Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysia records continuous rise with 3,997 new COVID-19 cases, Hong Kong Stand News editors charged with sedition

Episode 332,   Dec 30, 2021, 09:00 AM

AMONG the headlines for Thursday, December 30, 2021, Malaysia records a slight rise with another 3,997 new COVID-19 infections detected within the last 24 hours.

As of yesterday the death rate recorded an increase of 36 deaths. The country has so far lost 31,428 people to the virus.

Also, following a raid that drew international condemnation, two senior editors of Hong Kong media outlet Stand News were charged today with conspiracy to publish seditious material.

More than 200 officers were deployed to search the Stand News office with court authorisation to seize journalistic materials.


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