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Jho Low seeks US settlement; PKR leaders revolt over voting system

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

Jho Low seeks US settlement

Businessman Low Taek Jho is seeking a settlement with the US Department of Justice over the 1MDB scandal, said Sarawak Report.

Umno will decide on whether it will contest in the Port Dickson by-election today.

PAS information chief Nasrudin Hassan said the RM3.6 million budget to run the Port Dickson by-election would be better off used for Tabung Harapan to pay the country's debts.

PKR leaders revolt over voting system

PKR Youth chief contender Afif Bahardin, who is leading in the polls, called for the party election results in Penang to be invalidated amid hiccups in the electronic voting system.

Police arrested 10 men for brawling during the PKR election in Merbok, Kedah.

PKR Wanita chief contender Haniza Talha called for action against PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution for the problems in the voting process and questioned his neutrality.

PKR deputy president contender Rafizi Ramli claimed there were attempts to sabotage the PKR election and called for action against "troublemakers".

PKR president-elect Anwar Ibrahim said the postponement of the party polls was to ensure its integrity and warned that troublemakers would be sacked from the party.

Police arrest tahfiz principal for sodomising students

Police have arrested the principal of a tahfiz school in Kepong for sodomising several students.

The Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) proposed a ministry to oversee children's affairs following the tahfiz school incident.

Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim said it was "absolute madness" in response to a proposal by Sabah mufti Bungsu @ Aziz Jaafar to lower the minimum age for marriage from 16 to 14.

A Terengganu single mother is the latest to face caning as a punishment for allegedly offering sex.

Other Kinibites

Umno vice-president Ismail Sabri defended party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's effort to reform the party, stressing that he was already doing his best.

Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak should stop feigning ignorance over the state of the country's finances.

China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) hoped that Putrajaya will not take too long in reviewing the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.

MCA president Liow Tiong Lai said his party was against any alliance with PAS and will seek BN's dissolution or expel Umno from the coalition if it is adamant on working with the Islamist party.

Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang said it is probing the death of a baby after the child's father claimed negligence.

Looking ahead

The Federal Court will decide whether the appointment of the previous chief justice, Md Raus Sharif, was constitutional.

Umno secretary-general Annuar Musa will address the press ahead of the party's annual general assembly this weekend.

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