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

1. The MACC is close to wrapping up their probe into the Penang undersea tunnel project. They had visited the offices of state exco members in the morning.

2. The Court of Appeal dismissed a government appeal to continue freezing the bank accounts of Umno, Wanita MCA and two companies in a case related to 1MDB-linked funds.

3. A company director testifying in Ahmad Zahid Hamidi corruption trial said a cheque for RM447,773.42 was used to pay off gangsters from disrupting a bridge construction project in Klang, Selangor in 2016.

4. A retiree was fined RM2,000 by the Sessions Court for posting insulting remarks against Health Minister Dr Adham Baba via his Facebook account.

5. The PKR central leadership council issued party vice-president Tian Chua with a warning and an instruction for him to resign as chairperson of the Malaysia Productivity Corporation, a government agency.

6. PKR appointed "parliamentary spokespersons" whose portfolios "shadow" that of Perikatan Nasional ministers.

7. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said Umno should be in a dominant position after the next general election, and not Bersatu.