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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): Datuk Amhari Effendi Nazaruddin, one of the key prosecution witnesses in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial involving former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, initially disagreed that the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) was mooted by Terengganu's ruler Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin's when he was the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd said today Tenaga Nasional Bhd may face long-term earnings risk related to electricity pricing and take-up rate based on the auction mechanism under Malaysia's proposed 10-year masterplan to reform the power industry.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): Businessman Datuk Tan Eng Boon (pictured, centre) was fined RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): RHB Research Institute Sdn Bhd said the government is unlikely to introduce new tax measures for Budget 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): TDM Bhd has confirmed that Indonesian authorities have sealed off its subsidiary's plantation land in the republic due to fire.

JOHOR BARU (Sept 17): Johor Housing, Communication and Multimedia Committee chairman Dzulkefly Ahmad said the Federal Government should look into the benefits or disadvantages of a property expo for foreigners mooted by the Housing and Local Government Ministry before a final decision is made.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 17): Supermarket and hypermarket operators in Malaysia are shutting down under-performing stores, Retail Group Malaysia managing director Tan Hai Hsin said.

  PETALING JAYA (Sept 17): Malaysians are still the second-largest group of buyers of Singapore’s non-landed residential properties by nationality year-to-date, according to an article in the Star today.

MIRI (Sept 17): Sarawak has shut down 298 schools in eight districts this morning due to the haze situation in the state.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): The Cabinet has approved a 10-year masterplan to reform the domestic power industry, in which the government will now stop approving new independent power production projects that come with power purchase agreements (PPA).