News by Emir Zainul

KL has in recent years become a key destination for MNCs to optimise their business models and for “high-value, high-impact” central operating models.

The former AG further claimed his termination was orchestrated by Mahathir, and that the latter had arrogated to himself the power of termination unlawfully.

Foo Gee Jen, group managing director of CBRE | WTW, today addressed all of the issues in his valuation report during reexamination by FGV's lawyer Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi.

The court was informed today that her solar project graft trial is at the tail-end of the prosecution case, which is expected to be concluded soon.

The plaintiff’s sixth witness, Zuraida Ariffin, who was his secretary at the time, testified that she had visited the luxury condominium for the first time when she attended the birthday party in November 2015.

During cross-examination, Mohd Isa's lawyer Lavinia Kumaraendran (pictured) pointed out that two of the documents Zalily referred to do not clearly point to the involvement of the former FGV chairman as behind the proposal for the acquisition, to which the witness agreed.

Witness Zalily Mohamed Zaman Khan the chief internal auditor of plantation group FGV, which filed the suit against Mohd Isa and Mohd Emir following the purchase of a luxury condominium at The Troika KLCC.

The government, through the IRB, previously in August 2019 sued Tengku Adnan to claim RM57.167 million in unpaid taxes for 2012 to 2017.

According to court procedure, the petition of appeal is required to be filed within 10 days from when the record of appeal, which comprises the grounds of judgment from High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, is ready. In this case, the defence is asking to extend the deadline to file the petition from 10 days to 30 days.

During examination-in-chief today, Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman, who is testifying against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the 1MDB-Tanore trial as the 10th prosecution witness, said he received a salary of RM93,000 a month as chief operating officer (COO) when he first joined 1MDB in August 2012. Mohd Hazem said that when he was promoted to chief executive officer (CEO) in March 2013, he received a salary of RM97,000. Furthermore, during his tenure, he received a five-month bonus in his first year when he was COO and a 10-month bonus when he was CEO.