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

Dr M quizzed by cops

Pakatan Harapan chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad was questioned by police for close to an hour regarding his “Bugis pirate” remark.

Mahathir's lawyer Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla said the police should just charge his client, instead of repeatedly grilling him as if he was caught in a “murder case-like drama”.

The former prime minister may be facing another probe, following a police report lodged against him and his wife Dr Siti Hasmah Ali by Umno's Jamal Md Yunos for “royal insolence,” after the couple returned awards from the Selangor palace.

The Court of Appeal dismissed Mahathir's leave application to remove two members from the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on Bank Negara's foreign exchange (forex) losses in the 1990s.

The ex-PM is also seeking court intervention over the forex RCI report.

On another matter, Mahathir called for the immediate release of “prisoner of conscience” Anwar Ibrahim.

Former minister Zaid Ibrahim was questioned by the police over his tweets about the Selangor sultan, with Zaid insisting that the tweets reflected his personal views.

Annuar Musa cleared by MACC

MACC will not press charges against former Majlis Amanah Rakyat chairperson Annuar Musa over the Kelantan football team sponsorship issue due to “insufficient evidence”.

Following this, Annuar said he has “forgiven” those who accused him of abusing his authority in the issue.

Former Sabah Water department deputy director Teo Chee Kong claimed trial to 146 counts of money laundering at the Sessions Court in Kota Kinabalu.

Pahang menteri besar Adnan Yaakob turned away a group of Cameron Highlands residents who had turned up at his office to talk about land titles, telling them, “You talk too much, please leave.”

Four people, including a three-year-old toddler, were murdered and their house set on fire in Tanjung Sepat.

The sole survivor of the tragedy, a 12-year-old boy, claimed he saw intruders killing his family.

In another fire at an old folks’ home in Kajang, five people lost their lives.

Other Kinibites

Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah decreed that officers under Putrajaya's payroll but seconded to Selangor religious agencies must comply with the state’s policies.

Blogger Yusuf Al-Siddique Suratman, or Milosuam, was freed after five days’ detention for sharing a leaked MACC document on his blog, and vowed to fight on.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak told the OIC Extraordinary Summit in Istanbul that Jerusalem should be the capital of Palestine.

Petrol and diesel prices went down for the second consecutive week.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng decried “double standards” by authorities when dealing with insults hurled against the prime minister, compared to those hurled at him, the Selangor MB and a former prime minister.

Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua claimed Putrajaya "has lost control" after the Kuala Lumpur City Hall reportedly refused to implement a freeze on luxury property developments in the city.

Looking ahead

The Federal Court will hear Lim Guan Eng's bid to have Section 63 of the MACC Act declared unconstitutional.

The Election Commission is applying to overturn the stay granted by the High Court to the Selangor government in the constituency redelineation process.

Suaram will file a complaint with the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) on the unlawful arrest of an ex-policeman over a parking offence.