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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): Submissions at the end of defence for former Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad's graft trial in relation to a hotel purchase in Sarawak, previously scheduled for today in the High Court, have now been deferred until Dec 24.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): The Ministry of Health (MOH) detected four new Covid-19 clusters, of which three are in Sabah and one in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

TAIPING (Dec 3): The hopes of three house buyers in being awarded a total of about RM90,000 by the housing tribunal were quashed when the High Court here overturned the former’s ruling made last year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases climbed above the 1,000-level again at 1,075 today from 851 reported yesterday, with 11 new deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): The National Security Council (NSC) has clarified that the conditional movement control order (CMCO) has not been further extended to Jan 3, 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): A food caterer in Singapore, Spize, and its related company Spize Events have been fined $32,000 (RM97,500) today over a mass food poisoning case in 2018 that sickened 63 people and caused the death of an auxiliary police officer, reported The Straits Times (ST).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): The final suspect in the robbery and murder case of the former director of the Information Technology Division, Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute (MARDI) Wan Hassan Wan Embong has been caught, the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Gloria Estefan (pictured), the mega-pop star of the 1980s and 90s, revealed that she was infected by Covid-19 and spent much of November in isolation, reported AP today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Shares in property and construction counters surged today in an apparent reaction to the progression of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project amid talks between Malaysia and Singapore leaders about the megaproject with details expected to be announced this month.