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

Orang Asli blockade set ablaze

An anti-logging blockade set up by the Orang Asli community in Gua Musang was again demolished using bulldozers and was later set ablaze.

Sungai Besar Umno chief Jamal Md Yunos, who was arrested for gang robbery, was released ahead of the expiry of his five-day remand.

Umno Youth urged the setting up of a royal commission of inquiry into Bank Negara Malaysia’s foreign exchange (forex) losses when Dr Mahathir Mohamad was prime minister.

‘Racial twist in FT proposal’

DAP MPs lodged a police report against Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor for proposing that Penang be turned into a federal territory to help Malays who he alleged were neglected by the state government.

Responding to the police report, Tengku Adnan claimed he said all races were sidelined in Penang.

Gerakan criticised Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s ‘I Love Penang’ campaign in response to Tengku Adnan, stating that loving Penang should not only come when it is politically convenient.

PKR’s Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar asked if Kuala Lumpur will get a referendum to decide whether its people want to come under federal control in light of Tengku Adnan’s proposal for Penang.

Attempts to break up Harapan

Parti Amanah Negara communications director Khalid Samad claimed PAS was attempting to break up Pakatan Harapan when it asked PKR and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia to abandon the coalition.

PAS’ Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar claimed Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is trying to shape perception of Umno-PAS unity.

PKR deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali urged opposition leaders to show humility as the opposition coalition needs to be inclusive.

The Royal Selangor Club denied it faced political pressure to disallow its venue from being used for the ‘Save Malaysia’ roundtable session.

Other Kinibites

Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim received consent from his father to contest for the presidency of the Football Association of Malaysia.

Umno information chief Annuar Musa also confirmed his candidacy for the position.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court rejected Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin’s bid to use Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy conviction as a defence against the PKR de facto leader’s defamation suit.

PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli warned that RON95 petrol may hit RM2.70 per litre in June due to rising global oil prices.

Looking ahead

Former minister Zaid Ibrahim is set to announce his entry into DAP.

Top opposition leaders will be attending the ‘Save Malaysia’ roundtable discussion in Bandar Utama.