KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

Deputy minister calls 'unverified' 1MDB info fake news

Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Jailani Johari claimed any information on 1MDB not verified by authorities will be considered “fake news.”

The government is expected to table its anti-fake news bill in Parliament next week.

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang challenged 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy to run in GE14, so the he can answer questions about the state investment firm in Parliament.

CA allegedly advised Mukhriz

SCL Group Southeast Asia chief Azrin Zizal claimed his ex-boss Mukhriz Mahathir was personally advised by Cambridge Analytica (CA), when the latter was Kedah BN election director.

Suspended CA chief executive Alexander Nix boasted that the company played a decisive role in US President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory.

Other Kinibites

A stateless STPM top scorer was let down after Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi failed to turn up for a meeting on her application for citizenship.

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang said there are worse offences than his son, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, leading children through a rendition of an anti-GST song.

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia did not need GST in the past to become an Asian Tiger.

Looking ahead

The Prime Minister’s Department will wrap up its portion of the royal address debate in Parliament.

A forum will be held to assess if Mahathir is too old to be prime minister.