KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) said today it has received over 30,000 membership registrations since the party submitted the application to register itself officially.

Muda had posted on its official Twitter handle @partimuda a list of purported achievements it had made the past one month since its founding, including the number of members registered.

“We realise Muda is a newly formed party in the country and we will strive to always learn and improve ourselves for Malaysia. Thank you for the support from all of you. A month has passed, tomorrow awaits!” the tweet said.

Among the achievements included launching its social media platform, with the party now boasting 49,000 followers on Twitter, 16,000 followers on Instagram and 18,000 followers on Facebook.


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PETALING JAYA: DAP MP Teresa Kok has hit back at Najib Razak after the former prime minister spoke out against her party for blaming Umno for the spike in Covid-19 cases after the Sabah polls.

She questioned why Najib was laying the blame on her party now when he had previously blamed the National Security Council (MKN) for rejecting Health Minister Dr Adham Baba’s suggestion of mandatory quarantine for those returning from Sabah.

She added that Najib had also previously urged Umno to retract support for PPBM because of the blame his party was getting over the surge in Covid-19 cases.

“Najib also blamed Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin for not properly isolating prisoners or observing the SOPs which caused the clusters in several detention centres in Kedah, Perak and Penang.

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A city in eastern China has started offering a coronavirus vaccine to the general public - although it has not yet completed clinical trials.

Hundreds of people have been queuing outside a hospital in Yiwu, where nurses are administering the injections for a fee of around $60 (£45).

Watch the video here!

PETALING JAYA: Umno vice-president Khaled Nordin has urged Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to make the right “decision” to maintain the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government, saying his party wants to be treated as a real partner in the current administration.

Khaled said Umno’s priority was to continue defending the PN government which it helped form, although it had other options —whether to bring down the current administration or make way for a general election.

“But (a general election) is Umno’s last choice because of the pandemic. Umno will not gamble with the safety, health and welfare of the people by going for elections.

“Umno’s priority is to form a government that is truly capable of managing the country in this crisis. And for that, Umno wants to be respected as a real partner in this political cooperation.


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MELAKA, Oct 18 — There is no need for a Cabinet reshuffle at the moment as the current government is functioning well, especially with the country still fighting against the spread of Covid-19, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof.

He said the rumours of a Cabinet reshuffle that had been spread could have been a personal statement made by some leaders, and did not represent any party in Perikatan Nasional (PN).

“I had a meeting with the Prime Minister (Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin) yesterday and during the discussion, we do not see the need for a Cabinet reshuffle at the moment.

“When the time the Cabinet is seen not functioning well, then the decision to reshuffle the Cabinet can be made. So there is no need to pressure the prime minister to reshuffle the Cabinet,” he told reporters after a dinner with members of the print and electronic media in Melaka here yesterday.


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