Curtains fall on Perak crisis and other news you may have missed

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

1. The latest Perak crisis draws to a close with state ruler Sultan Nazrin Shah having determined that Umno's Kota Tampan assemblyperson Saarani Mohamad has managed to garner majority support. Saarani is therefore set to be sworn in as the new menteri besar.

2. The impasse was resolved after Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi apologised for ousting Bersatu deputy president Ahmad Faizal Azumu and a compromise was struck among Umno, Bersatu and PAS.

3. In the absence of a menteri besar, the Perak State Assembly only sat for five minutes before adjourning as it could not proceed with the tabling of the state budget.

4. Pasir Bedamar assemblyperson Terence Naidu is the latest elected representative to rebel against Perak DAP chief Nga Kor Ming for exploring cooperation with Umno on forming the Perak government.

5. Pejuang Youth called for new faces to lead fresh negotiations to unite a divided opposition that has struggled to dislodge Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, despite his fragile majority.

6. The opposition's efforts to defeat Muhyiddin's budget continued to falter as allocations for two more ministries were approved by the Dewan Rakyat.

7. Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, who faced criticism for describing his Indian critics as being "drunk on the toddy of popularity", blamed the media and asked journalists to repent.

8. Pahang, which has largely kept Covid-19 at bay during the third wave of the pandemic, saw a significant jump of over 100 new cases.

9. This was due to outbreaks involving migrant workers at three Genting Highland condominiums, which have since been put under lockdown by the military.

10. Top Glove, from which its workers contributed to the recent spike of Covid-19 cases in Selangor, said it had learnt its lesson and would work to improve the environment of its workers' hostels.

11. Top Glove, which supplies rubber gloves to frontliners in the fight against Covid-19, has been a major beneficiary, with its earnings surging 20 times to RM2.38 billion.

12. Expecting further rise of Covid-19 cases among migrant workers, the government reactivated the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang in Selangor as a quarantine centre for migrants.

13. Defence Minister Ismail Sabri explained that there are still differences between the conditional and recovery movement control order following confusion as both no longer have travel restrictions.

14. Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the authorities are closely monitoring the relaxed travel restrictions and may reconsider the strategy if the Covid-19 situation worsens.

15. Meanwhile, Suaram expressed concern at the state of human rights in the country as the use of the Sedition Act doubled this year.