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

1. A male teenager burst into tears when he was ordered to enter his defence for the murder of 23 residents of a tahfiz centre in Kuala Lumpur, which caught fire in 2017. Another co-accused male teenager also broke down after he was acquitted on the same murder charges.

2. Embattled PKR vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin was issued with a letter of demand by party secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution for alleged defamation. It was issued in his personal capacity over Zuraida's allegedly defamatory remarks against him.

3. Zuraida's supporters were invited to participate in solidarity gatherings in 10 locations across the country as she visits the party headquarters today to answer a show-cause letter issued by its disciplinary board.

4. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Mohamaddin Ketapi called for an end to restrictions against visitors who are already in the country, which are preventing them from entering tourist attractions in light of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak.

5. A source said PKR president Anwar Ibrahim will not pursue a defamation lawsuit against his former research assistant Muhammad Yusoff Rawther after the Attorney-General's Chambers cleared him of any charge on Yusoff's claims that he was sexually assaulted by the Port Dickson MP.

6. The suspension of AirAsia flights from Kota Kinabalu, Bangkok and Phuket to Wuhan, China, will now be extended until Feb 29 and the budget airline has made provisions for guests with flight bookings to and from all destinations in mainland China to obtain a credit account or a full refund, should they wish.

7. The Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat) wants to have a meeting with the Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador to get updates on the efforts of the police in finding Indira's missing daughter Prasana Diksa.

8. The United States on Monday warned against travel to China, while Canada issued a more narrow travel warning as the death toll from the spreading coronavirus in China reached 106, with tens of millions stranded during the biggest holiday of the year and global markets rattled.