Covid-19 tests at full capacity, but laboratories run by other entities are only using less than one-third of their testing capacity.

8. Several elected representatives in Selangor are holding a Covid-19 mass testing campaign this weekend and may extend the programme if necessary.

9. Police have opened two investigation papers over former attorney-general Tommy Thomas’ memoir 'My Story: Justice in the Wilderness' and questioned its publisher, while the Home Ministry scrutinises its contents.

10. Segambut MCA chief demanded the local MP Hannah Yeoh prove her claim that her RM3.5 million annual constituency allocation is being channelled to an ‘unelected’ Perikatan Nasional politician instead.