News by Hafiz Yatim

Justice M Gunalan had agreed with PKA's claim that Phang owed her duties to PKA as its general manager and given that it is a statutory body, she could not bypass the board of directors and rely solely on sanctions of the Transport Ministry, Finance Ministry and the prime minister to enter into agreements which were binding on PKA.

The chairman of the As Salihin Trustee Bhd had been diagnosed with Covid-19, and had been receiving treatment in intensive care

The five-member bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat ruled the notice given by the prosecution in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case had fulfilled all the requirements needed.

Former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram said statements outside Parliament on the withdrawal of support for the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government led by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, meanwhile, may constitute an attempt to undermine the present government beyond constitutional means. 

An outcome in the PKFZ decision would have a bearing on other related forfeiture cases, especially those linked with 1MDB. 

Judicial Commissioner Maidzura Mohammed granted a sanction order to the company, after being told that the scheme was approved by 96% of the total value of the creditors present and voting in person or by proxy at a creditors’ meeting on Dec 18.

Dr Mahathir was previously reported to have said the party's registration had not yet received approval from the RoS, although all conditions were met.

Justice Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin decided to maintain the dates after Najib's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah confirmed that the dates were still suitable, but inquired whether the court still wanted to deliberate over whether it would hear the case or not as the 1MDB-Tanore trial is not expected to end by then.

The stay was granted by a three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Yaakob Md Sam, with the other two judges being Justices Datuk S Nantha Balan and Datuk M Gunalan.

The trial resumes after it was postponed on Oct 5 last year, after the former Umno president went into self-quarantine following his trip to Sabah where he was busy campaigning to ensure the newly-formed Perikatan Nasional won the state election. The trial was subsequently postponed again because of the conditional movement control order (CMCO).