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

The Star suspends top editors

English daily The Star suspended its editor-in-chief Leanne Goh and executive editor Dorairaj Nadason pending an internal investigation into the the newspaper's controversial front page on May 27. Star Media Group managing director Wong Chun Wai will oversee operations in the meantime.

Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said the daily is also being investigated under the Sedition Act for the front page that featured a picture of Muslims praying on the same page as the headline "Malaysian terrorist leader" for a separate article.

Media advocates, however, condemned the action against The Star, and urged the industry to self-regulate, while Gerakan Hapuskan Akta Hasutan said action need not be taken against the daily as it had already apologised.

Malaysian students detained in Manchester bombing probe

Three Malaysian students were detained for several hours by the Greater Manchester Police who quizzed them in the investigation into last week’s bombing at Manchester Arena, which killed 22 people.

Meanwhile, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi raised concerns of an influx of militants in the region, who may enter Malaysia while being hunted down in the Philippines, following the militant takeover of the city of Marawi in Mindanao.

Proton vendors fear survival in Geely era

Proton vendors fear they would have to shut down following the 49.9 percent purchase of Proton Holdings Bhd by China's Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd, as Geely may bring in its own technology and suppliers.

Meanwhile, Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua raised concern that the RM1.5 billion soft loan extended by the government to Proton will not be paid back, and that the state will eventually have to take over stakes in a stripped-down Proton.

He said this is as Geely seemed more keen on the UK sports car brand Lotus, which Proton owns, and not Proton itself.

Other Kinibites

Umno MPs Shahrir Samad and Nur Jazlan Mohamed denied the claim by PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli that they have links to an individual tied to US lobbyist Healy Baumgardner-Nardone.

Baumgardner-Nardone told the US government that she was hired by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, but the Prime Minister's Office denied this.

Universiti Utara Malaysia lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusoff remains adamant that DAP has a Christian agenda, citing DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng's faith.

PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said breaking fast events should not be politicised and non-Muslims should not be shunned from them, after Gombak PAS chief Salehhuddin Nasir said he was "disgusted" that DAP leaders are attending such events.

Hairul Nizam Ishak became the first person who attended the Bersih 5 rally on Nov 26 last year to be charged under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.

DAP suspended its Sabah deputy chairperson Edwin Bosi for three months for allegedly making media statements that tarnished the party's reputation.

Looking ahead

A magistrate's court in Kuala Lumpur will decide on the case involving Teja assemblyperson Chang Lih Kang and Simpang Pulai assemblyperson Tan Kar Hing, who were charged with obstructing a public officer during a demonstration in 2015.

MCA deputy president Wee Ka Siong is scheduled to hold a press conference on the individual said to be linked to the US lobbyist Baumgardner-Nardone.