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"This case, there is no predicate offence in these set of charges and we are considering to strike out these charges,"

Guan Eng said the total amount of the funds stood at RM202,716,775.10 as of Jan 14, the closing date for contributions. In addition, there was an interest amount received from fixed deposit investments totalling RM575,342.31 up to March 31.

1MDB has named Tan Jiak Chye, 64, as the sole defendant in the suit filed on April 30

In January, figures from the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) indicated private sector adoption of IBS stood at an estimated 35%. The government's target is to have 50% adoption by 2020.

The Battersea Power Station phase 2 and phase 3 projects are now targeted to be completed by 2021

The CGI is an effort to reach out specifically to non-executive directors (NEDs) of listed company boards to inform, engage with, and develop responses on how businesses might address longer-term risks of climate change, including a more sustainable allocation of capital.

Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said all sectors in the economy posted a positive growth except the mining and quarrying sector.

He repeated this three times during questioning by deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Saifuddin Hashim Musaimi about payments of RM27 million and RM5 million on Dec 26, 2014 and a payment of RM10 million made on Feb 10, 2015.

The increase in ECL was mainly because 1QFY18 had recorded a writeback as a result of staging improvement from stage 2 to stage 1.

"The reason for the transfer is recorded as 'CSR (corporate social responsibility) programmes'. I recognised the remittance form as I prepared the document," the witness said.