Kini Roundup: Najib fails in court, Rafizi shows he's 'GLC-meddling'
Here are the key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.
Najib, Rosmah fail to get summary judgment against DAP's Nga
Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor may need to testify, after failing to obtain a summary judgment in the ongoing defamation case against DAP's Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming.
This is related to Nga's Facebook posting alleging Rosmah had participated in a cabinet meeting, which the couple denies.
The couple wanted a summary judgment because the MP does not deny he made the posting, but the judge said the matter should go to trial.
Rafizi claims he has letter to prove PM meddled in GLC
PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli says he has a letter to show PM Najib meddled in the affairs of a government-linked company.
The letter was allegedly written by an officer in the Prime Minister's Office to a GLC chief, instructing the latter to ignore a bankruptcy notice of an Umno man, and to settle the man's bank loans.
Malaysiakini has contacted the officer for a response.
Umno can survive 70 more years, says Najib
Wearing his Umno presidential hat, Najib is grateful Umno is among the parties with the longest record of staying in power in the world.
He attributes this to Umno's "moderate" politics and believes Umno can go on for another 70 years.
The party turns 70 on May 14.
Other KiniBites
Umno Sungai Besar division chief and leader of the Gerakan Merah, Jamal Md Yunos, says he is not keen to run in the imminent Sungai Besar by-election but leaves it to the party leadership.
Zenith Group of Companies, one-half of a consortium awarded the contract to develop highways linking Penang Island with Butterworth, is ready to present the facts to cabinet minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan.
Rahman said the Penang undersea tunnel study can cost up to RM305 million but Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng says the feasibility studies for the three highways, including the tunnel, will only cost RM51.2 million.
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad says Najib has no reason to rejoice over BN's victory in Sarawak, because now Najib is even more beholden to Sarawak for support.
1MDB is engaging with bondholders, following the default amid the dispute over payments to an unverified British Virgin Island firm. It appoints financial adviser Alvarex & Marsal Asia Ltd (A&M) for the process.
Looking ahead
PKR political bureau to decide if it will take the Sarawak government to court over the immigration ban on its leaders.
National Feedlot Corporation chairperson Mohamed Salleh's defamation trial against Rafizi and Malaysiakini resumes.

