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BN scores landslide in Tg Piai, and 8 news from yesterday


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

1. BN's Wee Jeck Seng scored a landslide victory in Tanjung Piai, winning the parliamentary seat by a 15,086-vote majority.

2. BN chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi hailed the by-election as a signal that Chinese Malaysian voters have returned to the coalition's fold.

3. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said he was shocked by the size of BN's majority, while Pakatan Harapan promised to evaluate the people's dissatisfaction against the government.

4. Meanwhile, PKR continues to be plagued by infighting with Anwar challenging his opponents to replace him as party president.

5. PKR Wanita chief Haniza Talha is insistent that party deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali, who is in a feud with Anwar, should officiate the wing's congress.

6. Former PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali blamed Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for Harapan's crushing defeat in the Tanjung Piai by-election and suggested that he resign.

7. National Film Development Corporation (Finas) proposed that Malaysian regulators censor Netflix.

8. Pahang CID chief Othman Nayan expressed concern about the proposed Police Complaints for Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) and asked that it be reviewed.

9. First-term Batu MP P Prabakaran complained that his Toyota Vellfire was pelted with eggs.