Anwar says Harapan Plus has 107 MPs and 9 news from yesterday

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

1. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said Pakatan Harapan and its allies have 107 parliamentary seats in their hands, while DAP central committee member Liew Chin Tong urged that Anwar and former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to close ranks immediately.

2. Anwar questioned the motives behind former attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail’s affidavit that led prosecutors to drop corruption and money laundering charges against former Sabah chief minister Musa Aman.

3. Former attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali claimed that former Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram had approached him on Mahathir’s instructions to persuade him to play a role in arresting then prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

4. Sabah Umno chairperson Bung Moktar Radin is expecting changes to Sabah’s political landscape, now that Musa has been acquitted of the charges against him.

5. Fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho has found ways to leverage his contacts in Kuwait to transfer money while evading authorities in Malaysia and the US, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

6. No local transmission of Covid-19 has been detected among Malaysians for the second consecutive day, but road accidents are on the rise as social distancing measures are being relaxed.

7. Public schools will reopen on June 24 for students who will be taking public examinations this year.

8. The government regulation limiting four people to a car from the same household is still in effect during the recovery movement control order period.

9. The government has revoked an order stipulating the maximum prices of fuel to implement the ceiling prices through a different mechanism.

10. Umno will introduce its candidate for the Chini by-election on June 18.