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More arrests over riots; yet another by-election?

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

More arrests over riots

Police have arrested 42 individuals in connection with the riots at the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman temple on Monday and Tuesday.

Injured Fire and Rescue Department medic Muhammad Adib Muhammad Kassim's condition is showing of signs of improvement.

Acting-Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Nazrin Shah paid a visit to Adib at the National Heart Institute (IJN).

Temple caretakers urged those responsible for injuring Adib to turn themselves in.

Umno Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki questioned why minister P Waythamoorthy was not arrested over a video of an allegedly seditious interview ten years ago, despite 150 police reports lodged against him.

Tycoon Vincent Tan suggested that Malaysians crowdfund to buy up the land on which the temple is located, and pledged to donate RM500,000 to the cause.

Yet another by-election?

The Elections Court nullified the May 9 election results for the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat, which could trigger another by-election.

C Sivarraajh, the subject of the election petition, argued that he did not offer bribes to voters in the constituency and vowed to appeal the decision.

Despite this, Pahang BN will soon convene a meeting to plan for the possible by-election.

Other KiniBites

RON97 petrol prices went down by 31 sen after crude oil prices dipped below the US$50 mark, the first time in about a year.

The Tabung Haji board lodged two police reports against previous board members and officers over two deals.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang promised that the upcoming rally against the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination would be trouble-free.

Umno supreme council member Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris was arrested for posting a video clip that is allegedly seditious because of its racial content.

Looking ahead

The women and youth wings of MCA will be holding their national delegates meeting today, but behind closed doors.

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