BN names its Kimanis contender, and 5 news from yesterday

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

1. Amid tears, Sabah BN chief Bung Moktar Radin announced it is fielding former Bongawan assemblyperson Mohamad Alamin as its candidate for the forthcoming Kimanis by-election.

2. Polemics over the Jawi issue continued, with PAS Youth information chief Khairul Nadzir Helmi Azhar accusing DAP and MCA of using Dong Zong to play up the controversy, while DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng claimed MCA and PAS are being two-faced on the matter.

3. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim’s political aide Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak has threatened to sue party vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin for defamation, but she said she has yet to receive the letter of demand.

4. Glove manufacturer WRP Asia has suspended its operations, three months after the US Customs and Border Protection Agency banned its products on suspicion that the firm was using forced labour.

5. Of the 195,471 undocumented migrants that have registered under the Back For Good amnesty programme, 84 percent have been deported while the remaining 30,431 people are still waiting for the flights home.

6. Many people still refused to abide by the smoking ban at all eateries, although the law entered the first day of its full enforcement.