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

Najib 'sanguine' on BN win

Caretaker prime minister Najib Abdul Razak told Bloomberg in an interview that he is "reasonably sanguine" on BN's chance to ace the 14th general election (GE14).

Najib said having gone through "hard times" has turned him into a resilient man who would not give up in his mission to purportedly help Malaysia scale greater heights.

The BN chairperson expressed confidence that voters will not be swayed to vote for "hard sells" of Pakatan Harapan, and its chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Najib also commented on the debt-ridden 1MDB, saying on hindsight, there should have been tighter supervision on its business model.

BN supreme council member Nazri Abdul Aziz said caretaker deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has proven himself to be a loyal deputy to Najib.

Ka Chuan regrets supporters' behaviour

MCA secretary-general Ong Ka Chuan said he will try to persuade his supporters in Tanjung Malim to "calm down" and support BN in the May 9 election.

Earlier, hundreds of residents from the constituency protested in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya, against Ong not being dropped from the GE14 candidates line up.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission rejected the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia's offer to observe GE14, but the latter said it would monitor anyway.

Harapan’s Petaling Jaya candidate Maria Chin Abdullah said it is " ironic" that party flags, including PKR's, are being flown where she is contesting before nomination day this Saturday.

Harapan president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail asked if the freeze in fuel prices in the last five weeks, where prices have remained unchanged, is because of GE14.

Other Kinibites

Ex-Utusan journalist Hata Wahari has challenged DAP's Bandar Utama state seat candidate Jamaliah Jamaluddin to a debate to prove that she does not carry communist beliefs, as her grandmother Shamsiah Fakeh was once a prominent communist leader.

Terengganu Harapan chairperson Raja Kamarul Bahrin Raja Ahmad alleged that Umno is deliberately giving an “easy passage” to the PAS candidate for Batu Buruk, Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi, who is the son of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, by fielding an unknown there.

Caretaker Pahang menteri besar Adnan Yaakob " threatened" to throw an audience member's mobile phone away, and walked off the stage for two minutes to get water, during the unveiling of the state's BN candidates.

Incumbent Titiwangsa MP Johari Abdul Ghani criticised PAS contender Mohamad Noor Mohamad's promise to move Zouk nightclub out of the parliamentary constituency if he wins the seat in GE14.

Ampang PKR Youth chief Adam Rosly Abdullah was sentenced to six months’ jail and fined RM30,000 for six counts of furnishing false information and documents to the MACC.

Looking ahead

Bersih will hold a press conference at its headquarters, 11am.

Veterans association Patriot will hold a press conference.

The court will hand its decision on the 16 ex-Umno members seeking to get Umno declared illegal.

Malaysiakini will sue the government over the Anti Fake News Act 2018.