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

1. PKR has again rejected Dr Mahathir Mohamad as candidate for prime minister in event Pakatan Harapan and its allies manage to mount a countercoup against the Perikatan Nasional-led government.

2. DAP and Amanah revealed that PKR has failed to secure Gabungan Parti Sarawak’s support for the countercoup, and urged PKR to turn to its backup plan of choosing Mahathir as prime minister and PKR president Anwar Ibrahim as deputy prime minister.

3. PKR is allowing Anwar the latitude to hold discussions with anyone - even Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin - in its bid to recapture Putrajaya, while Mahathir said he will not break his promise to step down as prime minister.

4. Petronas CEO Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin had resigned over a disagreement with Muhyiddin over a plan to pay US$470 million (RM2 billion) in sales tax sales tax to Sarawak, according to sources.

5. Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said the police are merely following procedures and have no intention to intimidate opposition politicians by investigating them.

6. Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud has backtracked and confirmed the death of Indian national Zeawdeen Kadar Masdan in his department’s custody, saying that the deceased was detained because his travel patterns are out-of-norms of ordinary tourists.

7. Umno and three other parties will get back RM194 million that was previously frozen due to a 1MDB-linked forfeiture suit, pending the prosecution’s appeal on related lawsuits.

8. The Education Ministry has released social distancing guidelines to be adopted by preschools when they reopen on July 1.

9. The Election Commission has campaign rules for the Chini by-election to allow activities such as door-to-door campaigning and ceramah.

10. Security researchers have uncovered spyware that attacked users through Google Chrome extensions that have been downloaded 32 million times.