News by Adam Aziz

The Parliamentary Caucus on Monitoring Lynas said committee findings reveal several breaches of certain heavy metals such as nickel, lead, chromium and mercury in the underground water.

Madinah, when met after the meeting, also confirmed she has provided the PAC with a copy of the unedited version of 1MDB’s final audit report. She revealed on Nov 25 that the tamperings were committed during the report’s preparation in 2016.

“Singapore has in recent years carried out extensive land reclamation in the area in question.”

This is to assist PAC's inquiry into the possible tampering of 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) final audit report in 2016, after obtaining new information from former auditor-general Tan Sri Ambrin Buang.

Budget 2019 tabled earlier this month underlined the government’s plan to sell its non-strategic lands through a public-private partnership (PPP) model, as well as to sell non-strategic assets currently owned by Government-Linked Companies.

Zuraidah said that FundMyHome "is a programme that provides equity to the purchasers".

The charges were read in front of judge Azman Ahmad, who granted bail of RM1 million and set Dec 12 for the case to be mentioned again.

Rosmah and Rizal both pleaded not guilty to all charges. Both were granted bail of RM1 million, of which half is to be paid today and the remainder in seven days' time.

The project in the spotlight involves installation of solar panels to 369 schools in rural Sarawak. It was allegedly signed off by Najib to a Bintulu-based car rental company, without going through an open tender process.

It was widely reported that Tengku Adnan would face charges in relation to dubious land transactions between DBKL and Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan (YWP), in which he was previously chairman.