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KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): A patient suspected with COVID-19 infection has reportedly killed himself after being admitted to an isolation ward at Serdang Hospital, a China Press report said yesterday.

KUALAL LUMPUR (March 28) A restaurant owner and three foreigners were among eight people arrested in Petaling Jaya yesterday for violating the government's movement control order (MCO), said a Malaysiakini report today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has received requests from some 9,290 applicants from various manufacturing industries for normal operations during the Movement Control Order (MCO).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (pictured) has tested positive for COVID-19 and has started self-isolation, Reuters reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Health Ministry's preliminary probe into the high number of cases in the Kluang district detected at least four clusters of infection there, reported Malaysiakini.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Affin Bank Bhd and Affin Islamic Bank Bhd will be offering their retail customers and SME clients non-compounding interest or profit for six months, for term loan and term financing, during the moratorium for financing facilities due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Malaysian Rubber Gloves Manufacturers Association (Margma) has warned distributors to refrain from profiteering as there is adequate supply of gloves in the country.

PETALING JAYA (March 27): North Klang OCPD Asst Comm Nurulhuda Salleh denied the viral message saying that Selangor is in “Enhanced Movement Control (EMC)”.

PETALING JAYA: What will you do when your tenant requests a rent cut because of financial difficulties due to the impact of the global COVID-19 outbreak? With no questions asked, landladies Jennifer Wong and Cynthia Lim decided to reduce the rental fees to help their tenants get through this difficult time.

PETALING JAYA: From the political turmoil which resulted in a change in government to the COVID-19 pandemic that has placed the country in partial lockdown coupled with the stock market meltdown — recent developments in Malaysia have been far from favourable.