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

PAS roasts PKR over pop star

The PAS muktamar continued its attacks against PKR with a Shah Alam delegate citing the PKR-led Selangor government's failure to block a concert by pop star Selena Gomez as justification on why PAS should cut ties with PKR.

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution said if PAS decides to sever ties with PKR, then it should relinquish its state executive council positions in the Selangor government.

However, newly-minted PAS Youth chief Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi insisted that the PAS exco members should not resign, stating that they were only answerable to the people, not to PKR.

Non-Muslim PM

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng accused PAS of trying to create religious tension by proposing that the prime minister must be Muslim, adding that there was no non-Muslim seeking the country’s no 1 post.

PAS deputy spiritual leader Ahmad Yaakob declared that liberal Muslims were a threat to Islam, and vowed to wipe them out.

Meanwhile, former PAS Youth chief Nik Mohamed Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz lamented that democracy in PAS was eroding due to the lack of candidates contesting in the party election to be held today.

'Najib not a public officer'

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur, in striking out the lawsuit against the prime minister for alleged malfeasance, ruled that Najib Abdul Razak is not a public official.

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim claimed the government was trying to use his statement against former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the forex scandal.

Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua said the auditor-general and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) should take another look at the 1MDB scandal following a settlement between 1MDB and Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).

US prosecutors are reportedly looking at the relationship and accounts flows of a key banker who helped arranged three bond sales for 1MDB.

Other Kinibites

Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, who was scheduled to attend a ceramah in Sabah, was barred from entering the state by the Sabah government.

Putrajaya said it cannot commute fugitive Sirul Azhar Umar's death sentence as the highest court of the land had made a final decision.

Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming filed a suit against Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Minister Noh Omar for cancelling local council projects in non-BN constituencies.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission outlined circumstances in which WhatsApp administrators can become liable for the spread of fake news.

Bank Negara governor Muhammad Ibrahim urged financial institutions to take a pre-emptive move against clients who store funds with them from Ponzi schemes.

Looking ahead

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will attend a DAP fundraising dinner and a separate ceramah in Kuala Lumpur.

Tourism and Culture Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz will attend a Bangladeshi festival, also in Kuala Lumpur.

The muktamar of PAS' main body commences, where PAS members will also vote for their new leadership.