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KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): City Hall (DBKL) is planning to close four more public parks here as many members of the public are flouting social distancing SOPs, The Star reported yesterday.

SIBU (June 4): A 27-year-old man has been fined RM5,000 in default five months jail after he pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today for violating a home quarantine order to go out for a bowl of ‘kampua’ noodles, reported the Borneo Post Online.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): The 1MDB-Tanore trial will resume on June 29 as it has been vacated today to make way for the last leg of the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): It has been found that men seem to suffer more from Covid-19 infections compared with women but there is now more bad news for the guys.

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PETALING JAYA (June 4): Media Prima Bhd is likely to conduct “its second retrenchment exercise which could affect some 300 staff members”, reported FMT yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): More hotel closures seem to be the order of the day due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the latest casualties are three Swiss Garden International (SGI) hotels across the country, the New Straits Times (NST) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): The hastiness in the issuance of the government guarantee (GG), and disbursement of funds, with regards to the RM4 billion loan taken by SRC International Sdn Bhd from the Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) raises suspicions and points to power abuse, the High Court was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) and all the other government officers who were involved in the post-Cabinet meeting on May 20 have ended their 14-day self-quarantine today and will return to work as normal tomorrow, according to Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) was aware of the state of his accounts when he issued cheques, the prosecution submitted in the ex-premier’s trial today, pointing to the timing of the funding of his accounts by fugitive businessman Jho Low and the subsequent spending of the money by Najib.