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Out of the 14 new cases, five were imported while nine involved local transmissions

On the sidelines of the Invest Malaysia 2020 here today, its minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali told reporters that there is no timeline for the government to ratify the CPTPP.

In a statement, the low-cost carrier said the fees are RM20 per guest for domestic flights and RM30 per guest for international flights.

1MDB's former CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi, who has been a witness in the trial since last year, is coming to the tail end of his cross-examination today by Najib’s defence team, led by Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.

Genting Hong Kong Ltd (GEN HK) announced the resignation of its controlling shareholder’s son Lim Keong Hui (pictured) from the board. Keong Hui is the son of Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, who is the group’s single largest shareholder holding a 76% equity stake. 

DBS has lowered Malaysia's 2020 full year GDP growth forecast to -5.5%, which is at the lower end of the official forecast range of -5.5% to - 3.5%, and the lowest since the Asian Financial Crisis

The new cases bring the cumulative number of Covid-19 infections in Malaysia to 9,340.

The new infections comprise 15 imported cases, involving 11 Malaysian citizens and four non-citizens, and two local transmission cases with both involving Malaysians.

Out of the 10 imported cases, eight cases were from India, one from Indonesia and one more from Qatar.

Zahid, 67, is facing 47 charges, with 12 of them involving criminal breach of trust, eight for corruption and 27 for money laundering involving tens of millions of ringgit in funds belonging to Yayasan Akalbudi.