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

Bombshells at forex RCI

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the forex scandal concluded that Bank Negara Malaysia lost at least RM31.5 billion between 1991 and 1994 over its activities in the forex market and that there were efforts to conceal the losses.

Former Bank Negara assistant governor Abdul Murad Khalid testified that then finance minister Anwar Ibrahim said he would have needed to resign if the actual losses were revealed.

The RCI also dismissed Bank Negara's request to exclude certain documents concerning the forex scandal that are protected under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).

During the proceedings, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla insisted to be furnished with the witness list and relevant documents but this was refused by the commission.

PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli was questioned by police after raising the RM2.6 billion in deposits in Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's personal bank accounts.

MACC declares Isa a suspect

The MACC said former Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGV) chairperson Isa Samad is a suspect in its investigation and not a witness as claimed by his lawyer.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri said Isa would remain in his position as Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) acting chairperson as he has not been charged with any crime.

Penang state executive councillor Phee Boon Poh denied that RM2 million in his bank accounts had been frozen by the MACC.

In a separate development, several NGOs lodged a report with MACC against a councillor in the Penang Island City Council for allegedly living in public housing despite not being qualified for it.

DAP informed the Registrar of Societies (ROS) that it wants to hold the party's central executive committee re-election on Sept 10.

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang accused PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang of being an apologist for the prime minister.

SEA Games drama

Malaysia made SEA Games rugby history after the men's and women's team won gold and bronze respectively.

The SEA Games squash events were postponed after buses ferrying athletes from Thailand, Myanmar and the Philippines met with an accident.

The Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) said it will investigate a separate incident where the bus driver ferrying the Myanmar women's football team did not have a driving licence and was arrested for theft.

A peaceful protest was held in Jakarta to protest against Malaysia for displaying the Indonesian flag upside down in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games 2017 booklet.

Malaysia has since apologised and inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said the matter would be investigated for possible sabotage.

Other Kinibites

Malaysiakini in a Special Report looks back at the popular movements of 2007 which had defined the last decade.

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi claimed media freedom under Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had improved.

The Federal Court allowed the National Registration Department to stay the Court of Appeal's landmark decision to register a child conceived out of wedlock under his father's name, instead of a "bin Abdullah".

Pakatan Harapan women's wing is worried about Kedah's proposal to allow Muslim men to remarry without the consent of their first wife.

PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said he welcomed suggestions for a RCI into the Memali incident but also wants one for the 1MDB scandal.

Looking ahead

PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli's criminal defamation trial in relation to his claims about Tabung Haji will continue at the magistrate's court in Kuala Lumpur.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak will attend a conference of village chiefs in Kuala Lumpur.