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

Bersih ultimatum to Jamal

Bersih 2.0 chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah has sent a letter of demand to red shirt leader Jamal Md Yunos, giving him 48 hours to apologise or face legal action for saying that Islamic State (IS) operatives have infiltrated the electoral reform movement, and that it would try to topple the government on the day of the Bersih 5 rally.

In a bizarre twist earlier yesterday, after lodging a police report on the matter, Jamal claimed that some of the information on the link between Bersih and IS came from PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli.

However, Rafizi dismissed Jamal as a "clown" whose antics are no longer funny, though he said that it would not be rib-tickling if he was arrested over the red shirt movement leader's police report to assist in investigations.

Meawhile, a group of 32 NGOs, some part of the Bersih coalition, urged inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar to issue an immediate arrest and investigation order against Jamal on the violence and criminal intimidation against participants of the Bersih 5 convoy last weekend.

Concern over redelineation

The Society for the Promotion of Human Rights (Proham) expressed concern over the Election Commission’s (EC) redelineation proposals, which it believes provide for some of the urban parliamentary constituencies to become extremely large, in contrast with rural and semi-urban areas.

On its part, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) said it would try to organise a roundtable discussion on the EC redelineation proposal with all stakeholders within the next week, following a memorandum several opposition MPs handed to it on the matter.

Rafizi said he would work with his volunteers from IT backgrounds to come up with a way to implement an online voter registration system, that he would offer to the EC.

Zaid's 50-50 chance

Former minister Zaid Ibrahim revealed that he has a 50 percent chance of contesting in the next general election, as he has a criminal case pending against him, lack of a party unless DAP or Amanah will have him, and issues of raising enough funds to finance his campaign.

Zaid also cautioned Malaysians against falling for the argument that Malaysia will be fine if Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is defeated in the coming general election, adding that much more reforms are needed than just replacing the PM.

More Kinibites

While it agreed that the proposals for political funding reforms, from the National Consultative Committee on Political Financing led by federal minister Paul Low, could contribute to greater transparency on the incomes and expenditures of political parties, civil society group G70 thinks that the proposal left out important institutional reforms.

MyKMU.net, which is a staunch defender of Najib, noted that PAS has yet to sue Sarawak Report over the allegation its leadership received RM90 million from Umno to turn its back on its former allies in the federal opposition.

Najib has been urged to slash the 'slush funds' of the Prime Minister’s Department, which an opposition MP says averaged RM7 billion a year for the past three years, to avoid budget cuts to other sectors such as health, education and welfare.

Looking ahead

Today there will be mediation in chambers at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, between legal counsel for jailed former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and Umno-owned Malay daily Utusan Malaysia and broadcaster TV3, over allegations published by both media organisations on Anwar's supposed complicity in the Lahad Datu armed incursion.