Najib insists jewels were gifts, and 5 things that happened yesterday

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

1. Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak dismissed reports that jewellery seized by the police from apartments linked to him last year were purchased by fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho, insisting that these were gifts from foreign dignitaries.

2. The woman who filed a police report against Sungai Siput MP S Kesavan for sexual harassment denied his counterclaim that she harboured feelings for him.

3. A 31-year-old 'Datuk Seri' surrendered to the police to facilitate investigations into a riot at an entertainment outlet along Jalan Klang Lama in Kuala Lumpur on May 3.

4. Police detained the suspect who was believed to have set the official car of Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin on fire on March 22.

5. A Pahang DAP division leader was arrested over an allegedly threatening message sent to Jerantut  police chief Mazlan Hassan via WhatsApp.

6. The paramount leader of the Kadazandusun and Murut community in Sabah, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, agreed to a proposal on the unity of the indigenous ethnic groups irrespective of political leanings.