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Conditional MCO in place until June 9 and 8 news from yesterday
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KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin today announced that the conditional movement control order has been extended to June 9.

Hari Raya visits within the same state will be allowed with a maximum of 20 people in attendance at any one time, while spouses who live separately in different states will be allowed to travel for a reunion.

The appeal date for rejected Covid-19 Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) applicants was extended to May 31.

The number of Covid-19 recoveries surpassed the 5,000 mark or 75.5 percent, with 96 new recoveries recorded yesterday.

The government has placed several areas within Petaling Jaya Old Town in Selangor under two weeks enhanced MCO.

Bersatu was reportedly planning to remove Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Mukhriz Mahathir from the party. However, a meeting for this purpose has been postponed.

PAS was coy on their plan to replace Mukhriz Mahathir as the Kedah menteri besar, saying only that it is Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah's discretion to appoint a new administrative head.

Former higher education minister Idris Jusoh was appointed the chairperson of Felda, effective May 1.

Celebrity Patrick Teoh was remanded for three days by the Johor police for allegedly insulting the state’s Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim.


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