News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): Malaysia’s new daily cases, which soared to 277 on Thursday, dropped sharply to 19 on Friday of which 12 were local transmissions while seven were imported cases, the Ministry of Health (MoH) announced.

PETALING JAYA (June 5): The Penjana Short-term Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today will boost overall market sentiment and raise confidence for a market recovery, said Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) president Lim Boon Ping.

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KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases jumped to 277 today, of which 275 were local transmissions while two were imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): The country today recorded 93 new Covid-19 cases, the highest in five days, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 2): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) and the other four ousted Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) MPs insisted today that their termination was unconstitutional.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 30): Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia reported 30 new Covid-19 cases as at noon today, bringing the nation’s cumulative number of cases to 7,762 so far.

PUTRAJAYA (May 30): Married couples who are working in different states will be allowed to travel interstate from June 1, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob in a Bernama report today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 30): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia president and acting chairman, said today Bersatu’s move to suspend Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah and Dr Maszlee Malik’s memberships was not hasty because they have breached the party’s constitution.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 29): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad claims that he is still the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) chairman and plans to bring a motion to sack Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at a party meeting in the near future, the Malay Mail reported today.