MCA battles Nazri and eight things that happened yesterday

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

1. MCA revived its feud with BN secretary-general Nazri Abdul Aziz after he played the race card in the Semenyih by-election, complaining that it will backfire on the coalition.

2. The US Department of Justice, in its newest filing to seize more assets allegedly misappropriated from 1MDB, highlighted businessperson Jho Low's role in transferring US$10 million to Malaysian Official 1 on the pretext of projects in Islam's two holiest sites, Mecca and Madinah.

3. MACC said it did not find any 1MDB funds ending up in PAS' official party accounts, prompting PAS to hail the statement and threatening to sue anyone who perpetuates such allegations.

4. PAS Youth chief Muhammad Khalil Abdul revealed that PAS and Umno have entered into an agreement to avoid clashes between the two parties in future elections.

5. Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak continued to steal the spotlight in the Semenyih by-election, this time promising to bring his wife Rosmah Mansor to a local Minangkabau village there if BN wins.

6. The opposition criticised Harapan's toll abolition plan, questioning why it was a "bailout" for Gamuda as the first four highways that the government plans to takeover belongs to the company.

7. Putrajaya restored the cash aid for university students, with a payment of RM100 this year.

8. PKR president Azmin Ali pointed out that Bersatu's Harapan partners have been out in force campaigning for the party, in response to PAS' claim that Harapan partners have abandoned Bersatu in the Semenyih by-election.

9. After a Datuk Gong was placed at the Sabilul Huda surau, now Hindu idols were placed there, prompting Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa to call on police to take swift action.