M'sia has highest Covid-19 cases in Asean and 5 news from yesterday

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

1. Malaysia became the country with the highest number of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia, with more than 240 cases.

2. Sarikei MP Wong Ling Biu tested positive for the virus, while lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah tested negative.

3. Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak said there are limitations to Umno's support for the new Perikatan Nasional government. Umno vice-president Khaled Nordin claimed the new government has not lived up to its promise of integrity.

4. Umno's Pengerang MP Azalina Othman said religion should not be used to allow sexual predators to escape punishment through marriage.

5. Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador denied a claim that former finance minister Lim Guan Eng’s son was arrested in Singapore.

6. A Malaysiakini journalist is being harassed on Facebook over an article she wrote regarding Environment Minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man defending logging in Kelantan. Facebook has refused to remove the offending post.