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

Dr M's RCI ultimatum

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad issued a notice of demand to the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into Bank Negara Malaysia's forex losses in the 1990s, demanding that his submission and evidence be included in its report or face legal action.

Harapan Youth had considered PKR deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali as a possible prime ministerial candidate before settling on Mahathir.

Analysts say the proposal to pick Mahathir as Pakatan Harapan's prime ministerial candidate was aimed at swinging Malay nationalists to its side.

DPM alludes to Shahrizat's comeback

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he hoped Umno Wanita chief Shahrizat Abdul Jalil would be given the "utmost important position" after the 14th general election.

Former Klang Umno Puteri committee member Wan Asshima Kamaruddin, who had joined PAS, claimed there were many instances of khalwat (close proximity) at every Umno annual general assembly and urged religious authorities to crack down on these people.

Selangor Umno chief Noh Omar said former state menteri besar Khalid Ibrahim's support for Umno and PAS was due to his desire to defend Malays and Islam.

Johor MB speaks up on kickbacks allegation

Johor Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin denied receiving kickbacks from developers for the conversion of land in the state.

Johor Harapan leaders demanded a royal commission of inquiry into the claims against Khaled and held up "JO1" placards.

MACC chief Dzulkifli Ahmad denied taking instructions from Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to investigate any individual.

Dzulkifli also said that the people should ask his predecessors why they had failed to probe Parti Warisan Bersatu Sabah president Shafie Apdal earlier.

Other Kinibites

Blogger Papagomo finally settled RM951,260.30 in damages and costs to PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim after losing a defamation case.

A lorry driver was jailed five years after breaking into the home of a Federal Court judge and stealing several belongings.

A Bernama report said the country is facing increased cases of infertility.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Mazlan Lazim said there had been a 57 percent increase in snatch theft cases this year.

Rizal Mansor, an aide to the prime minister's wife, warned an unnamed celebrity against becoming a tool of the opposition.

Looking ahead

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will officiate the opening of the annual general assembly for Umno's wings tonight.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur will decide on Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali's challenge to declassify the auditor-general's report on 1MDB.Kini Round