MCO goes into recovery mode and 7 news from yesterday

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

The country will go into recovery movement control order (MCO) from June 10 onwards. Malaysiakini breaks down what you can and can't do.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin (photo) indicated that schools will be reopened in stages during the recovery MCO phase.

Beginning June 10, Malaysians returning from abroad will be permitted to undergo mandatory two-week quarantine at their respective homes.

The Health Ministry said the transmission of Covid-19 can be broken without a vaccine as long as everyone follows guidelines set by the government.

The Election Commission registration for 18-year-old voters has yet to be implemented, and will only be ready next year.

Simpang Renggam MP Maszlee Malik posited that either Umno's Zahid Hamidi or Najib Abdul Razak will become prime minister if Perikatan Nasional wins the next general election, and not Bersatu's Muhyiddin Yassin.

The MACC seized RM600,000 from the homes of two Bersatu Youth members. The wing said the monies had been withdrawn to fund aid programmes.

Women rights advocacy group Sisters in Islam said authorities should seek to make rules relating to polygamy stricter instead of easier due to various problems arising from such marriages that have adversely impacted women and children.