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

1. PKR’s Subang MP Wong Chen has voiced disappointment over a minister’s statement that there is no need to implement the Prime Minister’s Question Time (PMQT) in Parliament, while Bersih reminded Pakatan Harapan’s that PMQT is one of its election promises.

2. The MACC announced that it would press more charges against former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, today and tomorrow.

3. A search-and-rescue operation continues for four workers who were trapped in a landslide in Tanjung Bungah, Penang.

4. The Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy is demanding that a fresh investigation that is to be done into Teoh’s death be reclassified as “culpable homicide” instead of “wrongful confinement”.

5. The board members of Felda Global Ventures are in a bind after shareholders approved their reappointment but voted down the payment of their fees and allowances.

6. Economist Jomo Kwame Sundaram said the government lacked the political view to push ahead with its renewable energy agenda, but Sustainable Energy Development Authority board member Rajiv Rishyakaran responded by listing various initiatives to ensure that Malaysia meets its renewable energy targets.

7. Senator Khairul Azwan Harun has questioned the government’s move to acquire highways for which the concessions are about to expire, while former newsperson A Kadir Jasin called for greater scrutiny of the RM6.2 billion deal.

8. Malaysia Airlines apologised to Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu after a delayed flight aborted his meeting with Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad in London.

9. Meanwhile, economist Jomo said it would be difficult to revive the national carrier under current business conditions, while Mahathir said the government is now more careful in its attempts to resuscitate Malaysia Airlines due to previous failed attempts to do so.

10. The prominent scientific journal Nature raised concern that researchers are not keeping pace with the growing popularity of e-cigarettes, and key questions regarding its safety and efficacy as a smoking cessation aid remain unanswered.