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Leong spoke to residents at a meeting organised by the Taman Melawis Residents Association, and asked residents to give him time to solve the flash floods problem in the area, once and for all. 

On speaking to investors from China, Puah said: "We explained the policy, especially the part that says even if you come (to Malaysia), there’s no guarantee you will become citizens. Everybody started laughing. They said, ‘we don’t want to become your citizens. We don’t want to stay’.”  

Yazid said he understood the preference for China contractors or sub-contractors, however, this should not be an excuse for them not to hire local companies or workers and only to hire China firms.

"In the ECRL project, we must look whether the project can create value and give benefits to the people in an economic situation which is highly untenable currently,” said Mohamed Azmin.

“We are still trying to obtain information that could lead us to determine the source of the sound.”

He also called upon all stakeholders to understand why the government could not eliminate toll charges within its first 100 days of power and urged them to accept the final decision.

"I'm confident that we will be able to defend the case very effectively."

"You cannot compare an ordinary sodomy case with a situation where an accused is charged with 'sodomising' the entire nation."

Citing sources, the daily said Sime Darby Property and its partners Brunsfield Development Sdn Bhd and Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen (KWAP) mutually decided to not extend the MoU – which was signed in May last year – after it expired.

Prosecution had initially asked for bail to be set at RM10mil, but the judge said the amount was too high. Defence argued for bail to be set at RM250,000, but the judge deemed it too low.