Dewan Rakyat session cut short, and 9 news from yesterday

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

1. The Dewan Rakyat session scheduled to meet for 15 days from May 18 has been cut short to just one day to handle government bills and business only.

2. Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is lobbying Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to appoint four Sabah Umno leaders to various government positions, including Sabah Umno chief Bung Moktar Radin who is still facing corruption charges.

3. Some hospitals are struggling to get enough personal protective equipment (PPE) for its medical staff, even as the Health Ministry plans to expand Covid-19 testing.

4. Despite being allowed to operate during the movement control order (MCO), many automobile workshops and traditional medicine practitioners are reluctant to do so after finding it difficult to meet the government’s conditions.

5. The government has terminated the services of all commissioners at the National Water Services Commission, including its chairperson and Klang MP Charles Santiago.

6. In a heart-warming gesture, nine-year-old Lara Khadijah Cornelius McAfee wrote a letter and sent a bracelet she made to Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, and unexpectedly got a reply.

7. Bursa Malaysia has appointed former minister in the Prime Minister's Department Abdul Wahid Omar as the new Bursa Malaysia chairperson, prompting calls from veteran newsman A Kadir Jasin for the government to review the decision.

8. Two Wanita PKR leaders have criticised the suspension of the wing’s chief Haniza Talha, claiming that it is an affront to the party’s core principles.

9. Researchers are seeking Malaysian participants to join the global PsyCorona survey in the bid to understand the interplay between behaviour and the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, hoping to yield insights that would help policymakers tackle the disease.

10. Citing gaps in early reporting, China has revised the number of deaths due to Covid-19 in Wuhan from 2,579 to 3,869 – an increase of about 50 percent.

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