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Family friend on Jho Low: Innocent until proven guilty

“In this Malaysia Baru that we have been fighting for, we finally get this change but we must still maintain that it was always innocent until proven guilty; otherwise our whole system, everything, breaks down.”

Over 1,000 firms eyeing 40% civil works portion of ECRL project

Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) and China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC) said a total of 1,321 submissions from Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) registered companies were received by ECRL's main contractor, CCCC, during the Pre-Q exercise on May 29-30 this year.

Pantai Hills resort yet to get approval from local council

“Among the offences committed were constructing buildings without permission on agricultural land for commercial purposes. Besides, the location of the buildings on hillslopes poses a safety risk to visitors including foreign tourists."

First rent-to-own houses for Penang’s poor

State Housing, Local Government, Town and Country Planning Com­mittee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said that the scheme, located off Jalan Kuala Jalan Baru, was meant for those who could not afford to buy low-cost units due to high loan rejection rate.