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

1. Normah Ishak has been appointed as the principal assistant director of the Special Branch's counter-terrorism division, making her the first woman to head the division.

2. Malaysia also has a new chief secretary to the government, Mohd Zuki Ali, who made a call for civil servants to be neutral and professional.

3. A stop-work order was issued against "The Address" condominium in Taman Desa, KL after part of its structure collapsed during construction.

4. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said a subcommittee has been set up to evaluate whether to reintroduce the teaching of maths and science in English and hopes a decision can be made by next year.

5. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said some MPs from his party who are plotting to scuttle the prime ministerial transition plan are refusing to own up.

6. Bersatu supreme council leader Wan Saiful Wan Jan said vested interests are trying to get Mahathir to stay on as prime minister longer or to leave early instead of following the Pakatan Harapan leadership's consensus.

7. 300 protesters clad in "Malay warrior" outfit submitted a memorandum to Istana Negara to call for the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong's intervention over what they claimed are insults against the monarchy and Islam.

8. A US woman and two others became the latest cases of Covid-19 in Malaysia, bringing the total cases to 22.

9. Families of 12 suspects detained under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 over purported links to the defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam turned to a public petition after lamenting that they were running out of options to free their loved ones.