Covid-19 cases hit three-month high and 9 news you may have missed

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

1. The number of new Covid-19 cases in a single day has hit its highest since June 4 with 62 cases reported, driven mostly by outbreaks at Tawau Prison and the Lahad Datu district police headquarters.

2. Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari has apologised over a photograph showing a water tanker at his residence, while Attorney-General Idrus Harus denied Amirudin’s accusations of inaction and said the state has never referred raw water pollution cases to prosecutors in the first place.

3. Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin said the claim that YouTuber Veveonah Mosibin was lying was based on information provided by Kudat MP Abdul Rahim Bakri. Abdul Rahim initially doubled down on his claim, but then deleted it from Facebook.

4. The Department of Environment has denied allegations that a monopoly over the handling of scheduled wastes has caused firms to dump wastes into the waterways instead.

5. Bersatu’s Osman Sapian has attended another Pejuang-related event, just three days after the party’s disciplinary board said there was no evidence to suggest Osman was campaigning for a Pejuang-endorsed candidate in the Slim by-election.

6. A report claimed that Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku deputy president Kong Fui Seng has quit his party and will soon join Warisan, just days before nomination day for the Sabah state election.

7. Many Sabahans living outstation find the prospect of flying back to vote in the state election daunting amid expensive flight tickets and a troubled economy.

8. Langkawi MP Dr Mahathir Mohamad's former political secretary Muhammad Zahid Md Arip has denied betraying his former boss, claiming that the former prime minister is the “happiest person” after the Sheraton Move coup since Anwar Ibrahim is denied the premiership.

9. Malaysia has walked back on a special arrangement with Singapore that would have allowed home quarantine for Malaysians workers returning for short-term home leave in Malaysia. An entry ban has also been imposed on 23 countries with a high number of Covid-19 cases.

10. A group of people posing has Health Ministry officials has fled with the Covid-19 contact tracing logbooks from several businesses in Malacca.