KINI ROUNDUP | Here are the key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.
DAP flayed for no-show at Penang landslide dialogue
Penangites, BN representatives and NGOs tore into the DAP-led Penang state government, after party representatives did not turn up at a dialogue session on the deadly Oct 21 landslide in Tanjung Bungah.
At the forum, NGOs proposed jail time for errant developers who flout hillslope development rules.
Residents in Sungai Ara, Penang also urged the state government to support their bid to stop a hillslope development in their area.
Tanjung Bungah assemblyperson Teh Yee Cheu - who has opposed hillslope projects - said he will quit DAP after the Penang state assembly is dissolved.
Datuk Seri told to surrender
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has urged a "Datuk Seri" who allegedly beat up three Rela personnel, to surrender to the police.
DAP leaders at a fundraising event in Perak charmed their audience by predicting that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak would switch places with Pakatan Harapan de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim in 2018.
MCA leaders condemned Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for offering to sponsor a wheelchair or crutches for MCA president Liow Tiong Lai.
Other Kinibites
Pop icon Zainal Abidin claimed that he has yet to receive payment for performing at the Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian Games 2017 closing ceremony.
Analysts said the issue of Dr Mahathir Mohamad apologising for Operasi Lalang will be irrelelvant to voters.
Selangor PAS commissioner Sallehen Mukhyi defended the use of his image on envelopes to deliver the state government’s medical aid benefits to the poor.
The government is mulling giving cash rebates to encourage motorists to trade their old vehicles for newer ones.
Looking ahead
The Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) public hearing into missing persons continues this morning.
A police officer will be charged for the death police detainee S Balamurugan.
Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak will respond to oral questions in Parliament today.