KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. Police picked up Umno Youth exco Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris at his home for allegedly assaulting Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman.

2. PAS sends vague signals saying that its support for Umno in Semenyih will be "different" from the Cameron Highlands by-election, after Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad revealed to the public that PAS had promised him not to support Umno, which he stressed was the "truth". On the ground, Umno veteran Hishammuddin Hussein said support is still coming in from PAS grassroots.

3. Parti Sosialis Malaysia is upping the transparency ante in the Semenyih by-election after its candidate Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul became the first to declare his assets and also agree to a public debate.

4. Bersatu appears adamant in pushing into Sabah against Parti Warisan Sabah's wishes, prompting DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng to suggest that the matter be first discussed by the Pakatan Harapan presidential council.

5. Electoral reform group Bersih said judicial interference may have also happened in the legal challenges against the Election Commission's redelineation exercise before the last general election, after a senior judge alleged corruption and impropriety in the judiciary.

 6. Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak questioned why the authorities have not reopened investigations into several high-profile murder cases, including those of Altantuya Shaariibuu, Kevin Morais and Hussain Najadi, despite his political opponents linking those murders to him.

6. Lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan is wary of Mahathir's lack of concern over controversial ideas expressed by Bersatu leaders, including vice-president Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman's declaration that the party should retain power "by hook or by crook," including by abusing government machinery.

7. Malaysians released from detention in Cambodia said they have learnt a valuable lesson about accepting advertised jobs with high pay online without suspecting that it could be a scam.

8. State broadcaster RTM found itself on the receiving end of criticism after an aide of Transport Minister Anthony Loke accused it of possibly sabotaging the federal government.

9. Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown revealed that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang had in UK court filings elaborated in detail about central committee member Nik Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz's audio recording admitting that PAS took money from Umno. This was despite Hadi later claiming he had not heard the recording.