Sabah Umno leaders oppose Bung Moktar and 9 news you may have missed

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

1. Several Sabah Umno leaders led by Umno Supreme Council member Abdul Rahman Dahlan have urged the party to reconsider its decision to appoint Bung Mokhtar Radin to lead BN’s campaign in the Sabah state election.

2. Umno and Bersatu appear to be heading towards a collision course in Sabah over questions of seat allocation and the political allegiance of defectors from the Warisan-led ruling coalition.

3. Systemic problems in Malaysia’s migrant workers’ policy have allowed legally documented migrant works to slip through the cracks and find themselves in limbo.

4. A bipartisan caucus led by Padang Rengas MP Nazri Abdul Aziz has been set up to find ways to put an end to ‘party hopping’, while DAP’s Anthony Loke proposed that the rival political parties enter into a ceasefire to ensure the nation’s political stability.

5. The Public Accounts Committee has been unable to function since March after several of its members had to relinquish their positions and were not replaced.

6. Seputeh MP Teresa Kok accused Plantations and Commodities Minister Khairuddin Aman Razali of going on a personal trip to Turkey and, upon his return, not undergoing the mandatory 14-day quarantine for those returning from overseas.

7. A school in Kulim has been closed after a teacher and several students became infected with Covid-19, while Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah outlined several breaches in the government’s social distancing guidelines that have led to the spread of the Tawar and Sala clusters.

8. Jepak Holdings had offered political donations to show appreciation for then prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s assistance in the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project, the company’s former managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin said.

9. Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador expressed frustration following the latest sodomy allegations against a prominent politician, saying that it is a waste of police resources.

10. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said the opposition is prepared to support the government’s fiscal injection for Covid-19 economic aid only if it doubles the amount to RM90 billion.