Loke told the media that the 10-minute journey by motorcycle taxi was a surprise check he performed on the service.

Tengku Adnan, also known as Ku Nan, sought to suspend the proceedings of the case until his appeal to review the tax assessment with IRB is settled.

He said all the projects, which are underway in Pengkalan Gawi, Pulau Bayas and Pulau Poh, are more than 50% completed and need an allocation of another RM80 million to be fully completed in at least two years time.

The Works Ministry, in a statement yesterday, said another three additional new packages were expected to be completed by end of 2023.

Ahmad Zahid is charged with 40 counts of receiving bribes involving the VLN.

"... what was the source of money you used to acquire these US$1.0 billion worth of assets that you are giving up?"

"We have set a relatively conservative sales target for this year. I believe that Bank Negara will cut OPR (Overnight Policy Rate) again this year. The rate cut benefited our sales last year, I hope that it will have a similar effect this year as well," said group managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San.
 
 

Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Datuk V Sithambaram made an application for impeachment of the credibility of the witness under Section 145(1) and Section 155(c) of the Evidence Act, after questioning the witness on the contradiction relating to several Minister of Finance Inc (MoF Inc) minutes of meeting documents, which Najib said he had signed.

The plaintiffs are claiming special damages in the sum of RM152,707.90, general damages assessed by the court, RM30,000 damages for bereavement, among others.

On the residential property market, Savills director of Estate Agency Kevin Goh said the market  will not crash, although it has been down for nearly six years now.