Chaos in Malacca assembly and 9 news from yesterday

KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. The Malacca State Assembly descended into a pandemonium of shouting matches (above) and name-calling within 30 minutes after it convened for a controversial one-day sitting.

2. Perikatan Nasional representatives in Malacca later reconvened without opposition assemblypersons to elect its own speaker, prompting concerns in Perak and Johor that PN may attempt to bulldoze the appointment process there too.

3. The Malacca State Assembly initially barred all media from covering the sitting but later relented and allowed only government-owned media to enter. Perak is following suit by revoking press credentials of all non-government media for today’s sitting.

4. A family in Manjung, Perak, have tested positive for Covid-19 despite complying with the movement control order. This is Perak’s first case in nearly two weeks.

5. The Health Ministry has urged people to practice social distancing during Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations to protect the elderly from Covid-19, but assured that there is no risk of Covid-19 infection from food following an outbreak at a poultry processing plant.

6. Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has warned against the use of antibody rapid test kits that use blood samples drawn from a finger prick, saying that it cannot be used for diagnosis or establish immunity status.

7. Police will be seeking a remand extension against actor and radio announcer Patrick Teoh today, claiming that he is uncooperative with investigations.

8. Authorities have rounded up hundreds more undocumented migrants in a fresh round of raids in Selayang areas that are under the enhanced movement control order, prompting concerns over lack of social distancing during the raids.

9. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said he is prepared to come to terms with the fact that he may never become prime minister.

10. The Registrar of Societies said it would only intervene in a dispute over who is the Bersatu secretary-general if a complaint is made.