News by Emir Zainul

All in all, 1MDB and SRC are seeking a total in excess of US$23 billion (about RM94.43 billion) and another RM300 million against those alleged domestic recipients of siphoned funds from SRC and 1MDB.

Another 87 fatalities were recorded today, taking the national death toll to 3,378.

The union said this is the third time within the last six years the bank has implemented such schemes. 

Accolade said the land sale to UEM Sunrise has alleviated the financial position of the company, and as such opened up opportunities for the company to expand its assets.

Pushing the national death toll to 3,291

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the clinical study will involve the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (Vero Cells), inactivated, manufactured by Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co Ltd in China.

High Court Judicial Commissioner Adlin Abdul Majid announced the decision to recuse herself from hearing the case during 1MDB case management in the High Court here today following an application by the plaintiff to recuse the judicial commissioner and lawyers Datuk DP Naban and Rosli Dahlan, according to lawyer Siva Kumar Kanagasabai from Skrine, which is representing 1MDB

The Federal Court had earlier fixed June 14 to begin hearing the appeal, but rescheduled the hearing at case management today, said Alliff Benjamin Suhaimi, a lawyer representing the residents of Taman Tun Dr Ismail Ismail (TTDI). 

Submissions from both the defence and the prosecution were initially set to be heard by High Court Judge Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan online tomorrow via Zoom. 

On the same day, the court will also deliver its decision for another similar application by the defence for discovery on matters related to former Bank Negara Malaysia governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz's husband and son, who were alleged to have received 1MDB funds from fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho.