Thursday, 20 May 2021 02:51 PM MYT
BY RADZI RAZAK
A general view of traffic in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur amid the movement control order on March 18, 2020. Picture by Firdaus Latif
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 De facto law minister Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan reportedly said the National Security Council (NSC) will deliberate tomorrow on whether to implement “total lockdown” in the face of rising Covid-19 cases and deaths in the country.
Several local media reported that Takiyuddin said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will chair the NSC meeting on the matter tomorrow.
Thursday, 20 May 2021 07:59 PM MYT
BY RADZI RAZAK
Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari speaks during a press conference in Shah Alam May 19, 2021. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the National Security Council (NSC) meeting to decide the possibility of a “total lockdown” tomorrow will not involve state government heads unlike previously.
On Twitter, Amiruddin said he was notified of this today. This was despite a federal minister saying earlier that the meeting would involve the mentris besar and chief ministers.
PM to chair meeting on nationwide MCO 20 May 2021 / 15:43 H.
PETALING
JAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyddin Yassin (
pix) will chair a meeting tomorrow (May 21) to discuss the nationwide MCO, according to a news flash by
Bernama.
De facto law minister Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan was quoted as saying: “It is one of the measures which need to be deliberated upon by the NSC (National Security Council). Previously, we’ve had the movement control order (MCO), conditional MCO and recovery MCO.
The country reported a total of 6,806 cases today. It is the second day in a row that cases have hit new records and exceeded the 6,000 mark.
Stalking comprises harmful, obsessive behaviours that disrupt the lives of victims and cause extreme distress. Photo: Pixabay
On Apr 14, a woman was stabbed to death by a man believed to be her boyfriend. Although she had made numerous police reports about stalking incidents, including break-ins from the man, the most recent one being a month before her murder, absolutely nothing was done to protect her.
“If stalking was a crime, the man would have been arrested; and the police would have helped the victim get a protection order. This could have saved her life, ” says Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) in a recent statement.