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

1. Sri Gading's Shahruddin Salleh is the latest MP to be booted out of Bersatu for sitting with the opposition during the Dewan Rakyat sitting.

2. The Prime Minister's Department clarified that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin did not say the government will recognise the United Examination Certificate (UEC), the certification for Chinese independent school students.

3. The Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia (Huazong) acknowledged that no such announcement was made by Muhyiddin and agreed that the UEC needs to follow the national education policy.

4. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng claimed that Muhyiddin, who served as the home minister under the previous Pakatan Harapan government, had never intended to reinvestigate the death of Teoh Beng Hock.

5. Fifteen new Covid-19 cases, including an infected teacher, pushed the total of active cases to above 100.

6. Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said he had consented to be questioned after work hours by the MACC after the graft buster was criticised for grilling the Muar MP for 11 hours.

7. PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said he expects the Perikatan Nasional component parties that are dominant in their respective states to maintain their status quo in the next general election during seat negotiations.

8. Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed that ministers from DAP were used for fear-mongering in the Malay community.

9. Police said they are looking for staff of a shoe company that printed the national coat of arms on the sole of their shoe product.