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

1. Chinese voters abandoned Pakatan Harapan in droves in the Tanjung Piai by-election, according to polling data. Some analysts said this could help make both BN and Harapan more moderate.

2. Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi hailed BN's landslide victory in Tanjung Piai as the people's recognition of Muafakat Nasional - Umno's alliance with PAS.

3. Johor DAP chief Liew Chin Tong said the outcome could be the start of Harapan's end but added that it could also be an opportunity for a new beginning.

4. Perak executive councillor Paul Yong, who is charged with rape, maintained he has a right to return to duty amid claims he made the decision without DAP's endorsement.

5. PKR vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin said Anwar Ibrahim has the power to "do as he likes" after the PKR president maintained that his deputy Azmin Ali should not officiate the opening of the PKR Youth Congress.

6. The family of pastor Raymond Koh, who is allegedly a victim of enforced disappearance, said they have yet to get answers after 1,000 days since he went missing.

7. The Health Ministry is requesting that Putrajaya allows it to hire more than 10,000 additional hospital staff as a shortage is putting a strain on existing employees.

8. Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Mohd Rashid Hasnon said only a few opposition MPs have declared their assets despite a motion compelling them to do so.

9. Leaked Chinese government documents showed how Beijing tried to package detention camps in Xinjiang as training centres.