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

1. Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng claimed that a company linked to Umno politician Jamal Md Yunos had been awarded an approved permit (AP) by the previous administration. In response, Jamal challenged Lim to repeat his allegation outside the Dewan Rakyat.

2. As the crisis in Pasir Gudang winds down, the number of people still hospitalised dropped from 120 to 29, while police have arrested nine people to facilitate investigations into the dumping of chemical wastes in Sungai Kim Kim.

3. The Public Accounts Committee demanded an investigation on YTL Corporation Bhd for supposedly building an RM24.27 million government-commissioned marina that has since been left abandoned, but the company said it is not responsible for the project’s shortcomings.

4. Attorney-General Tommy Thomas has accused former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak of trying to delay his trial on criminal charges against him related to the SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.

5. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim urged the government to make asset declaration compulsory for key public officials, even as several government MPs have yet to do so.

6. Dutch police are on the hunt for a Turkish suspect following a shooting that left three dead and nine wounded on a tram in an apparent terrorist attack.

7. De facto Religious Affairs Minister Mujahid Yusof Rawa said religious bodies and NGOs will hold a “peace rally” in Dataran Merdeka on Saturday in wake of the mosque shootings in Christchurch, and a committee would look into strengthening peace and tolerance among Malaysians.

8. Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Nga Kor Ming refused to apologise for claiming that the country would turn into a “Taliban state” if an Umno-PAS alliance were to come into power, despite threats of a protest against him.

9. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Liew Vui Keong said the Dewan Rakyat would not be able to stop the repeal of the Anti-Fake News Act 2018 if it is re-tabled after Aug 16.

10. A school in Sabah has been ordered to stop segregating its Form One students based on religion.