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

Anwar wants probe against his prosecutor

Jailed PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim called for a probe into claims that the Sodomy II prosecutor against him, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, had received RM9.5 million from Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

PKR Youth deputy chief Afif Bahardin said the alleged payment proved there was a political conspiracy in Anwar's Sodomy II case.

Former minister Zaid Ibrahim said his attempt to get a court order to disclose Najib's bank accounts statement would help clear the prime minister if he really did not receive 1MDB-linked funds as he had claimed.

Umno supreme council member Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin defended Najib, saying that the Umno president had been transparent on the funds he received and stressed that a leader cannot lead if he or she was unable to raise money for the party.

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang suggested that proposal to use lie detectors to combat corruption should start with the prime minister.

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad believes attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali should prove that all of 1MDB funds is accounted for if he is adamant that there had been no wrongdoing.

Sivarasa under more royal fire

Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah singled out Subang MP R Sivarasa for giving a speech in a mosque, stating that he had "crossed the line".

Sivarasa said he was still in the midst of penning a letter to the sultan to explain the incident.

Najib defended the decision to sell a 49.9 percent stake in Proton to China's Geely, stating that between keeping and letting go a loss-making company, the choice was obvious.

Land controversies

Alor Setar MP Gooi Hsiao Leung called on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to probe the Kedah government for approving reclamation works without the consent of the Department of Environment.

An advertisement placed in a local Chinese daily for the sale of a plot of land on Penang's Pulau Jerejak fuelled speculation of further development there despite the state government's pledge to gazetted it as a permanent forest reserve.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng denied being a dictator in the handling of state land sales, stating that decisions on the matter involves three other exco members as well as state government officials.

The Selangor government said it had fulfilled its duties in securing a new site for the relocation of the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple as well as RM1.5 million in compensation.

Other Kini bites

Malaysiakini interviews Chang Lih Kang and Tan Kar Hing, two student activists-turned-politicians who were recently acquitted of obstruction of public official in the #KitaLawan rally.

Gerakan vice-president Dominic Lau lamented Universiti Malaya's secrecy with regards to its RM90,000 degree programmes.

Putrajaya announced a RM500 special assistance for civil servants as well as RM250 for pensioners.

The Court of Appeal upheld the lower court’s decision that police and the government were liable for the killing of 14-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah, but reduced the quantum of award from RM414,800 to RM114,800.

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health chairperson Lee Lam Thye decried that Malaysia Airlines' staff reduction on board of aircrafts due to cost-cutting has had an impact on quality and safety.

Looking ahead

Kelantan MB Ahmad Yakob is to attend a function for Kelantanese who are based in Klang Valley.