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Lawrence Tee, the prosecution's 20th witness, said he was asked by Rosmah's aide Datuk Rizal Mansor to prepare the agreement in 2016. Although reluctant, Tee said he went ahead with it because Rizal said "Mam" wanted him to do so.

The number of active cases reported today was 295, the highest since June 19 when there were 344 active cases.

In a written response to a question from Senator Datuk Ismail Ibrahim, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said the government is in the midst of reviewing Section C of the alignment, which is the stretch from Mentakab to Port Klang, in respect of the original alignment which goes through Bentong and Gombak.

Lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah insisted today that the court should rule on the allegation that Mohd Hazem's witness statement was hearsay. He cited a case law which ruled that issues of hearsay must be dealt with by the judge when they arise and not at the end of the case.

Justice Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, who led the three-member bench, ruled that the decision is unanimous and there was no appealable error in the Kota Kinabalu High Court decision.

New Covid-19 cases swelled to 62, more than 10 times the six cases reported yesterday, bringing the tally of infections in Malaysia to 9,459

Almost half of Malaysians, or 48%, trust that a vaccine will be available to them before the end of the year, ahead of the global average.

Synergy Promenade was appointed by Felda to be the master developer of the KL Vertical City project during Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad's time as Felda chairman, before the deal did not materialise.

Six new Covid-19 cases and two recoveries in the 24 hours until noon today

The penthouse, which was seized by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) as part of a civil forfeiture action, was sold for only US$18 million (RM74.69 million) compared to the purchase price of close to US$51 million six years ago.