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

1. DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang called on Malaysians to stop fearing each other, while secretary-general Lim Guan Eng denied that the party was taking non-Malay voters for granted.

2. Chinese educationist group Dong Zong insisted that khat is a form of Islamisation and will launch a petition to stop it being taught in vernacular schools, while a DAP rep wants Putrajaya to explain how learning the calligraphy form will be "optional."

3. The Finance Ministry grilled Bernama's CEO over the agency's so-called "cash-strapped situation".

4. MCA president Wee Ka Siong claimed Guan Eng, the finance minister, had broken his promise not to use public funds for the third national car project.

5. The haze worsened with Miri recording hazardous levels of air pollution.