DBKL loses appeal at apex court to reinstate Taman Rimba Kiara development
A three-judge bench said there are no merits in the appeal brought by DBKL.
A three-judge bench said there are no merits in the appeal brought by DBKL.
The Federal Court will deliver its decision next Tuesday (April 18) on an appeal brought by a developer and Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) against the judicial review application filed by Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) residents over the development order granted for a multi-storey housing project on a plot of land in the Taman Rimba Kiara recreational park.
Abdul Hamid Shaikh Abdul Razak Shaikh was charged at the Sessions Court here on Tuesday (April 5) for offering RM500,000 a year for 15 years for the benefit of then communications and multimedia minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa in exchange for expediting Abdul Hamid’s company's take over of the KL Tower concession.
Nga said the rates that can be charged for such entities in Malaysia are now one of the lowest in the region.
Ranjan Chandran, the lawyer for the 36 buyers who are seeking to be interveners to oppose the CVA, submitted on Wednesday (Jan 4) that the CVA was usually intended for ailing companies and not for abandoned developments.
Tan Sri Cecil Abraham representing YWP submitted to a three-man bench via online proceedings that the application for the development of the Taman Rimba Kiara land was made solely by Memang Perkasa and did not involve YWP.
DBKL’s lawyer B. Thangaraj submitted to a three man bench via online proceedings that the targeted land was intended for mixed development, and that the Court of Appeal had made an error in quashing the development order issued to developer Memang Perkasa Sdn Bhd for the project.
In a supporting affidavit in response to the action, Thomas claimed Najib filed the suit for political reasons in time for the Melaka elections and the next general elections which must be held by the middle of 2023.
Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan on Thursday allowed the transfer of the four charges involving criminal breach of trust (CBT), misappropriation of funds and money laundering of more than RM1 million due to “unusual questions of law that will arise” in the case.
Former 1MDB director Tan Sri Ismee Ismail: After going through all of this from the information in this trial and news reports, my assumption was that the board [in 1MDB] was being used to make the transactions seem legitimate, to the extent that misleading information was given to us and even concealing information from the board