News by Hafiz Yatim

Lawyer Muhammad Nizamuddin Abdul Hamid, whose firm Messrs Zharif Nizamuddin was appointed by the MACC late last year to help oversee its forfeiture application against Tarek Obaid, PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI), PetroSaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Ltd (PSOSL) (Incorporated in Barbados) and two others, confirmed this.

Former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor: They [were] paid between RM2,000 [and] RM4,000 a month and I prepared the budget [for which] RM100,000 was given every month by her. I do not know whether the budget came from the Prime Minister's Department, but I got the amount directly from her every month. The cyber-trooper team was set up in 2012 and ceased in 2018.

Umno Pekan's counsel Datuk M Reza Hassan confirmed the decision with theedgemarkets.com, saying the court rejected the application as the sum was no longer in its bank account. The division is helmed by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is also the Pekan Member of Parliament.

Today, deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Mustaffa P Kunyalam is expected to finish Mohd Hazem’s reexamination before senior DPP Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram starts asking the witness several questions

The assurance was made again today by PSOSL counsel Alex Tan to Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali and Malaysia's prosecution team, after the latter expressed concern upon learning that Tarek Obaid, a Saudi national who is CEO of PSOSL’s parent PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI), had disputed the judge’s July 16 order.

Rosmah’s counsel Datuk Jagjit Singh suggested that the witness had asked Jepak to pay him RM5 million per year for five years as a reward for his help in securing the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project for rural schools in Sarawak.

Former aide to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Datuk Rizal Mansor today admitted in High Court that he personally received close to RM1 million by Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd former managing director Saidi Abang Sammsudin, who also sponsored an umrah pilgrimage Rizal and his family embarked on in 2016.

This follows the Federal Court today dismissing a stay application by former Tamparuli assemblyman Datuk Jahid @ Noordin Jahim for a stay of the state election pending the hearing of former Sabah Chief Minister (CM) Tan Sri Musa Aman's appeal over who should have been the rightful Sabah CM since May 2018.

Lim, 59, who was formerly Penang Chief Minister (CM), was charged with causing the state land registrar to dispose of the first government-owned parcel — PT Lot 702 at Bandar Tanjong Pinang which is said to be worth RM135.086 million — to Ewein Zenith at the Land and Mines Department in Komtar on February 17, 2015.

Datuk Rizal Mansor (file picture), the prosecution's 21st witness, was asked by Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram whether he had struck any deal or arrangement with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to have his own graft charges dropped by giving false evidence against Rosmah. To this, Rizal said, “Never.”