PN reiterates support for Muhyiddin and 10 news you may have missed

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

1. At a meeting of its top leaders, Perikatan Nasional reiterated support for Muhyiddin Yassin as prime minister and resolved to improve cooperation. However, no mention was made about formalising the coalition.

2. Senior minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said police will track down overseas returnees who fail to take a second Covid-19 test at the end of their 14-day home quarantine period.

3. Police are considering using restricted residence measures under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca) against illegal racers.

4. Sabah PKR chief Christina Liew said she still supports party president Anwar Ibrahim's bid as the prime ministerial candidate but also welcomes Warisan president Shafie Apdal as an alternative.

5. Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's RM2.28 billion 1MDB graft trial took an early break so that the Pekan MP can campaign in the Chini by-election.

6. Bersih questioned if BN had abused the People's Volunteer Corp (Rela) in the Chini by-election.

7. Balik Pulau Umno division chief Shah Headan Ayoob Hussain Shah is appointed as a director in the Boustead Plantations Bhd board.

8. The Home Ministry gazetted a ban against the book Rebirth: Reformasi, Resistance and Hope in New Malaysia following a controversy over its cover art that resembled the national coat of arms.

9. The National Security Council (NSC) said the developer of the MySejahtera application, the federal government's official tool to track the spread of Covid-19, is an international company with Malaysian roots following complaints the government sidelined local firms.

10. Schools will begin to reopen from July 15 onwards.

11. The Federal Court will hear a contempt case brought by the attorney-general against Malaysiakini and its editor-in-chief Steven Gan today.