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

Bersatu leaders appointed to GLCs

Rural and Regional Development Minister Rina Harun appointed two Bersatu supreme council members and a pro-Mahathir lawyer to head entities under her ministry.

Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin mocked the appointments as another promise broken by Pakatan Harapan.

Bersatu vice-president Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman defended his controversial remarks in defence of government contracts for party leaders.

Mat Sabu's son arrested

Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu's son was arrested after testing positive for marijuana.

Mohamad said no one is above the law and that he would leave the matter to authorities to investigate.

Other Kinibites

An Ilham Centre survey found that Malays found Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng more acceptable than attorney-general Tommy Thomas and Chief Justice Richard Malanjum.

The survey also found that some Malays believed the charges against former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak was selective prosecution.

DAP Pontian local councillor Kamarul Ariffin Harris Fadzillah deleted a Facebook post regarding Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim and Pulau Kukup after a police report was lodged against him.

Malaysiakini rebutted Sin Chew Daily's allegation that it had slandered the latter by publishing a transcript of its interview with Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad regarding the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC).

Looking ahead

MyPPP is expected to hold a press conference regarding the Cameron Highlands by-election.