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

1. Kuching was declared a red zone after recording 41 Covid-19 cases. The total number of active cases nationwide is now at 167 after a second consecutive day of recording more than 20 new infections.

2. Starting Monday, police will be arresting overseas returnees who have yet to undergo a mandatory second Covid-19 test on the 13th day of their home quarantine period.

3. Bangladeshi national Mohd Rayhan Kabir, who gave a controversial interview to Al Jazeera has been detained. His family has appointed him lawyers, while NGOs are calling for him to be given a fair trial. He insists he only told the truth.

4. The government is planning to reactivate the now-defunct Special Affairs Department (Jasa).

5. Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng was questioned by the MACC for more than seven hours as part of investigations into the RM6.3 billion Penang undersea tunnel project.

6. PKR vice-president Tian Chua said his new NGO, known as Daya, has nothing to do with NGOs previously set up by former PKR leaders aligned to Mohamed Azmin Ali.

7. Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin says she will “concede” her push for local government elections if the Perikatan Nasional government is against the idea.

8. Pakatan Harapan said it would not be possible for Goldman Sachs to pay US$3.9 billion (RM16.63 billion) over its role in the alleged theft in 1MDB if BN was still in power.