KINI ROUNDUP | Here are the key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.
AG offers to mediate in Seafield temple consent judgment
Attorney-General Tommy Thomas has offered to play mediator in the matter of the consent order pertaining to the relocation of the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in USJ25, Subang Jaya.
The legal teams representing the temple task force group and the developer who owns the land will go back to the Shah Alam High Court today as they have different interpretations of a judgment given yesterday.
Haniff Khatri Abdulla, the lawyer for the developer, One City Development, said Philippines-based Ayala Corporation, which is One City's parent company, has promised to cooperate in investigations into the unrest over the status of the temple.
The Petaling Jaya Magistrate's Court issued remand orders against 10 individuals to assist the investigation into the riots, bringing the number of those in custody in regard to the matter to 30.
Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari assured the people that the temple would not be demolished until a resolution is reached sometime next year.
OSA documents to be declassified for Najib, Irwan trial
Senior lawyer Gopal Sri Ram said several documents under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) would be declassified so that they can be used in the joint criminal breach of trust trial of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Irwan Serigar Abdullah.
Najib, after about a week of silence, said he turned away Edge Media Group chairperson Tong Kooi Ong who told him about wrongdoing in 1MDB in 2015 as he doubted the proof that Tong presented to him.
Najib also questioned Khazanah Nasional Berhad's sale of a 16 percent stake in IHH Healthcare Berhad to Japan's Mitsui & Co for RM8.42 billion.
Meanwhile, the superyacht Equanimity, purportedly purchased by fugitive businessperson Jho Low using funds allegedly misappropriated from 1MDB, has received expressions of interest from the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, after being put up for auction.
Hasanah Abdul Hamid, the former director of the Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation during Najib's administration, sought for her bank accounts to be unfrozen as she faces a criminal breach of trust charge involving US$12.1 million in government funds.
Other Kinibites
Kelantan mufti Mohamad Shukri Mohamad said the Dec 8 rally against ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Icerd) treaty should not proceed, given the current "high tension" situation in the country.
Umno Youth leader Razlan Rafii urged Putrajaya to be bold and go after the developer in regard to the riots related to the status of the Seafield temple.
Fifa’s ethics committee member Sundra Rajoo has resigned from the football governing body, a week after being suspended from his post following an investigation by the MACC.
Former Negeri Sembilan menteri besar Mohamad Hasan filed an appeal over the Election Court's decision to invalidate the result of the Rantau state seat.
A roundtable organised by the PAS-led Kelantan government has concluded that underage marriage is consistent with the syariah law and even a “necessity” in the state.
Looking ahead
Bersih will hold an electoral reform roundtable in Parliament.
The Cameron Highlands election petition will be heard in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.