LTTE detainees cry abuse and 10 things that happened yesterday

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. Families and lawyers of those detained for alleged links to defunct group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) claim they were tortured and subjected to forced confessions.

2. Human rights watchdog Suaram urged Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to resign if he cannot stop alleged abuse of detainees.

3. A meeting of DAP lawmakers has raised questions about a "deep state" targeting the party for alleged LTTE and communist links while ignoring similar ties that former BN-era government officials had with such groups.

4. PKR has urged the police to release the list of banned terrorist organisations or ideologies in view of the ongoing dragnet against individuals allegedly linked to LTTE.

5. Selangor government-owned think-tank Institut Darul Ehsan said its survey suggested that nearly two-thirds of Malay voters for the Tanjung Piai by-election have made up their minds, compared to just a third for Chinese voters.

6. Kedah PAS head Ahmad Yahya said his party's decision to back BN candidate Wee Jeck Seng for the by-election was justified even if he was a non-Muslim because ally Umno was behind him.

7. Johor state exco member Sheikh Omar Ali promised that Pakatan Harapan will not play the race card in the by-election, unlike its main opponent BN.

8. Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries Minister Salahuddin Ayub, at a "unity dinner" in Tanjung Piai, said Malaysia was for all and that race should not matter in the by-election.

9. High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah has, on his own volition, recused himself from hearing a forfeiture suit against Obyu Holdings Bhd because he was hearing a trial related to 1MDB.

10. Shah Alam's Coroner's Court will be holding an inquest into the fatal police shooting of three men in Rawang, Selangor two months ago.

11. Four top DAP leaders have filed a defamation suit against Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) president Azwanddin Hamzah for claiming that the party had an anti-Malay agenda.