SINGAPORE -- Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 344 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 31,960.

Of the new cases, 99 percent were linked to known clusters, while the rest were pending contact tracing. (Singapore-COVID-19-Cases)

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HONG KONG -- National security legislation for Hong Kong is of greatest urgency and will ensure the enduring success of "one country, two systems," Commissioner of the Chinese foreign ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Xie Feng said on Monday.

As he briefed foreign consular corps, chambers of commerce, international organizations and media in Hong Kong on national security legislation for Hong Kong, Xie stressed that national security is the very foundation for a country to survive and thrive, and enacting national security legislation is an exercise of a nation's sacrosanct sovereignty. (Hong Kong-Commissioner-National Security)

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HONG KONG -- The Security Bureau of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Hong Kong disciplinary forces have voiced their full support for establishing and improving at the state level the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the HKSAR to safeguard national security.

A draft decision on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the HKSAR to safeguard national security has been submitted to the third session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) for deliberation on Friday. (HK-National Security-Support)

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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday lifted the COVID-19 state of emergency in the five remaining prefectures still under restrictions, including Tokyo, as the spread of the virus has largely been brought under control.

"Today the government will lift the state of emergency across the nation. We've set some of the most strict criteria in the world to lift the declaration, and we concluded that prefectures across the country have met that standard," the Japanese leader told a press conference. (Japan-Emergency-Lifted)

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HONG KONG -- The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Monday refuted some foreign politicians' comments as "double standards and hypocrisy" on the Chinese national legislature's national security legislation for the HKSAR.

Every country has a right, and indeed a duty, to protect national security and sovereignty. To suggest that China does not have the right to legislate to protect national security in the HKSAR smacks of double standards and hypocrisy, said a spokesman of the HKSAR government. (HK-Foreign Politicians-Refute)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia has reported 172 new COVID-19 cases, with 112 of them traced to three immigration detention facilities, pushing the national total to 7,417 cases, the Health Ministry said on Monday.

It marked the first daily increase of over 100 since the Malaysian government relaxed the restrictive measures on May 4. (Malaysia-COVID-19)

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DHAKA -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh reached 35,585, including 1,975 new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours, the biggest daily jump since March 8, a senior health ministry official told a media briefing on television on Monday.

With 21 new deaths, the toll due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country reached 501 on Monday, said Professor Nasima Sultana, additional director general of Directorate General of Health Services under the Ministry of Health. (Bangladesh-COVID-19) Enditem

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