Apparently, some Malaysians are more equal than others

Covid-19 mayn’t be able to distinguish between government joes and us ordinary joes, but that ain’t stopping Putrajaya from relaxing quarantine rules for our ministers.

Elsewhere in today’s newsletter, we break the daily death record again; Malaysia’s poor are hit hard by the pandemic; and our favourite h̶a̶m̶b̶u̶r̶g̶l̶a̶r̶ bandit returns to the spotlight.