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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): US President Donald Trump (pictured) has granted a full pardon to Elliot Broidy, who was convicted last year on a conspiracy to lobby on behalf of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, as he is better known, who was described by investigators as the mastermind behind the massive financial fraud at 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): The Ministry of Health (MoH) today announced 16 new clusters today — the highest reported in a single day — bringing total active clusters being monitored by the Ministry to 318.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Malaysia reported an increase of 4,008 Covid-19 cases today, the second highest addition in a day and the second time its daily cases top the 4,000 mark, pushing cumulative infections in the country to 169,379.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Cymao Holdings Bhd's unit has secured a subcontract worth RM134.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 20): The Court of Appeal has fixed July 28 to hear Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's and the Pardons Board's appeal against the Kuala Lumpur High Court's refusal to strike out a challenge brought by a lawyer over the opposition leader's pardon for his second sodomy conviction.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): YTL Corp Bhd’s operating unit YTL Hotels has expanded the Ritz-Carlton Reserve portfolio with the opening of Japan's 50-room Higashiyama Niseko Village resort (pictured), which is the first Japanese Ritz-Carlton Reserve and YTL Hotels' fifth destination in Niseko Village, according to a news report by CLAD.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Mobilus Sdn Bhd has welcomed the arrival of the first automated rapid transit (ART) system into Johor, which is set to be the site for a bus pilot testing programme to be launched in Iskandar Malaysia in the first quarter of 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): YTL Group has reportedly submitted its planning application to local councils for a new development called the Hangout, a pop-up village which offers tipi-style restaurants, temporary retail and entertainment space in Bristol, the UK.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): The Kuala Lumpur wholesale market, popularly known as Pasar Borong KL will be closed for four days from tomorrow owing to Covid-19 infections.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 20): The viral videos of gambling activities happening in The Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) Covid-19 quarantine centre have caught the health ministry’s attention, and a police report will be made for further investigation, reported Sinchew Daily.