• UPDATED 3.51PM | Added update on arrests made due to breaching of recovery MCO rules.

CORONAVIRUS | The government has agreed in principle to allow ministries, agencies and the private sector to resume conducting face-to-face job interviews, Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today.

"Regarding the hiring process for government employees, a special meeting has approved the appeal made by a number of ministries and agencies to carry out job interviews in person," he said in a briefing from Putrajaya.

"The Public Services Commission will prepare an SOP concerning the face-to-face hiring process and that SOP will be reviewed by the...