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KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir today cautions that the government's move to arrest and charge Movement Control Order (MCO) violators to seek heavier sentences would lead to more people being incarcerated.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Many traders who have set up Ramadan bazaar stalls for years will have to miss out this year as the government has decided to ban the operation of Ramadan bazaars in a bid to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Kedah, Perlis and Penang can be the first states in the country to be declared as Covid-19 green states, according to Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a Malaysiakini report yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Malaysia has yet to see any significant cluster of Covid-19 infections among foreign workers in the country, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): The government has said NO to all kinds of bazaars this Ramadan, including e-bazaars or e-iftar.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Adapting to home isolation can be challenging, what more for Jason van Genderen's mother who has Alzheimer’s disease.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): No new red zones were reported so far as of noon yesterday, according to the statistics by the Health Ministry’s Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Property prices are expected to decline by as much as 20% in the next few months with more motivated sellers, as the impact of Covid-19 continues to unfold.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Worried about a "coronavirus divorce"? An enterprising Japanese short-term rental firm is marketing its empty apartments as a way for stressed couples to get some time apart during the virus lockdown, AFP reported yesterday.