News about HAD

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 (Aug 9): A lawyer has mounted a legal challenge against the Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng and the government over the imposition on a levy for Malaysians wanting to travel overseas, which will take effect next month.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): A penthouse in Manhattan’s Walker Tower, USA, allegedly purchased with money funnelled from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), will be put up for sale.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): Two men linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) kleptocracy scandal have been convicted of financial crimes and sentenced to jail in Abu Dhabi, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing a statement from the emirate’s criminal court.

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.