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

Nothing to Hide 3.0?

Pakatan Harapan chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad again challenged Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to a public debate - dubbed the "Nothing to Hide 3" - following the latter's lengthy broadside on Oct 30.

In a blog post yesterday, Mahathir also provided a point-by-point rebuttal to issues raised by Najib about the former prime minister in his speech to United Nations Association Malaysia.

Mahathir, while commenting on former finance minister II Husni Hanadzlah's recent speech in Parliament about a "zero corruption" legacy said Najib should resign immediately to make this possible.

The former prime minister also believed that many of his opponents want to see him arrested following his controversial "Bugis remark".

Meanwhile, a group of army veterans said they will "protect" Mahathir after the government decided to withdraw the latter's official bodyguards.

AG won't comment Clare's claim

Attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali declined to comment on claims by Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown that she had received the draft of an alleged charge sheet against Najib from deputy public prosecutor Kevin Morais prior to his murder.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's court filings in the UK against Rewcastle-Brown stated that the latter did not verify certain allegations in the writings on PAS and did not contact him or anyone else in PAS prior to publication.

Several women's rights activists lodged reports against blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin over sexist and racist remarks in an article aimed at Rewcastle-Brown and Ambiga Sreenevasan.

A report claims that Singaporean authorities are probing Goldman Sachs Group's relationship with 1MDB.

Other Kinibites

The Selangor government's budget for 2018 promised that no one would be left out with the introduction of new healthcare benefits, support for mothers, home buyers, farmers and low-income groups.

One of the highlights of the budget was an RM200 a month food subsidy for families with a monthly household income of RM2,000 and below.

The landowners of Convent Light Street and Convent Pulau Tikus in Penang have denied that the schools would be shut down.

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma praised Malaysia for being the first country to implement a digital free trade zone (DFTZ) that focuses specifically on small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The Human Rights Commission visited the scene where Pastor Raymond Koh was abducted after the police objected to a request for sketches of the scene.

Looking ahead

MCA Youth and Wanita wings will hold their annual general assembly today.

Najib and his deputy Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will be attending the Umno Social Media Convention at the Putra World Trade Centre.