News by Adam Aziz

This comes as Khazanah Research Institute’s “State of Households” report, released on Monday, stated the wealth gap in Malaysia is widening although the income growth among the middle income and low income (B40) groups is faster than that of the rich.

Anwar, who was sworn in as the member of parliament for Port Dickson yesterday, said these governments must respect Malaysia’s decision to get to the root of the scandal.

“I have said to the prime minister (Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad) that I will only support and give my contribution to parliamentary reforms. But of course I will interact with ministers and other MPs, that is part of the job as an MP.”

"Of course I'm happy," Dr Mahathir said. "He is from the same party [as me] (Pakatan Harapan)."

Kerjaya Prospek said its wholly-owned unit Bazarbayu Sdn Bhd acquired the 90% stake in YLSB for RM1.35 million, while also agreeing to pay RM9.45 million owed by YLSB to its previous shareholders.

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S P Setia and SimeProp each holds 40% in BPH. The remainder 20% in BPH is owned by EPF.

The postponement is partly related to a request by Najib's defense led by Tan Sri Mohd Shafee Abdullah for the prosecution to prepare the pre-trial documents in hard copy format as proposed earlier.

Najib arrived for his case management over 32 graft-related charges today at 8.40am, 12 minutes after the arrival of his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor for separate charges of 17 counts relating to money laundering.