News by Lam Jian Wyn

The deceased fell from the 17th floor of the condominium and into a pool at around 2am this morning

"Within the sectors covered, all sectors anticipate unfavourable business conditions for 3Q21 in light of severe and prolonged Covid-19 pandemic in this country.”

Deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob: It is clear that His Majesty wants Parliament to be reconvened, and for MPs to determine if the government will continue to function after September. This is clear because the Palace is no longer accepting statutory declarations or letters of support.

In a statement, it pointed out that based on the health director-general's report, the positivity rate from the screening conducted among Parliament staff and MPs was only 0.9%, while the threshold value to indicate sufficient testing is 5%, according to the World Health Organization. "This means that there is no significant number of positive Covid-19 cases in Parliament throughout the past week," said the Pakatan Harapan's presidential council.

In a letter to members of Parliament, Dewan Rakyat secretary Nizam Mydin Bacha Mydin said the Speaker's office was informed of the postponement by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, in line with Standing Order 11(3) of the lower house

The King would like to stress that Takiyuddin’s statement to Parliament on the cancellation of the ordinances was inaccurate and had confused the MPs.

They added that these businesses will only serve fully-inoculated patrons.

FMM president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai: Very little empathy is shown to companies that are struggling to sustain operations. Instead, many enforcement visits/checks are driven to find the tiniest fault in the premises with no consideration on the level of relevance of the fault in relation to the core purpose of the visit i.e. to prevent the Covid-19 infection spread.

The ministry said the largest cluster was the Pasai cluster in Sarawak.

The Edge will send 500,000 medical-grade three-ply masks to the hospital over the next week.