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

1. The Merdeka Centre survey has found that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has garnered a 69 percent approval rating, while a shrinking majority of people feel that the country is moving in the right direction.

2. MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said his successor will be appointed through a supermajority of parliamentary votes.

3. Bersatu’s Rais Yatim has been elected as the Dewan Negara president. Sources claimed that Umno has decided against nominating its own candidate for the post.

4. Amanah candidates will contest under the Warisan ticket in the coming Sabah state election, while sources claim that PAS would most likely adopt the BN logo again.

5. De facto law minister Takiyuddin Hassan said civil servants have been barred from using support letters issued by influential people since 2010, or they may face disciplinary action.

6. Only a small fraction of vernacular schools have agreed to teach Jawi as part of its Bahasa Malaysia syllabus.

7. A police witness told an inquiry that he was unsure of the missing couple Joshua Hilmy and Ruth Sitepu’s religious activities, while another said they were investigated under the Sedition Act 1948 but no evidence was found against them.

8. Police are wrapping up investigations on Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali’s alleged breach of quarantine rules.

9. The Health Ministry has tested 12,870 people living under targeted enhanced movement control order in Amanjaya, Kedah for Covid-19, and has urged about 9,490 others to come forward for testing.

10. Kedah plans list internet connectivity as a utility and requires developers to provide them alongside water and electricity when obtaining approval for planning permission.