KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.
1. Fending off charges against him, former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak insisted the money in his bank account came from donations, and he had spent it on a birthday gift for his wife Rosmah Mansor as well as diplomatic gifts.
2. Najib had responded with “don’t know” and “unaware” at least 46 times in his witness statement in the SRC trial, mostly pertaining his bank account.
3. A World Bank study finds Malaysian millennials hit wage stagnation, and 40 percent of them admitted to spending beyond their means due to impulsive buying behaviour.
4. Police spent nearly eight hours recording the statement of Muhammad Yusoff Rawther, who had accused PKR president Anwar Ibrahim of sexual misconduct against him. Police also spent an hour questioning Sungai Pelek assemblyperson Ronnie Liu on the Hat Yai Peace Accord anniversary event that he attended.
5. Pakatan Harapan’s reforms have done little to change Malaysia’s human rights record, said the rights group Suaram.
6. Amid questions about the prime minister’s succession plan, Perak exco member Abdul Aziz Bari argued that Anwar has an edge over Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad when it comes to support from the MPs in Parliament.
7. S Vell Paari confirmed he had filed for a summons asking the court to determine whether his father S Samy Vellu is a mentally disordered person and incapable of managing his own affairs, saying he had no choice due to his father’s condition and a lawsuit against them both.
8. Mukah MP Hanifah Hajar Taib, who is the daughter of Sarawak Governor Abdul Taib Mahmud, declined to comment when asked whether she had declared her assets, as required by Parliament.
9. The Dewan Rakyat has confirmed receiving notification of a vacancy in the Kimanis parliamentary seat, and Bersatu’s Sabah chapter is vying to contest the coming by-election.
10. Jaringan Melayu Malaysia president Azwanddin Hamzah apologised and agreed to pay RM90,000 to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department P Waythamoorthy for using a racial slur against Waytha.
