Opposing NGOs to hold dialogue on Jawi and 8 news from yesterday

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

1. Pro-Jawi NGOs and groups opposed to the implementation of three pages of Jawi lessons in the Year 4 Bahasa Malaysia textbook will engage in a dialogue to sort out the disagreements.

2. This came after Malay NGOs that intended to confront opponents at a congress in Petaling Jaya organised by the Seni Khat Action Team (Sekat) were instead invited to speak at the event.

3. The Sabah government wants Jawi to be taught as an elective subject instead of being included in the Bahasa Malaysia syllabus, as proposed by the federal government.

4. The Election Reform Committee said it will propose the setting up of a boundary commission tasked with redelineation exercises for election constituencies.

5. Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said security and safety measures will be implemented when Malaysia's Embassy in North Korea is reopened next year.

6. The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) said it was greatly alarmed by the Education Ministry's decision to approve the setting up of outfits by Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim), which are intended for the propagation of Islam.

7. Umno's Mohamed Apandi Ali said he is adamant on resigning as the party's disciplinary board chairperson after alleging interference.

8. A police officer died of a gunshot wound in Sepang.

9. Malaysian teenager Mohammad Farhan Fudhail Mohammad Farid died while skateboarding in Australia after hitting a pole.