KINI ROUNDUP | Here are the key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

Zaid to sue Kelantan over maghrib ruling

Former Kota Baru MP Zaid Ibrahim will file a lawsuit against the Kelantan for its blanket ruling for all traders, including non-Muslims, to shut down for maghrib prayers, calling it "illegal".

Meanwhile, Catholic Bishop Emeritus Paul Tan said the ruling is confirmation that Muslim strictures will eventually be imposed on non-Muslims.

In related issue, Malaysiakini's checks found that there are regulations on non-Muslim houses of worship in all states in Malaysia except Perak, Penang, Kelantan and the East Malaysian states, as they were based on a draft town-planning guideline drawn up by the federal government.

Zakir Naik is Malaysian permanent resident

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, a citizen of India and who is wanted in his home country, was granted permanent resident status five years ago.

He said there is no question of extraditing Zakir, as the preacher is not based in Malaysia, but Indian investigators can seek assistance through a mutual legal assistance request.

Meanwhile, inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said he would not jump the gun on an Interpol red corner notice (RCN) that Indian authorities are mulling to issue on Zakir, and said the police would decide when the warrant is issued.

No need to send students overseas, says minister

Higher Education Minister Idris Jusoh does not see the need to send students abroad, especially since there are many reputable universities in the country and students who go abroad mostly do not go to the top one percent of universities in the world.

He also said that the standards of the local universities are improving, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud acknowledged this when he accepted the two honorary doctorates conferred on him by Universiti Malaya and International Islamic University.

Other Kinibites

PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli wants the identity of the 17 recipients of funds linked to SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary of 1MDB, as shown in attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali's chart, to be revealed.

Subang Jaya assemblyperson Hannah Yeoh, who was vilified when she tried to register her firstborn daughter's ethnicity as "Anak Malaysia", feels vindicated after Youth and Sport Minister Khairy Jamaluddin on Monday said young people now want to be known as "Bangsa Malaysia" and not identified by their ethnicities.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has called for an early election, to be held on June 8, saying she needed to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the European Union by shoring up support for her Brexit plan.

Australia is abolishing the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457 visa), a decision that could potentially affect many Malaysians. Malaysia is among the top 15 countries with citizens granted the document in 2015-2016.

Looking ahead

The Court of Appeal will hear Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua's civil suit against the Immigration Department over the now lifted travel ban against the MP.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is to launch the Bumiputera 2.0 Economic Transformation.

Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who was prisoned in Egypt, is in Kuala Lumpur to share his experience.