KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. Pakatan Harapan will not field a candidate for the Chini by-election because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Pahang Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail wants other parties to follow suit.

2. Umno Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki called for a political ceasefire to prepare for the difficult economic times ahead.

3. Umno and PAS' Muafakat Nasional pact is finalising its preparations in the event of a snap 15th general election.

4. Sources told Malaysiakini that Gombak MP Azmin Ali's bloc was responsible for negotiating Lubok Antu MP Jugah Muyang's exit from PKR, striking another blow to Pakatan Harapan.

5. Simpang Renggam Bersatu opposed party president Muhyiddin Yassin's reported pick of the division's acting chief to replace Maszlee Malik

6. The MACC denied claims that it intimidated an aide to Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman. The alleged intimidation was criticised by Harapan, while Suaram likened to BN-era tactics.

7. Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Tengku Aziz said a US$3 billion compensation from Goldman Sachs would be insufficient to settle its 1MDB case.

8. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that Petronas chief executive officer Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin will be moved to Malaysia Airlines Berhad

9. Concerns were raised that almost 360,000 disabled people will not be getting the RM300 one-off cash aid announced by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

10. The government has agreed in principle to allow big mosques to reopen to the public as long as they can maintain social distancing within the mosque. Hair and beauty salons together with barbershops would be allowed to reopen from June 10 onwards.

11. The Health Ministry does not expect to see another spike in Covid-19 cases as testing of migrant workers at immigration depots are almost done.