News about Malaysia

PUTRAJAYA (NOV 7): Housing and Local Government Ministry's (KPKT) minister Zuraida Kamaruddin today met with over 60 owners of 1Malaysia People’s Housing Scheme (PR1MA) to discuss problems they face over PR1MA including discounts given to new PR1MA homebuyers.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): Along with 25 other individuals Jho Low will have his Cypriot password withdrawn, confirms Cyprus.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): High Court judge Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan would decide on next Wednesday (Nov 13) on whether the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report tampering trial involving former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) and the fund’s former chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy could begin on Jan 13.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): The joint business arrangement between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Malaysia Airlines Bhd is expected to take off within a year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): Ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Roger Ng Chong Hwa (pictured) will return to Malaysia next March, in time for his trial for abetting the sale of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) bonds totalling US$6.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The defence in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial today alleged that prosecution witness Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi (pictured) helped to facilitate a scam to siphon money out of the defunct sovereign wealth fund.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 5): Perdana Parkcity Sdn Bhd (ParkCity)’s Plaza Arkadia has bagged the inaugural Mixed-use Development award at the FIABCI Malaysia Property Award 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The Sessions Court judge, Azmil Muntapha Abas, who had presided as a coroner in the highly-charged inquest into the death political aide Teoh Beng Hock 10 years ago, will face a corruption charge tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) today left its key interest rate unchanged, as it expects the country's economic growth to come in within projections this year and the pace sustained going into 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Genting Malaysia Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary Genting (USA) Ltd (GenUSA) had on Monday (Nov 4) purchased 13.