News by Hafiz Yatim

Lawyer Hariharan told the court that Nazir did not say in his witness statement that he had returned the money to Najib.

Shafee claimed in the High Court that the police raid at the condominium unit owned by OBYU Holdings was not done according to procedure.

Scivetti for UMNO said the prosecution should have named Najib Razak as the respondent in the forfeiture hearing and not OBYU.

The Federal Court's three-member bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat dismissed Mun Chol Myong's appeal against Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the public prosecutor and the director of the Sungai Buloh Prison where he is presently being held in custody since 2019.

Mohd Puad said in a statement he will abide by the court order ahead of the court hearing of the inter partes injunction on March 12.

This follows the bench led by Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf today allowing the appeal by Kepong member of Parliament (MP) Lim Lip Eng to strike out the suit by Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan, the then-MCA secretary-general who sued on behalf of the party following statements made by the DAP representative.

Justice Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf said the unwarranted attack was incendiary and exposed the judiciary to embarrassment, public scandal, contempt and to the point of belittling it.

Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz: This marks another success in the Malaysian Government’s continuing recovery efforts against parties involved in 1MDB, SRC and its related entities. The Malaysian Government is determined to ensure that appropriate actions are taken against all individuals or entities involved, directly or indirectly, in the global 1MDB scheme.

The payment of RM65 million is in addition to the RM137.5 million that the government paid last December. In total, the government has paid RM202.5 million for the work done on the rail track.

The legal team had filed a certificate of urgency for the injunction application be heard quickly.