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Wed, 11 Aug 2021 - We've packed bite-sized highlights of the day's top news stories for you.
Local PM Muhyiddin Yassin plans to bring forward a confidence vote that could be held next week. The Malaysian Insight quoted a source, reporting there are plans to do so in a special Parliament sitting on Aug 8.
This follows a Malaysiakini report that the King reportedly told the PM to bring forward the Dewan Rakyat sitting scheduled for Sep 6.
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Harun has denied informing the PM he has lost majority support. A WhatsApp message had claimed that Azhar sent a letter to Muhyiddin saying 121 MPs oppose him.
Nearly 69% of adults have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while nearly 40% have received two.
As of Sunday, Sarawak has not recorded any COVID-19 deaths from infected individuals 2 weeks after they were fully vaccinated.
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