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

1. Deputy Home Minister Azis Jamman vowed to take action after a group revealed that they had brought back the remains of communist leader Chin Peng, who died in Thailand in 2013, to Malaysia more than two months ago and had scattered them.

2. Attorney-General Tommy Thomas hailed a court victory in the UK that would mean the legal dispute between 1MDB and the Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company would play out in public instead of behind closed doors.

3. The Education Ministry said upper secondary students would be able to choose from four ‘packages’ of subjects beginning in the next school year.

4. There was ruckus during a late-night Dewan Rakyat session when there was insufficient quorum and MPs on both sides questioned the attendance on the opposing sides.

5. A sales agent facilitating Felda’s purchase of the Merdeka Palace Hotel in Kuching in 2014 told the High Court in Kuala Lumpur that he was paid RM10 million in commission, but was asked to channel RM9 million of the sum to a “political fund” in Sarawak.

6. The government has extended the deadline for MPs to declare their assets to Dec 5, amid reluctance from opposition lawmakers.

7. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said the actions of two Malacca PKR assemblypersons to undermine a government motion at the state assembly were unacceptable, while the party information chief said the move had nothing to do with factional infighting.

8. PKR leaders aligned to deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali's faction have urged the party to reverse its decision to sack central leadership council member Zakaria Abdul Hamid for alleged graft.

9. PKR Youth chief Akmal Nasir’s service centre was splashed with red paint and a headless chicken was left at the door.

10. The Malaysian Basketball Association (Maba) has terminated its contractor for displaying a ‘Malaysian flag’ with a five-pointed star at the opening of a match, while Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has ordered an investigation.