Idrus Harun is the new AG, and 9 news from yesterday

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

1. Federal Court judge Idrus Harun has been appointed as attorney-general to succeed Tommy Thomas.

2. MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya confirmed that she has resigned from her post.

3. Malaysiakini has launched the Kini Community membership program for all its subscribers.

 4. Health Ministry has detected 28 more cases of Covid-19 in the transmission cluster involving Case 26. Hisham Hamdan, the patient in Case 26, said this does not mean the cluster originated from him.

5. Amid public calls for him to return to serve as health minister, Amanah central committee member Dzulkefly Ahmad said he would have to see the terms and conditions of such appointment first, before deciding whether to accept. The number of Covid-19 infections worldwide now exceeds 100,000.

6. Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said BN had submitted a list of MPs that it is recommending for cabinet appointments, but Umno is not pushing for its MPs to be appointed as deputy prime minister.

7. Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah said she had hoped she could help reconcile the rival PKR factions supporting Anwar Ibrahim and Azmin Ali.

8. Sources said the US Department of Justice has delayed the next scheduled payment of recovered 1MDB funds to wait and see what happens next in Malaysia’s political scenario.

9. Orang Asli villagers near the Kuala Langat (North) Forest Reserve share how the forest – now threatened by development – provides them with food, medicine, and a place for their culture to thrive.

10. After a successful campaign to lobby for the lowering of the voting age, #Undi18 now hopes to encourage and equip women to take part in politics and eventually make up half the Dewan Rakyat.