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

Jamal wants to 'hammer' Zaid

Sungai Besar Umno division head Jamal Md Yunos has threatened former law minister Zaid Ibrahim with a sledgehammer for making comments about the royalty.

In the wake of the sledgehammer threat, Zaid sought to meet Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to discuss security arrangements.

Selangor DAP has distanced themselves from Zaid's comments about the royalty.

Umno Youth has proposed that Jamal be put in charge of the government's Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia programme following the success of his discount fish stalls.

Thousands of protestors converged near the US embassy to protest against Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Pakatan Harapan top guns avoided the protest, which was attended mostly by PAS and Umno supporters, and went separately to the US embassy to register their opposition to Trump’s move.

Milosuam in hot soup

Blogger Yusof Al-Siddique Suratman, better known as Milosuam, was arrested in relations to the MACC witness statement which was leaked online.

Harapan chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad said celebrities had every right to speak their mind and Umno should not try to silence them.

Mahathir once again took aim at PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, accusing him of now helping Umno despite having called them infidels in the past.

Other KiniBites

1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy attended the Umno annual general assembly, but said his presence there was not as a party member but as a GLC (government-linked company) head.

PKR vice-president Azmin Ali pointed out that the High Court had actually frowned on credibility of the Malaysian electoral system following yesterday’s court decision.

The Chempaka Buddhist Lodge has taken Selangor MCA to court over the party’s alleged failure to honour an agreement on a piece of land in Petaling Jaya.

Looking ahead

The Umno general assembly will conclude today. Top leaders will be giving their wind-up speeches and they may include hints on when the elections will be held.