Ex-communist dismisses DAP link and six news from yesterday

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

1. A former leader of the Communist Party of Malaya deemed attempts to associate the DAP with communism as laughable.

2. Police say they are being overburdened by race and religion issues.

3. DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang said police now have a greater responsibility to also act against those who threatened the Jawi conference by Dong Jiao Zong.

4. PAS central committee member Nasrudin Hassan proposed replacing MCA as a Muafakat Nasional coalition partner, amid MCA's continued objection towards Jawi.

5. Umno Youth leaders are pressuring the party leadership to sack supreme council member Lokman Noor Adam for attacking party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

6. A disabled people's group called on the government to introduce state-level action groups to better meet the community's needs.

7. Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said he has no qualms if the allowances of ministers' were slashed but said the focus must be on battling graft.