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Najib's aide loses cool over 1MDB, and 9 news from yesterday

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

1. A witness at the 1MDB trial recounted in court about how former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s former aide uncharacteristically lost his cool over 1MDB money.

2. The delay in the roll-out of the targeted fuel subsidy scheme is due to a lack of income data on groups other than the B40, according to a report.

3. In the latest instalment of KiniGuide, Malaysiakini peers into the shifting narrative behind the growing popularity of the social media movement boycott of non-Muslim products.

4. Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said he would look into reports that Terengganu is drafting a “syariah-compliant” code of conduct for its athletes, which would include a dress code.

5. Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government would not stop Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik from participating in religious programmes.

6. Chinese educationist group Dong Zong is to meet with Muhyiddin today over the deregistration of its Johor chapter following repeated changes to its constitution.

7. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim reminded his deputy Azmin Ali to attend party meetings.

8. Police have instructed PKR president Anwar Ibrahim’s political secretary, Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak, to come forward for questioning over an “armed riot” that took place in Ampang on Merdeka Day.

9. A chicken processing factory has been ordered to close after an ammonia gas leak sickened several people and caused more than 100 primary school children to be sent home.

10. In conjunction with Malaysiakini’s forthcoming 20th anniversary celebrations, the news portal is hosting a treasure hunt and a gala dinner.

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