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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 21): A report by The Edge Malaysia has zeroed in on a number of land buys in Johor over the past month in an environment where “the number of unsold properties in the state is still high”.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): Manufacturers and company owners have “questioned” the timing and government’s choice of 57 major towns and cities that will have a rise in the minimum wage from RM1,100 to RM1,200 beginning Jan 1 next year, reported The Star today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): A unit of Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd has received two bills of demand from the Royal Malaysian Customs Department for Goods and Services Tax payments totalling RM5.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has said that he would make a “sumpah laknat” (religious oath of condemnation) to deny former Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri’s claim that he had ordered Azilah to kill Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): The government has mandated that the new RM1,200 monthly minimum wage will be implemented on Jan 1, 2020 in the administered area of 57 city councils.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): Packaging materials maker and property developer Scientex Bhd is buying 18 parcels of leasehold agriculture land in Kota Tinggi, Johor from Fiamma Holdings Bhd to be developed into a mixed property development.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 17): The lawyer defending former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in several cases linked to the 1MDB scandal has alledged that a prisoner was brought out from death row at the Kajang Prison in February this year to meet with a VVIP as part of a coordinated political assassination plot against Najib, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda’s (pictured) lawyer wants contempt proceedings initiated over Azilah Hadri's statutory declaration (SD), reported Malaysiakini yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): Ex-elite special action force (UTK) police officer Azilah Hadri and now death row prisoner has alleged that the order for him to kill Altantuya Shaariibuu (pictured) came from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, reported Malaysiakini.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) US$6.