The Army has set up an enquiry board to determine the cause of yesterday’s incident, where two soldiers were injured during a weapons training exercise at a camp in Gurun Kedah.

All live-fire drills have also been temporarily suspended, pending the outcome of the investigation.

Initial checks, however, have found no SOP violations in the handling of weapons during the exercise.

The latest incident happened at the same camp where two other soldiers were killed during a grenade exercise last month.

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The Health Ministry has temporarily taken down its official website for remedial action, after a recent cyber threat.

However, it says there is no indication that critical systems and patient data were affected in the incident.

The Ministry clarified that the website was mainly used to share corporate and public information and did not store any sensitive data.

It adds that its healthcare delivery system continues to operate as normal, and is protected by separate security infrastructure.

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The Transport Ministry has deferred the full enforcement of the speed limiter rule for commercial vehicles, to give the industry more time to comply.

The first phase of enforcement began in October last year.

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In other news… 

MARA has expelled four Form Five students from an MRSM in Johor, while two others have been suspended, amid an investigation into a bullying incident involving a junior.

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And, the government’s Budi Diesel initiative rolls out today, offering subsidized diesel at RM2.10 per liter to some 700 thousand private vehicle owners nationwide.