Key headlines that you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

Kedah Umno branches pass anti-Najib motions

Former Kedah menteri besar Mukhriz Mahathir hailed what he claimed to be ‘historic’ no-confidence motions from 50 Kedah branches, many of which are allied to him or his father, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, against party chief and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak at their respective AGMs.

Meanwhile, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said the wing's election machinery will not be daunted from working to ensure BN wins, even if Mahathir were to contest in one of the seats in the coming Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-elections.

Posturing aside, such political developments seem to matter little to constituents in the coastal town of Sungai Besar in Sabak Bernam, Selangor, as many are increasingly preoccupied with just trying to make ends meet amid the rising cost of living.

MACC visit to Penang CM house mistaken for raid

News reports that Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's house was raided by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission while he and his wife were being questioned are not true, Lim's legal counsel Gobind Singh Deo said.

Gobind said the officers from the anti-graft body only came to visit the premise.

In the meantime, Lim challenged the federal government to approve his soon-to-be-filed application for a third bridge, following criticisms over plans to build a tunnel to the mainland, sniping that this would give the BN the opportunity to laugh at the expense of Pakatan Harapan for making empty promises too.

His father, DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang, threw the gauntlet to Najib to reveal the Bank Negara documents authorising the RM2.6 billion deposit into his personal accounts, as claimed by Department of Special Affairs (Jasa) director-general Mohd Puad Zarkashi in a briefing to students in Australia yesterday.

PAS prepared to lose S'gor exco posts over Sg Besar

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said that the party is prepared for its executive councillors in the Selangor government to be given the boot as a consequence of it contesting in the Sungai Besar by-election, though he hopes that it won't come to that.

There is no pre-muktamar purge within PAS, said the Islamic party's Youth chief Nik Abduh Nik Aziz, explaining that it is just the usual clean-up as those who are unhappy are given the chance to leave, though some dissenters who stubbornly remain will have to be given the boot.

More Kini bites

In a Malaysians Kini interview, Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang insists he’s no Twitter troll, and that his tweets that some see as controversial are just to share what he feels and deeply believes in.

A study has found that religious pluralism may be the order of the day in the ancient civilisation located in the Bujang Valley more than 3,000 years ago, as new findings show evidence of animism, practised side-by-side along with Hinduism and Buddhism.

Scary stories about Christian bogeymen out to convert Muslims, sexily dressed women subjecting themselves to rape and other tall tales that polarise society are sowing the seeds that will make Malaysia a country of idiots, says National University of Singapore professor Syed Farid Al-Attas.

Looking ahead

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur will decide today on PM Najib Abdul Razak's application for summary judgment in his defamation suite against PAS organ Harakahdaily.

The High Court will also decide on the twin applications to strike out charges under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 against six individuals, including PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli, who are charged under separate provisions of the Act, in relation to the Blackout 505 rally in 2013.

The Dewan Rakyat sitting resumes.