Plans for rare earth mine in Jelai forest and other news you may have missed

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1. Plans are afoot to mine rare earth from the Jelai forest in Pahang, with the proposed project covering an area that can fit in 924 football fields.

2. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said he will try to convince leaders such as Nurul Izzah Anwar and Rafizi Ramli to return to active politics.

3. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng vowed his party will not work with kleptocrats, amid Umno's court cluster drifts towards the opposition.

4. The Nga-Ngeh team made a clean sweep in the Perak DAP election. There were allegations of electoral misconduct, which were denied by the returning officer.

5. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah will be issuing a statement today on the authority of District Health Offices to revise the RM10,000 compounds for violating SOPs.

6. Lahad Datu police denied imposing fines of RM10,000 each on nine Bajau Laut women for begging without wearing masks.

7. Kuala Lumpur reported the lowest number of new Covid-19 cases (55) since Dec 3.

8. Activists gathered in front of Parliament in protest against the fake news ordinance - which the government is currently collecting public feedback on.

9. Citing the Federal Court's verdict on Malaysiakini, the Malaysian Bar called for the abolition of scandalising the judiciary as a form of contempt of court.