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Mar 29, 2021

The Election Commission should be given time and space to implement Undi18 and automatic voter registration.

De facto Law minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan says this is because there are issues of incomplete addresses and various other procedures are involved.

This comes after the EC said it will start the implementation of the two measures after September 1 st next year.

It received various reactions including a peaceful protest by a group of youngsters and NGOs near Parliament on the weekend, calling on the EC not to delay allowing 18-year-olds to vote.

The Occupational Safety and Health Department will summon the top management of the contractors of the SUKE project, as part of probes into the accident that claimed 3 lives last week.

The HR Ministry says the party concerned has been told to table all its SOPs and improvements made.

Malaysia recorded 1,302 Covid-19 cases yesterday with 426 infections in Sarawak.

There was a spike in new infections in Sarawak, the highest the state has reported since the pandemic began in the country.

Selangor, meanwhile, continued a downtrend reporting 256 new cases.