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

How will PD's Malays vote?

A straw poll by Malaysiakini suggested that independent candidate Mohd Isa Samad may give Pakatan Harapan candidate Anwar Ibrahim a run for his money in Malay areas.

Bukit Pelanduk's former pig farmers who were devasted by the Nipah virus in 1999 are hoping that the next Port Dickson MP would help turn their plight around.

Think-tank Ilham Centre believed that Anwar was ahead in the Port Dickson race, followed by Isa.

Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu defended his speech at a military event in Port Dickson, but he accepted that Bersih had a right to criticise him.

PAS has expressed unhappiness over the resurfacing of claims that the party had pocketed RM2.5 million from Umno earlier this year.

Election Reforms Committee head Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman believed that there should be a law to prevent engineered by-elections.

Najib vs Kit Siang

Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's aide has lodged a police report to demand a probe on Lim Kit Siang's calls for fresh investigations on several high-profile cases of death or murder.

Lim said Najib's decision to get his aide to do so was "theatrical" while accusing the latter of frequently indulging in other theatrics involving his family.

Najib criticised Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for "spinning" because it was the latter that granted "lopsided" highway contracts and was now blaming the previous government for toll charges.

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was questioned for almost eight hours at the MACC headquarters. This was the fifth time he was being questioned by the graft-busters.

Bersatu strategist said Pakatan Harapan's manifesto was a "great responsibility" but some of the pledges require recalibration.

Other KiniBites

Home Ministry has sent a warning to Oriental Daily News over its article on LGBTQ activist Chong Yee Shan.

The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) will protest in front of Parliament on Oct 17 against Putrajaya's plans to increase minimum wage levels to only RM1,050 next year because it was too low.

Looking ahead

It's the Port Dickson by-election today. Malaysiakini's LIVE coverage of the vote tallying process starts at 6pm.