Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.


1. The second movement control order was extended for Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang but the 10km travel radius limit will be removed. Other states will also see more lenient control amid signs of improvements in the Covid-19 pandemic.


2. Tanjong Malim MP Chang Lih Kang claimed that signs of the improving Covid-19 situation are misleading due to reduced testing over the Chinese New Year holidays, but Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 testing in Malaysia is still well above World Health Organization standards.


3. The government launched a guide book to its Covid-19 vaccination program ahead of its rollout next week. MPs and assemblypersons will among the first recipients alongside other frontliners while members of the public may begin registering on March 1.


4. Private hospitals say they are prepared to aid the vaccination drive while some businesses expressed willingness to pay to jump ahead in the vaccine queue. Consumer associations argue that retail employees should qualify as frontliners for vaccination, while journalist groups make the case for media workers to be vaccinated alongside other frontliners.


5. A total of 90 Southeast Asian MPs from seven countries urged for the Malaysian parliament to be allowed to convene, while Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government has yet to invoke emergency powers to temporarily seize private property due to good cooperation from the private sector.


6. The MACC arrested Perak PKR deputy chief MA Thinagaran, purportedly over an investigation into a development project in the state.


7. The Temerloh High Court ruled against an Orang Asli group claiming to have native customary rights over a plot of land that is slated to make way for oil palm plantations.


8. Bersatu Youth chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal reaffirmed his commitment to support the lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18.


9. Within hours of having its website blocked by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, the controversial dating service Sugarbook sent an email coaching its members to circumvent the block.


10. Malaysian Youth Council is seeking 10 Malaysians aged up to 35 years old to serve as “youth advisors” to the prime minister.



CARTOON KINI