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

Nur Jazlan unhappy with U-turn on Disney screening

Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed has lamented that the decision to allow the uncensored version of Disney's film 'Beauty and the Beast' gave the appearance that the country was succumbing to foreign commercial interests.

Meanwhile billionaire philanthropist Richard Branson lamented that minorities such as the gay community are not accepted by Malaysians. He urged business leaders to speak up on such issues, as governments have failed to perform as they should.

In a related matter, tickets sales for the film 'Power Rangers' resumed today after being suspended amid fears that the film will not meet censorship guidelines. According to its director, the film about five teenagers who develop superpowers, features a lesbian character as one of the Power Rangers.

Johor Sultan cries treason

Johor's Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar has likened Johoreans who believe "lies" peddled on the Forest City development in Pasir Gudang, to individuals who committed treason.

In the Forest City edition of the Fact Check, Malaysiakini waded through the noise, and examined what has been said to separate fact from fiction. Is the land leasehold or freehold? Does sovereignty have anything to do with this?

Meanwhile Sultan Ibrahim also revealed that he had once rebuffed an "agent" who represented someone seeking the "tan sri" title and was willing to pay RM2 million. The sultan was not amused, the New Straits Times reported.

More Kinibites

PKR's Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar condemned Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia for banning media from the Parliament hallway. She said reporters gather at the hallway not to "picnic" as accused by the speaker, but to do their duty as journalists.

The United States authorities are preparing to file criminal charges against Penang-born billionaire Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, for involvement in what they believe to be "one of the largest financial frauds in history", reports the Wall Street Journal.

A joint special report by Malaysiakini and Tempo Media, followed the money trail in the lucrative illegal Indonesian maid trade into Malaysia. Identifying the many who cashed in, as runaway teens end up as undocumented workers, or return in caskets.

Komas programme manager Lena Hendry was fined RM10,000 or ordered to spend a year in jail by a magistrate's court in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for screening the documentary on the Sri Lankan civil war titled 'No Fire Zone' four years ago.

Looking ahead

Today the Invoke Centre for Policy Initiatives will be announcing the tabulated results of it survey on Malay and bumiputera voters' views on the proposed amendments to Act 355 and how it may affect their votes.