Here are the key headlines from yesterday that you may have missed, in brief.

Guan Eng ready for jail

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said he has accepted that he is likely to be convicted of the corruption charges, but maintains it is political persecution.

Penang DAP chief Chow Kon Yeow is likely to replace Lim as chief minister in the event of Lim's incarceration, continuing the convention of an ethnic Chinese CM in the northern state.

But Chow denies this is deliberate as a means to maintain DAP's traditional Chinese support, and urged all to look at his capability and not his ethnicity.

New 'bumiputera-only' party a strategic move?

Veteran journalist Kadir Jasin said the new party by former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be open to bumiputera only so as to avoid friendly fire among anti-BN forces.

Kadir, who is privy to the discussions on the formation of the new party, says the matter was raised with PKR, DAP, Amanah and PAS and received positive reaction.

However, Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid says there are already too many Malay-based parties, including frontrunners Umno and PAS.

PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin says the new party is welcome, although it could complicate seat negotiations for the next general election.

US 'after Malays', Najib wants love

Recalling the 2003 Iraq invasion, Malacca Chief Minister Idris Haron claimed the court filings by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) related to the 1MDB scandal is part of a political ploy to unseat the Malays.

In his speech while officiating Ampang Umno divisional annual general meeting, Idris also said there is no economic downturn in Malaysia since no one has gone hungry and Hari Raya Aidilfitri is celebrated for a month.

Officiating the annual meeting of several Umno divisions in Taiping, Perak, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak urges Umno members to "love (him) as president" of Umno and safeguard the presidential institution.

Other Kinibites

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Abdul Rahman Dahlan calls for the scrapping of the language criteria that disqualifies films like 'Ola Bola' and 'Jagat' from winning 'Best Film' at Festival Filem Malaysia next month.

Police arrest Johor Darul Takzim FC (JDT) supporters for bringing flares to the JDT vs Perak FA match on Saturday night, which saw a commotion after opposing fans attacked each other with bottles, flares and firecrackers.

The National Union of Journalists calls for police action on fans who attacked a New Straits Times Press (NSTP) photographer on duty that night, after demanding that deletes photographs he took, and snatched away RM30,000 worth of his equipment.

The whereabouts of the RM4 billion loaned by Retirement Fund Incorporated (Kwap) to former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International remains the last piece of the 1MDB jigsaw, but only international investigations can bring it to light for Malaysians as the federal audit is still sealed.

Deputy minister in charge of Islamic affairs Asyraf Wajdi urges all to respect the fatwa of the Federal Territories mufti banning the popular mobile phone game Pokemon Go.

Looking ahead

The Public Accounts Committee meets for the first time since the US DOJ lawsuits to seize assets linked to 1MDB.

The Terengganu legislative assembly sitting commences today amid concerns of political crisis, after Terengganu Umno reported its Kijal assemblyperson Ahmad Said to the party disciplinary committee.