PKR seeks to avoid three-cornered fights and other news you may have missed

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1. PKR sources indicated that talks with Umno might be aimed at avoiding clashes in seats held by defectors to Bersatu.

2. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim joked that he might consider facing off with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for the Pagoh parliamentary seat.

3. Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan lambasted a police report claiming the party received RM500 million in commissions for helping Putrajaya reach a settlement with Goldman Sachs in relation to the 1MDB financial scandal.

4. Perlis Umno strongman Shahidan Kassim denied proposing the chapter break away from the party’s central leadership should they differ over opinions on cooperation with Bersatu.

5. The Malaysian Bar backed calls for a royal commission of inquiry to investigate Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador’s claim that there is a cartel within the police force conspiring to get rid of him.

6. De facto law minister Takiyuddin Hassan said compounds for Covid-19 SOP violations would henceforth only be issued as a "last resort".

7. Malaysiakini spoke to a Filipino mother of two, whose life was turned upside down by the Covid-19 pandemic, rendering her legal employment void and making her an undocumented migrant.

8. Experts looked into the forgotten baby syndrome and explained why parents might leave a child behind in the car accidentally.

9. Two logging firms have applied to initiate contempt of court proceedings against eight villagers and their lawyer.