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

Ex-CJ Ariffin backs judges' extensions

Former chief justice Arifin Zakaria defended the tenure extensions of Chief Justice Md Raus Shariff and President of the Court of Appeal Zulkefli Makinuddin as constitutional and confirmed he had before retiring, advised for the two judges' terms to be extended.

However, Arifin's predecessor Abdul Hamid Mohamed said the extensions were not a smart move as it raises doubts on the judiciary and the two judges' integrity, as well as suggests political interference.

Meanwhile, senior lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who previously defended the extensions, rubbished PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim's claim that Shafee was part of the team formulating the legal reasoning to justify the extensions.

1MDB-linked BSI banker gets 54 months jail

Former BSI Singapore wealth planner Yeo Jiawei was sentenced to 54 months in jail in Singapore after he pleaded guilty to money laundering and cheating charges linked to 1MDB.

Yeo, 34, pleaded guilty to the charges, with eight other charges taken into consideration by the Singapore court.

Separately, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group is near a deal to sell its stake in Ambank to a pension fund and exit the Southeast Asian nation, in a transaction that could be worth around US$900 million.

Other Kinibites

Kelantan passes amendments to a syariah bill, which, among others, allows public whipping.

Johor menteri besar's son Akmal Saufi denied claims he joined Parti Pribumi Bersatu but is asked by DAP if he stands by the 15 questions he directed to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak about 1MDB in 2015.

TV3 stands by its report claiming PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim is the mastermind behind the 2013 Lahad Datu incursion, despite Utusan Malaysia retracting and expressing regret over its report which TV3 cited as its primary source.

DAP has given the Registrar of Societies (ROS) up to end of business hours on Friday to hand in its letter instructing the party to hold the re-election for its central executive committee (CEC).