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

1. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has denied allegations of sexual misconduct against him, made by his former research officer Muhammed Yusoff Rawther, while his deputy Mohamed Azmin Ali vowed that party leaders would fend off gutter politics.

2. Azmin gets a hero’s welcome when officiating the PKR Youth and Women’s wing congress, where his speech struck a reconciliatory tone after a protracted stand-off with Anwar.

3. Lawyer Toby Landau - who is representing the Malaysian government in its lawsuit against the International Petroleum Investment Corporation - told Malaysiakini of the significance of the case in unravelling the 1MDB scandal.

4. The Umno Youth general assembly yesterday featured a non-Muslim speaker at its debate for the first time – the Pensiangan delegate Busiau Ampirak who was dressed in traditional Murut attire.

5. The technical committee report on whether Muafakat Nasional should become a formal coalition will be ready by February, said Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan.

6. A detainee held under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 over alleged ties with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam told the court about the torture and threats of physical harm that he faced while in detention.

7. After 19 years since it was first established, Suhakam’s annual report has been debated in the Dewan Rakyat for the first time.

8. A report reveals that civic space in Malaysia is “obstructed”, noting that criminal defamation laws had been used to prosecute online criticism of religion and the monarchy.

9. TARC Education Foundation said the government still owes it RM60 million in financial obligations, and money channelled to its Tunku Abdul Rahman University College through third parties is no substitute for this.

10. The police have issued a warning against uploading articles that sensationalise the events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Hat Yai Peace Accord.