Malaysia's new COVID-19 cases drop below 6000 for first time in nearly 3 weeks - CNA

SINGAPORE: New COVID-19 cases in Malaysia fell for the fourth consecutive day to 5,271 on Monday (Jun 7), down from 6,241 cases on Sunday. This was the first time in 19 days that daily cases have dropped below 6,000. Malaysia passed the 6,000-mark on May 19.

As Covid-19 crisis deepens, Malaysia's royal households set to intervene - The Straits Times

KUALA LUMPUR – The heads of Malaysia’s nine royal households are set to hold an emergency meeting next Wednesday (June 16), to discuss the country’s Covid-19 crisis, according to senior political and royal household sources.  The sources said this session will be preceded by separate private discussions this week

'Civil servants' at wild hotel party believed to be cops - Free Malaysia Today

KUALA LUMPUR: Three police officers and a constable are believed to be among 32 people detained early yesterday on suspicion of being involved in a “wild party” at a hotel in Jalan Pinang here. Sources said one of the officers, an inspector, is with the Bukit Aman’s Department of

Agong to meet with all political party leaders - Khairuddin - Malaysiakini

Khairuddin Abu Hassan, a member of the opposition’s committee lobbying for an end to the state of emergency, said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has finally agreed to a meeting. However, he said the meeting will be with the leaders of all political parties and not only with the opposition.

Covid-19: 703 new cases in Sarawak today, second highest in country - The Borneo Post - The Borneo Post

Bernama file photo shows a health worker conducting a Covid-19 swab test. KUCHING (June 7): Sarawak recorded the second highest number of new Covid-19 cases in the country today with 703 cases, said Ministry of Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. In a Facebook post, he said Selangor remained

Cops to seek cancellation of compound notices issued to workers who did not update health status on MySejahtera - The Star Online

IPOH: The police will propose the cancellation of compound notices issued to 29 workers from an oil and gas company in Kampung Acheh, Sitiawan, to the Manjung Health Department. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the Manjung OCPD will refer to the district Health Department to inform

MOH debunks claim that Covid-19 treatment protocols changed after patient autopsy - The Straits Times

SINGAPORE – A message that has been circulating on messaging app WhatsApp claiming that Covid-19 treatment protocols here have changed following a coronavirus patient autopsy is untrue, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (June 7). The message makes the false claim that following an autopsy, the authorities here discovered

Message claiming autopsy performed on COVID-19 patient and alleged changes in treatment protocols untrue: MOH - CNA

SINGAPORE: A message being circulated claiming that Singapore has performed an autopsy on a COVID-19 patient, as well as alleged changes in treatment protocols, is untrue, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (Jun 7). “The content was attributed to the Ministry of Health, Singapore. This is not true,

NSC asks cops to drop fines for not updating MySejahtera health status - Malaysiakini

The National Security Council (NSC) has intervened in an incident where police fined 31 workers for allegedly not updating their health status on the MySejahtera app. NSC director-general Mohd Rabin Basir said only those who travelled abroad or came in close contact with a Covid-19 patient need to update their

Perak Health chief: Only workers in factories with Covid-19 cases have to update health status daily on MySejahtera - The Star Online

IPOH: Workers at factories that have Covid-19 cases need to declare their health status daily using the MySejahtera app as it is part of the manufacturing sector standard operating procedures (SOP). Perak Health director Datuk Dr Ding Lay Ming said this was part of the SOP to manage premises with

Taiwan chip firms may move to Chinese mainland as Covid-19 cases spike: experts - The Star Online

TAIPEI (Global Times): As the Covid-19 resurgence on the island of Taiwan affects major chip packager King Yuan Electronics Corp and threatens the whole chip industry on the island, experts from the Chinese mainland said that Taiwan-based chip companies may partially shift capacity to the mainland to ensure supply to

Varsities supposed to broaden minds, critics say after Ramli Ibrahim talk debacle - Free Malaysia Today

PETALING JAYA: An academic and an educationist have criticised Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for cancelling a talk by classical dancer Ramli Ibrahim, saying universities are meant to help students broaden their minds. On Saturday, UTM confirmed it had cancelled Ramli’s talk on how dance transcended race on the advice

PKR questions why govt imposing different standards for its virtual congress - Malaysiakini

PKR has questioned why the government was imposing different standards on the party with regard to the standard operating procedure (SOP) against Covid-19. This was after PKR was ordered to postpone its virtual national congress yesterday at the last minute…

Funeral homes issue: Ti says can take criticism but not incitement - Malaysiakini

Deputy National Unity Minister Ti Lian Ker said he was prepared to take criticism but not incitement masquerading as criticism. This was amid a row with the DAP after one of its members criticised the MCA leader for purportedly failing to safeguard the interest of funeral homes. Businessperson Danny Ng,

IGP: Only those with ministry, agency's approval letters allowed through roadblocks - The Borneo Post

Acryl Sani said the letter was as proof to allow the workers to travel to and from their workplace. – Bernama file photo KUALA LUMPUR (June 7): Beginning Tuesday, the police will only accept approval letters issued by six ministries and certain agencies in allowing workers to pass through roadblocks. Inspector-General

Cops to call MP, 2 others over extortion claim - Free Malaysia Today

KUALA LUMPUR: Police will call up Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng to help an investigation into a claim that three policemen had extorted from two individuals at a traffic light at Jalan Besar Kampung Melayu in Kepong last Wednesday. Sentul district police chief Beh Eng Lai said Lim had made

Reclamation could cause DAP to lose Penang, says PKR man - Free Malaysia Today

PETALING JAYA: A Penang PKR leader has warned the DAP-led state government that it could lose power at the next elections if the party continues pushing for the Penang South Reclamation project. Mah Kong Lip, communications director of Bukit Bendera PKR, said DAP had previously rallied strongly against land reclamation

Covid: Malaysia recording increase in sporadic cases and fatalities - Health DG - The Sun Daily

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is seeing the trend of sudden increases in Covid-19 new cases and deaths from the viral infection, especially after April 1 this year, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix). He said this situation was very worrying because the majority of the new cases

Nabbed: civil servant who organised 'wild party' at luxury hotel - Free Malaysia Today

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 32 people, including four civil servants, were detained after they were suspected of being involved in a “wild party” held at a luxury hotel in Jalan Pinang here early this morning. Dang Wangi district police chief Mohamad Zainal Abdullah said among those arrested in the

Letters from relevant ministries, agencies accepted at roadblocks for essential service workers from Tuesday (June 8), says IGP - The Star Online

KUALA LUMPUR: Only letters from the relevant ministries and agencies are permitted at roadblocks for those in the essential services starting Tuesday (June 8), says Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani. The Inspector-General of Police said the letters will be accepted as proof for workers to travel from their homes

Terengganu cops use drones to monitor those with high body temperature in public areas - The Star Online

KUALA TERENGGANU (Bernama): Terengganu police are using drones to detect individuals with high body temperature at public areas during the lockdown period. State police chief Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa said the drones, equipped with temperature scanning technology, could detect body temperature in a group of people at a range of

Hawker alleges police extortion over Covid-19 SOP - Malaysiakini

A hawker has alleged that he was extorted by police after failing to produce a permission letter to show that he can operate during the “total lockdown” period which was introduced to curb the spread of Covid-19. Lim Thiam Fook, 21, alleged police officers also poured out his stew on

Covid-19: 52040 sporadic cases reported as of Saturday (June 5), says Health DG - The Star Online

PETALING JAYA: A total of 52,040 sporadic Covid-19 cases were recorded as of Saturday (June 5), says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Dr Noor Hisham said the increase in sporadic cases were recorded beginning April 3 with 8,968 cases. Dr Noor Hisham also said Covid-19

Look up! Drones are taking your temperature | Free Malaysia Today - Free Malaysia Today

KUALA TERENGGANU: Police here are using drones to detect people with a high body temperature at public areas during the current total lockdown period, state police chief Rohaimi Md Isa said today. The drones, equipped with temperature scanning technology, can detect body temperatures in a group of people from a

More than 6000 new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia, record number of new clusters identified - CNA

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 6,241 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday (Jun 6) as the number of patients in the intensive care unit hit a record for the 13th consecutive day. Selangor accounted for about a third of the new infections with 2,178 cases. There were 415 infections in