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

1. Three suspects were charged for the dumping of toxic waste into Sungai Kim Kim in Pasir Gudang, Johor. Meanwhile, police are also hunting for a Singaporean to assist in their investigations.

2. Putrajaya is considering buying jets from China instead of Europe, since the European countries continue to forge ahead with policies detrimental towards Malaysian palm oil.

3. Education Minister Maszlee Malik said universities should condemn thuggish behaviour after Universiti Malaya took a fence-sitting position over the assault on its students who had protested against former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

4. The Kedah government removed a signboard describing Japanese soldiers involved in the invasion of Malaya as "heroes" after it sparked outrage.

5. Umno vice-president Mohamed Khaled Nordin accused the Pakatan Harapan-led Johor government of sidelining minorities after it delayed the construction of a crematorium for Hindus.

6. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad promised to look into appointing an opposition lawmaker to lead the Public Accounts Committee, following protests from Harapan leaders who say refusing to do so would violate the coalition's manifesto.

7. Mahathir also said the country would absorb the good and reject the "funny" in relation to United Nations treaties, amid complaints from Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar that the rulers were not consulted by Putrajaya in the signing of the Rome Statute.

8. Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar said that the new government has not done enough to embolden moderates in the country.

9. MACC is set to charge former Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) director Sundra Rajoo today, but he said the move would violate international law due to the immunity provided by his position.