Dr M moots ending ties with PKR and 9 news you may have missed

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

1. Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he would stop working with PKR and find other means to serve a third tenure as prime minister if the party continues to oppose his candidature for the top post.

2. Mahathir rejected the idea of being appointed to a senior cabinet position if Pakatan Harapan retakes power, and said he is still hopeful of pushing a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

3. Mahathir and Pekan MP Najib Abdul Razak traded barbs, accusing each other of enriching their cronies during their respective terms in office as prime minister.

4. Sabah BN chief Bung Moktar Radin said Sabah BN is lobbying support from assemblypersons to defect and topple the Warisan-led state government.

5. Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the government’s wage subsidy programme has saved 2.4 million jobs, but measures to prop up the economy could see the country hit its debt ceiling.

6. Petronas told the Court of Appeal it will withdraw its appeal against an earlier court ruling that Sarawak is entitled to collect sales tax on petroleum products, as part of a move to finalise settlement terms with the state government.

7. Mahathir has voiced support for independent candidate Tengku Zainul Hisham Hussin in the Chini by-election, while another independent candidate, Mohd Shukri Mohd Ramli, denied he is being sponsored by PKR.

8. The Human Rights Commission is investigating the death of Indian tourist Zeawdeen Kadar Masdan while in the Immigration Department’s custody. Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that visitors whose social visit passes have expired during the movement control order period could have them extended.

9. Tanjung Karang MP Noh Omar is set to be appointed as the new Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Bhd (PUNB) chairperson. Noh resigned as MISC Bhd chairperson, just two weeks after being appointed.

10. A 30-year old single mother lived with her six children in a parked car for four months after struggling to pay rent upon becoming unemployed due to the movement control order. Her husband had walked out on her.