News about Penang

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) has sought the help of engineering experts and consultants to assist in the investigations on the Penang tunnel project, The Star Online reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The Chief Minister of Penang Lim Guan Eng has been presented with a writ of summons for an apology by Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (pictured) over the island state’s undersea tunnel project, The Malay Mail Online reported today.

PETALING JAYA (March 8): The Penang state government has to date offered affordable housing to 41,114 eligible applicants since 2013, said state exco Jagdeep Singh Deo in a report by the Malay Mail Online.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): Singapore-listed property developer Aspen (Group) Holdings Ltd, which is based in Malaysia, is confident it will continue to see top-line growth in the financial year ending Dec 31, 2018 (FY18), after posting strong numbers in FY17.

  PETALING JAYA (March 5): The remand on a businessman with a “Datuk Seri” title who had allegedly accepted RM19 million in bribes to stop investigations into the RM6.

SHAH ALAM (March 2): Umno Supreme Council member, Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Rahim made a police report today to call for a probe against those which allegedly used his name over the construction of Penang’s undersea tunnel project, Bernama reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 1): Sunway Bhd’s fourth quarter net profit fell 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 1):  The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday took action to freeze four bank accounts belonging to a businessman with the ‘Datuk Seri’ title, who was held the night before, Bernama reported.

PUTRAJAYA (Feb 28): A businessman has been remanded for six days for today over allegations of receiving RM19 million to halt a probe into a RM6.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 28): Vertice Bhd, which has a 13% stake in Penang undersea tunnel developer Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZC), posted its fourth consecutive losing quarter today on expenses incurred for multiple corporate exercises, higher administrative spending and a loss in its retail division.