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

Tajuddin's supporters arrested

Police arrested supporters of Umno's Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman for attempting to attack Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad on Parliament grounds after only one woman heeded police call to surrender.

Tajuddin refused to comment on the police action against his son Firdaus, who was part of the rowdy group, and instead criticised the media for harping on the issue.

Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor tried to distance the party from the incident.

Penang Umno attacks Zunar's exhibition

A group led by Penang Umno Youth chief Rafizal Abdul Rahim attacked Zunar's cartoon exhibition at Komtar.

They then lodged a police report against Zunar and the Penang government, warning that they would use force to halt the exhibition, which depicts cartoons lampooning key national figures.

Gerakan Youth deputy chief Andy Yong expressed concern over the attacks on Parliament grounds and at Komtar, urging BN to take action.

Maria's requests granted

Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah's requests for a mattress, pillow and Quran while in detention have been granted.

However, Khalid warned that police may take action against the ‘Free Maria’ nightly vigils in Dataran Merdeka.

Maria's father Chin Kee Kong, in an interview with Malaysiakini, said he was hopeful that she would be released soon.

Other Kinibites

In a landmark case, the Court of Appeal ruled that intention must be proven for cases under the Sedition Act 1948.

Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli resigned as PKR secretary-general in the wake of his 18-month jail sentence for breaching the Official Secrets Act (OSA) relating to his effort in releasing information from the Auditor-General's Report on 1MDB.

A couple who roughed up a Shah Alam City Council enforcement officer for issuing a parking summons was sentenced to 14 days in prison.

The Philippines' National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) challenged Umno information chief Annuar Musa to visit them and inspect its finances after he claimed it was linked to the US' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Bersih.

Thousands of ethnic Rohingya demonstrated outside the Myanmar embassy to protest the killing of their kin in Rakhine state.

Looking ahead

Several government leaders including Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will be attending the KL International Youth Discourse 2016.

Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor will be officiating balloting for the Federal Territories affordable housing projects.

‘Free Maria’ vigil to continue tonight at Dataran Merdeka.