Here are the key headlines you may have missed yesterday

Danger in Damansara as bombs found in condominium

Sunday kicked off to an explosive start when residents at a condominium in Damansara, Selangor, were evacuated after police found at least four homemade bombs and drugs in one of the units.

However, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi denied that the bombs are terrorism-related .

Police say they found nine kilogrammes of what they believe to be ketamine and a kilogramme of what is suspected to be cocaine in the car of one of the tenants of the raided unit.

The bombmaker is believed to be local, while the two tenants are still at large.

Tempers flare in Sarawak, but cool Najib keeps the goodies rolling

Sarawak BN chief Adenan Satem’s strategy of fielding “direct BN candidates” is riling up SUPP, with its Youth infmation secretary Milton Foo ticking off Adenan for being dictatorial and acting unilaterally at the party’s expense. SUPP lost seven seats to rival splinter party UPP.

Among candidates to be fielded by BN include five tycoons and family members of timber merchants, analysts say for funding purposes, leaving DAP to appeal to voters to support it against tycoon cash.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had no shortage of cash to dole out , providing RM8 million from state and federal funds to a mosque and a church, while announcing free laptops for the state’s Fifth Form students, during his visit to Sarawak.

AG won’t relook RM2.6b case

Attorney-general Apandi Ali said the statement from Saudi foreign minister Adel Al-Jubaeir that the RM2.6 billion given to Najib was a donation with no expectations shows there is no need to investigate the case further . He had cleared the PM of wrongdoing in January.

Amanah president looks at another angle of the RM2.6 billion donation from Saudi Arabia to PM Najib, questioning if the Saudi minister’s confirmation implies Malaysia has been co-opted into the Saudi bloc of Middle East geopolitics.

Other KiniBites

Muslim Indian national preacher Dr Zakir Naik inspires four to embrace Islam at his talk in Kuala Lumpur, which was initially banned by the police. He also stresses that he is only quoting the Quran when he refutes the Christian belief that Jesus is the son of God.

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad gets swamped with requests for autographs when he hit the streets of Kuala Lumpur to seek signatures for the petition to oust Najib.

In the latest edition of Malaysians Kini, G25 founder and retired diplomat Noor Farida Arifin opens the doors to her home to share her life story and her concerns about religious intolerance in Malaysia.

Looking ahead

CIMB Group group chairperson Nazir Abdul Razak will host a press conference at 12pm, after CIMB Group’s annual general meeting.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur will decide on Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah’s application to strike out charges against her under the Peaceful Assembly Act.