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

Najib says he didn't steal

Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, who is being investigated for the 1MDB scandal, stressed that he did not steal from the people.

Najib also attributed BN's first defeat since independence, ending its 61 years hold on power, to opponents slandering the former ruling coalition.

Najib added that he had given up power in a good way but was not being treated well.

Najib's wife Rosmah Mansor said her family should be treated like normal human beings, with dignity.

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim said the investigation against Najib will be fair and independent.

Veteran journalist A Kadir Jasin said he believed Najib may be arrested when he gives his statement to the MACC, based on the precedence of past corruption cases.

PetroSaudi whistleblower Xavier Justo, whose leak of the company's emails sparked the first expose on the 1MDB scandal, met with Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Kit Siang refuses ministerial position

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang has declined a ministerial position in the government, stating that the party had more than enough talents.

Lim urged Malaysians to ensure the "Malaysian spring" will see positive change and not regress like the Arab Spring.

He also urged the people to give Bersatu's Maszlee Malik a chance as education minister amid criticisms about his Islamic credentials.

Finance minister-designate Lim Guan Eng said he was leaving Penang to help rebuild Malaysia.

DAP's Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh, who is a lawyer, said there is no need to pardon Sirul Azhar Umar as there were other witnesses available in relation to the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu

'MCA in denial'

Bandar Tun Razak MCA chief Chew Yin Keen complained that his party was refusing to acknowledge the real reason for its disastrous defeat, which included the 1MDB scandal.

Former MCA president Chua Soi Lek said his party was in "intensive care unit" and that he feared its doom.

MCA religious harmony bureau chief Ti Lian Ker said he was worried at the Council of Eminent Persons may become like PAS' powerful Syura Council.

MyPPP denied that the party had quit BN after its disputed president M Kayveas made the announcement.

Other Kinibites

Tycoon Robert Kuok, a member of the Council of Eminent Persons, is set to arrive in Malaysia next week.

Former Special Branch (SB) deputy director Abdul Hamid Bador, who was allegedly transferred over the 1MDB matter, may be making a comeback to head the police intelligence unit.

The Selangor Palace will announce the fate of state Menteri Besar Azmin Ali after he was also named as economy minister at the federal level.

PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man urged the new Pakatan Harapan federal government to proceed with the East Coast Rail Link project.

Subang MP Wong Chen proposed that the Harapan government buys out the toll concessionaires.

Looking ahead

The new government is expected to be formed this evening as at least 13 new ministers will be sworn in.

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will deliver his maiden speech to the staff of the Prime Minister's Department.