KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.
1. Controversial Muslim preacher Zakir Naik spent several hours being questioned at the police headquarters in Bukit Aman.
It is understood that two investigation papers have been opened against him, one on his allegedly anti-Indian comments, another on his allegedly anti-Chinese remarks, made during a speech in Kelantan last week.
The government said it will stripped Zakir of his permanent resident status should the police find he has broken the law.
2. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has agreed to look into AirAsia's request to slash passenger service charges (PSC) at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2), a low-cost carrier terminal.
It is unfair to tax the KLIA2 passengers the same as those using the main Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), he said.
3. Seven Pahang DAP state assemblypersons issued a joint statement to reaffirm their opposition to the continued operation of Lynas’s rare-earths processing plant in Gebeng, near Kuantan.
4. Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan blasted the cabinet decision to make the introduction of khat lessons optional and dependent on the approval of parent-teacher associations (PTAs), parents and pupils.
He called it a U-turn that handed over victory to Chinese educationists' movement Dong Jiao Zong and he demanded the resignation of Education Minister Maszlee Malik.
5. Police have detained a suspect in a probe against a Twitter user who claimed that Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin was raped and murdered by an Orang Asli.
6. The Kota Kinabalu Election Court this afternoon declared null and void former foreign minister Anifah Aman's victory in the Kimanis parliamentary seat during the last general election, leaving open the possibility of another by-election.
7. The government has concluded its first round of briefings and consultations with stakeholders on the long-awaited formation of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), said de facto law minister Liew Vui Keong.
