Compiled by LIEW JIA XIAN, RAHIMY RAHIM and R. ARAVINTHAN

       COMEDIAN Shuib Sepahtu, whose singer wife died of Covid-19 after giving birth to their fourth child, is making preparations to bring the infant home from the hospital, Harian Metro reported.

       Although the boy named Ayash Affan has not been discharged, Shuib has been getting ready for his homecoming.

       He said the doctors had estimated that the baby could be discharged in about two or three weeks.

       “He is now in a stable condition and his weight has gone up,” said Shuib, 36.

       Ayash Affan was taken out of the incubator on Aug 26 at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur.

       Siti Sarah Raissuddin, 36, died of Covid-19 on Aug 9, days after giving birth via Caesarean.

       The couple married on Feb 26, 2011.

       Their other children are sons Uwais Alqarni, 10, and Ariq Matin, six, and daughter Dzahira Talita Zahra, eight.

       > A housewife has sought legal advice about her marriage status after her husband pronounced the taklik (annulment) to her as a means to stop her from getting the Covid-19 vaccine, Berita Harian reported.

       She received her first dose of the vaccine without his knowledge.

       The housewife, who declined to be identified, had sought advice from a syariah lawyer to know whether the taklik is valid.

       Syariah lawyer Maryam Wafda Kamilen said the couple was in a long-distance marriage.

       “When they were talking on the phone about vaccine, her husband forbade her from taking it and that he would pronounce the taklik if she did so,” said Maryam Wafda.

       “We urge housewives facing such a situation to file a case at the Syariah Court.”

       The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.