Govt rules out national lockdown and other news you may have missed

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

Putrajaya has ruled out the need for a national lockdown insisting that everything is under control.

Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said politicians weren't solely responsible for spreading Covid-19 from Sabah to Peninsular Malaysia. The government also blamed undocumented migrants for causing the Sabah outbreak.

There were 317 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in the country yesterday, all of which were local infections.

Deputy Environment and Water Minister Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad tested positive for Covid-19.

Higher Education Minister Noraini Ahmad apologised after an uproar over a last-minute decision to postpone the orientation for fresh public university students due to a resurgence of Covid-19 cases.

Malaysiakini takes a look at the legacy and unfulfilled mission of the late Liew Vui Keong in his time as de facto law minister.