KINI ROUNDUP | Here are the key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.
1MDB bailout fears
PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli has questioned whether taxpayers will have to foot the US$1.2 billion deal as part of a settlement between 1MDB and Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company.
1MDB is reported to be on the verge of signing a settlement with IPIC for the US$1.2 billion amount and will engage in further negotiations for another US$3.5 billion owned to IPIC.
Observers said a possible settlement may weaken the US Department of Justice's efforts to prosecute in the 1MDB scandal which saw funds laundered through the US financial system.
Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has filed a second defamation suit against Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua over a video the prime minister's lawyer said implied he had committed theft and abuse and power.
Najib in the suit claimed that the words uttered by Pua had meant that he had stolen 1MDB funds and would continue to commit criminal acts to rob the people.
Adam Rosly's bungalow funding
Ampang PKR Youth chief Adam Rosly was charged with providing false information to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
The MACC claimed that Adam furnished documents claiming that he bought his RM1.2 million bungalow using funds from his mother-in-law, grandmother and a number of loan sharks but they were fake.
Football Association of Malaysia president Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, who is also the Johor crown prince, gave MACC a list of names to "monitor" in the wake of a match-fixing scandal.
Johor Menteri Besar Khaled Nordin said there will not be a reshuffle of his exco line-up following the resignation of Abd Latif Bandi, who has been charged with 33 counts of corruption.
PKR in East M'sia wants tougher stance than Anwar's
PKR in East Malaysia said it rejected outright the proposed amendments to Act 355 even though PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim had indicated a willingness to debate the matter.
PAS information chief Nasrudin Hassan warned that those opposing amendments to Act 355 may suffer the same fate as Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, the incumbent who was defeated in the race to be governor of Jakarta.
Nasrudin also criticised Health Minister Dr S Subramaniam for speaking out against controversial preacher Zakir Naik.
Other Kinibites
Najib said Malaysia being listed as the country with the lowest cost of living in Asean was due to efforts by the government.
Police have warned organisers against proceeding with the Worker's Day march on Labour Day, May 1.
The Universiti Malaya lecturer who was found to have uttered racist comments against students has apologised.
An Ocean drift analysis indicates the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 may be in a new search area.
The hearing of an assault case involving Muhammad Farkhan Mohd Haron, a member of the Johor royal family, was adjourned as his lead counsel was ill.
Looking ahead
Umno grassroots will be lodging a police report over a photograph purportedly showing DAP leaders Zairil Khir Johari and Dyana Sofya Md Daud being romantically involved.
