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

1. The alleged interference by MCA president Wee Ka Siong in Koperasi Jayadiri Malaysia Berhad's (Kojadi) board operations has resulted in its chairperson Ng Peng Hay resigning from the party.

2. However, 11 out of 14 board members disputed Ng's account of events, and also dismissed his reasons for MCA-linked Kojadi to return RM15 million – which the cooperative allegedly received from 1MDB – to the government.

3. The MACC has been scrutinising Mohamed Azmin Ali's bank accounts since the time he was the Selangor menteri besar, and found allegations of financial impropriety against him to be untrue.

4. Lawyers for the family of pastor Raymond Koh have urged the federal government to replace the task force members that are supposed to probe his disappearance as well as that of activist Amri Che Mat to ensure fairness.

5. Laurence Todd, once an adviser to former British prime minister David Cameron, said Pakatan Harapan's 2018 election promises were unrealistic, and advised them to recalibrate their goals to a set of achievable compromise with the voters.

6. Batang Sadong MP Nancy Shukri believes that the people of Sarawak want Najib Abdul Razak back in power because of his contributions to the state.

7. Instances of race, religion and royalty being brought up in the Dewan Rakyat have gone up by 88 percent since the May 2018 elections, primarily fuelled by Umno and PAS.

8. Sexual harassment is a big problem within the legal fraternity, but many are too afraid to speak out, according to a survey.

9. The Kelantan government has dropped a suit against Putrajaya to seek oil royalties.

10. The federal government's attempt to buy four highways in the Klang Valley is better than extending toll collection contracts, said International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Ong Kian Ming. He said that this would be funded by existing toll collections and have no cost implications to the government.

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