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

MIC man disqualified from polls

The Elections Commission ruled that C Sivarraajh is ineligible to vote and participate in elections following an Election Court ruling which resulted in a fresh election being held for the Cameron Highlands seat.

Sahabat Erat dan Amanat Rakyat Malaysia Association (Sedar) will go on a roadshow to seek public support for a law to penalise lawmakers who switch parties between elections.

Bersatu will require former Umno lawmakers to go through a "cooling-off period" and vetting before they are accepted, says party president Muhyiddin Yassin.

Amanah man challenges TMJ

Amanah member Khairuddin Abu Hassan has urged the Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim to become a politician before making political statements that risk disreputing the royal institution.

Johor Menteri Besar Osman Sapian said he will be having a word with the KFC restaurant chain owners, which is a Johor government-owned company, over the recent increase in their prices which has led many to cry foul.

Self-professed KFC fan Rafizi Ramli from PKR, too, has pecked the company over the price increases and said he would be writing in to complain.

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In Malaysiakini's final special report on Bersatu, its grassroots explain what it is going to take for the party to represent the Malay community.

The National Higher Education Fund's (PTPTN) recent donations in the northern states has attracted criticism because the fund was supposed to be in poor financial health.

PKR's leadership council has co-opted Rafizi Ramli as its vice-president and retained Saifuddin Nasution Ismail as its secretary-general.

Looking ahead

Today is the second day of Bersatu's national assembly in Putrajaya.