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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): The High Court here has fixed Feb 8 to hear the application of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak (pictured) to recuse Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from being the senior public prosecutor in his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial, according to Malaysiakini.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): The management of Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) has made police reports concerning the abuse of power during the purchase of a number of floors in a building in Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur, reported The Star today.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): It appears that a less optimistic sentiment in the broader market has weighed on Gagasan Nadi Cergas Bhd’s debut.

Sapura Energy Bhd (Jan 8, 29.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): Fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, has dismissed a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report claiming that he had a role in facilitating deals with China to bail out 1MDB in 2016 in exchange for lucrative contracts.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 8): Greater Kuala Lumpur could become the biggest office space market in the Asean region this year, according to property consultancy Savills Malaysia.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Investor confidence in the Malaysian property market has showed some positive signs as the new government starts to provide more clarity and certainty in its fiscal policies, according to real estate consultancy Knight Frank Malaysia.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Property consultancy Knight Frank Malaysia said the local property market has held up rather well in the second half of 2018 (2H2018) and more improvement is expected in 2019.

  In response to the Wall Street Report that alleged former prime minister Najib Razak had signed major deals with China in return for a bailout for 1MDB debts and investigations from a number of countries, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said that the government will examine China-linked projects more closely for elements of corruption.

  The Malaysian government was in the midst of a swelling, multibillion-dollar graft scandal in 2016, when Senior Chinese leaders offered to help bail them out, according to minutes from previously undisclosed meetings, cited by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).