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

Bullet for Maria Chin

Going through her mail upon her release from detention Monday, Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah found a 45-calibre bullet, along with a piece of paper on which a death threat is written: "Last warning if not RIP Marina (sic) & family".

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur yesterday ruled Maria’s writ of habeas corpus to be void, since she was already released on Monday.

Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar has not ruled out the possibility of Maria being re-arrested as investigations are still ongoing and she is also being probed under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.

Opposition leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail fears more from Pakatan Harapan will be dragged to the courts before the next general election, claiming that this is the tactic adopted by the ruling party to continue to stay in power, as has been demonstrated in the recent spate of the Bersih 5 arrests.

Zahid likens opposition to Nazis

Umno vice-president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi drew parallels between the opposition's propaganda efforts with that of the leaders of Nazi Germany, while jointly opening the general assemblies for Umno’s Wanita, Youth and Puteri wings last night.

Zahid also wants Umno to lead the way in helping Malaysians redefine democracy and avoid equating democracy with demonstrations and allowing foreign aid from dubious origins.

On his part, Umno president and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak wants Umno members to strengthen unity among party members and serve the people wholeheartedly, in order to build up to the 14th general election.

Orang Asli blockade breached

Police have arrested at least 41 Orang Asli activists in the crackdown on the community's anti-logging blockade in the interiors of Gua Musang, Kelantan.

In a related matter, lawmakers Rafizi Ramli and Fuziah Salleh want answers from PM Najib, who is also the MP for Pekan, on the encroachments by loggers into the forest reserves in his constituency.

Atama Katama, son of Sabah's 'Bob Marley', the late indigenous singer-songwriter Ambrose Mudi, explains his dedication to spreading the indigenous land rights message.

More Kinibites

A Muslim group has threatened to declare MCA president Liow Tiong Lai an "enemy of Muslims" and campaign against him in the next general election, if he doesn't back down from opposing the proposed amendments to enhance the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act (Act 355).

A passport supplier has alleged that the aging scanner and "modified" scanner software could be among reasons why new passports, issued after May 17, cannot be read at the e-Gate of the Immigration checkpoints for the past three months.

Rosmah Mansor has revealed her role in the telephone conversation between her husband, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, and US president-elect Donald Trump.

Looking ahead

Kindergarten teacher M Indira Gandhi's appeal against the unilateral conversion of her children to Islam by her convert husband will heard in the Federal Court in Putrajaya today.