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

1. Pakatan Harapan's counter-coup efforts are being hampered by a deadlock between disputed Bersatu chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad and PKR president Anwar Ibrahim.

2. Anwar said the country's management of the 1997 financial crisis helped pave way to the 1MDB scandal.

3. Bersatu supreme council member Akhramsyah Sanusi said continued reforms hinge on Harapan returning to power - and therefore that should be the focus of the coalition, instead of Anwar becoming the prime minister.

4. Former attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali filed an affidavit accusing special prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram of trying to convince him to arrest former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

5. The departure of Petronas CEO Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin is reportedly linked to his objections to changes in oil laws that would help the PN government woo support from East Malaysia to bolster its thin majority.

6. Radio announcer Patrick Teoh claimed trial to insulting Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim.

7. Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari urged Muslims to oppose the appointment of lawyer Eric Paulsen as a member of the Communications and Multimedia Consultative Council, claiming that Paulsen promoted "deviant" views.

8. Public Accounts Committee vice-chairperson Wong Kah Woh said the committee has been paralysed, with no meeting since March 4 to provide an oversight on the government.

9. The government stressed that it had consulted all stakeholders before allowing airlines to resume operations without social distancing measures against Covid-19.

10 Entertainment distributor Speedy Video Distributors Sdn Bhd announced it was closing all its rental outlets after more than three decades in business, amid an economic downturn brought about by Covid-19.