‘GE15 next if PN and allies wins Sabah’, and 9 news you may have missed

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said a snap general election would not be far off if the Perikatan Nasional-BN-PBS alliance wins the Sabah state election, indicating for the first time that he is in favour of a snap election.

2. Bersih has urged the MACC to investigate Muhyiddin for allegedly corrupt practices after the premier presented RM60 million in mock cheques on Thursday.

3. The 170-odd residents in an estate in Kedah has resorted to hoisting modems on top of flagpoles to get an internet connection.

4. Firms involved in forest fires in Indonesia rarely face punishment as civil suits are difficult to execute, and criminal cases don’t seem to move forward.

5. A Johor-based NGO known as "Muda!" has accused Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul of plagiarising its identity for a youth-based party of the same name.

6. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Khairuddin Aman Razali has demanded RM1 million in damages and an apology from Sin Chew Daily for quoting Seputeh MP Teresa Kok's doubts on whether Khairuddin was in Turkey on official business in July or if he was in "the Netherlands or England".

7. A survey has found that the racial divide persists among youths, but young Malaysians are still more likely to break away from conventional attitudes towards contested social issues.

8. Tycoon Vincent Tan said his daughters Nerine and Chryseis Tan had quit SEA Gamer Mall Sdn Bhd before two of the company’s executives had allegedly conspired with hackers.

9. Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said ‘quarantine wristbands’ not only come in pink but also white, blue, red and yellow. Those found wearing them in public should be reported to the police.

10. The MACC’s move to launch a Chinese-language website has drawn the ire of right-wing groups that claim it violates the Federal Constitution.