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

Najib-Wanda meet ends Bandar M’sia speculation

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak met with China’s Wanda group, expressing confidence that the company can do “wonders” for Bandar Malaysia, ending week-long speculations about the company’s possible involvement in the project.

Najib, in an opinion piece in the South China Morning Post, also criticised the opposition in Malaysia for objecting to his efforts to court investment in China, stating that he made no apologies for wanting to build a world-class infrastructure.

During Najib’s second day in China, Malaysia also inked deals with companies in the country for the phase two construction of the East Coast Rail Link and the Malacca-Pengerang pipeline.

PAS excos’ fate in the balance

A report claimed Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali asked PAS’ exco members in the government to resign, but one of the exco members, Iskandar Abdul Samad, and Azmin’s political secretary Suhaimi Shafiei claimed there was no such instruction.

However, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng came out to say that he backed Azmin’s alleged stance for the Selangor exco members from PAS to quit.

Azmin, in his meeting with the PAS exco members, was believed to have raised his unhappiness at the PAS syura council’s accusation that PKR worked against the agenda of Islam in justifying the decision for PAS to cut ties with PKR.

Jailed PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, in a statement released through his party, also questioned PAS’ justification, stating that PKR had expressed that it was open to empowering the syariah courts and PAS’ claim otherwise was untrue.

DAP preparing for possible Pujut by-election

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said his party intends to challenge the disqualification of Ting Tiong Choon as Pujut state assemblyperson in court, but asked Sarawak DAP to prepare for a possible by-election.

Constitutional experts were of the view that the Sarawak state assembly could disqualify Ting for supposedly having dual citizenship and the decision cannot be challenged.

Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed was unclear whether the travel ban against Khairuddin Abu Hassan and Matthias Chang will be lifted following their acquittal for alleged economic sabotage.

Other Kinibites

Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad insisted that the opposition should not name a prime minister candidate now as it may lead to internal sabotage but those who were slighted.

The Selangor Sultan took a different position than the Johor Sultan, endorsing plans for live telecast of the state assembly.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said Malaysia was not affected by a global cyber attack involving ransomware.

Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin passed the buck to the Foreign Ministry after Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim urged that the Malaysia-North Korea football match be played at a neutral venue instead of the Communist state.

PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, in an interview with Al-Jazeera, did not rule out hudud in Malaysia but stressed that it cannot be implemented unless “all the things that are supposed to be in line with justice are there”.

Looking ahead

PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli will be launching a book on nation-building in Subang Jaya today.