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

Dr M explains 'U-turn'

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad defended his decision to work with the opposition, stating that only a stupid driver will drive on instead of making a U-turn when the road ahead has been blown up.

The Kelantan government is mulling demonstrations of public caning to dispel negative perception towards the punishment under syariah law.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Othman Said said Parliament made a technical error when it included an old bill in the Order Paper seeking to grant the syariah courts power to mete out unrestricted punishments.

The Selangor government claims there are 136,272 voters in the state with incomplete addresses in its challenge against the Election Commission's redelineation exercise.

PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli alleged the National Service programme had registered trainees as voters without their consent.

Is there a move against Johor MB?

The state opposition speculated that a move may be made against Johor Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin amid a graft probe involving a state exco member's son.

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang questioned if Khaled would go on leave following the land scandal in Johor, but Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang said Kit Siang's son Lim Guan Eng too should go on leave as Penang chief minister in the wake of his own alleged graft case.

Guan Eng complained authorities have yet to solve the case of cybertroopers falsely accusing his son of molesting a woman six years ago.

Police reports were lodged against former Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan and the attorney-general's wife, Faridah Begum KA Abdul Kader, in relation to the extension period given to two development projects that were voided by the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

M'sia cancels visa-free policy for N Korea

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced that Malaysia will cancel its visa-free travel policy for North Korea effective Monday.

A North Korea delegation sent to Malaysia reiterated scepticism that Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was killed using chemical weapon VX nerve agent.

Attorney-general Apandi said the North Korean chemist detained in relation to the assassination would be deported.

China urged calm amid calls for North Korea to be suspended from the United Nations for purportedly using a chemical weapon in Jong-nam’s murder.

Other Kinibites

Robert Kuok retained his position as the richest person in the 2017 Forbes Malaysia Rich List, while Ananda Krishnan slipped to third place after being overtaken by Quek Leng Chan.

The Ministry of Domestic Trade Co-operatives and Consumerism today confirmed that the price of sugar was increased by 11 sen per kg to RM2.95.

Former MCA president Ong Tee Keat quit his party but was coy over the reason.

The bodies of an unidentified woman and a child were found tied together on a beach in front of the Tropical Spice Garden in Teluk Bahang, Penang.

A former chief executive officer of a Tabung Haji associate company, TH Heavy Engineering Bhd was charged with two counts of money-laundering amounting to RM1 million.

Looking ahead

A group of Muslim NGOs will protest against Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo for refusing to support amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965.

A member of the Johor royal family will be appealing at the Court of Appeal against his conviction for assaulting a national boxer.