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Cops urged to probe Apandi, and 5 things that happened yesterday
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KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief

1. Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng lodged a police report urging authorities to probe former attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali for his alleged role in the cover-up of the 1MDB scandal.

2. Veteran newsman A Kadir Jasin cautioned against speculating about the arrest of fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho to avoid jeopardising covert operations to bring him back.

3. De facto Law Minister Liew Vui Keong explained that the delay in setting up a royal commission of inquiry on the judiciary is due to a legal challenge to stop the move.

4. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said that although direct government debt has risen, Putrajaya reduced its overall debt and liabilities to 75.4 percent of the GDP in 2018, from 79.3 percent the previous year.

5. Efforts are moving to install Bachok MP Nik Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz and Terengganu MB Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar as PAS vice-presidents this year, according to a source.

6. Malacca Wanita PKR chief Ginie Lim said she will investigate the real reason behind an ex-Malacca division Wanita head's defection to Umno.

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