News about HAD

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 24): Khadem Al Qubaisi, who has been detained in Abu Dhabi since 2016, claims that he is being made a “scapegoat” for the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) role in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal, according to The Wall Street Journal.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng Chong Hwa, who is facing 1MDB-related charges in the US and Malaysia, has filed an appeal at the High Court against an earlier decision by the Sessions Court, which rejected his bail application.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): CIMB Group Holdings Bhd has initiated legal action against PLUS Malaysia Bhd, claiming the latter has breached its obligations under a 1998 joint-venture agreement (JVA) in relation to Touch ’n Go Sdn Bhd, by launching its own toll collection system.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): Bids from potential buyers from all over the world were received for the Equanimity which was previously owned by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low).

PETALING JAYA (Nov 29): Bidding for the US$250 million (RM1 billion) superyacht Equanimity once owned by fugitive financier Jho Low has closed yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reiterated that Goldman Sachs Group should be made to pay back more than the amount it received from the Malaysian government for facilitating bond sales for 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) due to its “disgusting” role in the matter.

  KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng lambasted opposition members of parliament (MPs) from Barisan Nasional (BN) yesterday for refusing to face the reality that 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) is a mega scandal, calling them “an ostrich burying its head in the sand”.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Tan Sri Shukry Mohd Salleh has been ousted as chairman of Bank Rakyat’s board with immediate effect, as he is allegedly involved in the tampering of the original audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) when he was the chief private secretary of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 26): Police have launched an investigation into the alleged tampering of the Auditor-General’s 2016 report on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 26): Auditor-General (A-G) Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamad has confirmed that the original audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) issued in 2016 by the National Audit Department had been altered, and that orders to tamper with the report first came from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.