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  GEORGE TOWN (July 4): It has now been confirmed that the state government here will demolish the 50-year-old Mahsuri flats in Bayan Baru “under an urban regeneration initiative”, the Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): The city’s mayor may be empowered by law to decide on Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) land sale matters, but it doesn’t mean he would dare to go against the Federal Territories Minister’s “suggestion” on such matters, the High Court heard yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured) said the defence will soon reveal why SRC International Sdn Bhd’s ex-director Datuk Suboh Md Yassin was told to leave the country by former managing director and chief executive officer Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): Ex-SRC International Sdn Bhd director Datuk Suboh Md Yassin (pictured) agreed with the defence’s suggestion that a board briefing in September 2011 by its former managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) about the transfer of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong said today that it has banned Tim Leissner, a former responsible officer of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.

SERI KEMBANGAN (July 3): The Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) has sealed as many as 14 premises in Taman Serdang Jaya, Seri Kembangan, for unapproved structural extensions.

PETALING JAYA (July 3): The USJ and Subang Jaya areas have seen a significant rise in dengue infections, with eight cases reported in 21 days, Subang Jaya assemblyman Michelle Ng told The Star.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): A group of businessmen led by former AirAsia Group Bhd chairman Datuk Pahamin A Rajab, is said to have met Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad this afternoon to express its interest in helping the government turn around the ailing national carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): No payment was made by Tadmansori Holdings Sdn Bhd (THSB) after receiving an RM2 million “political donation” from a property developer to UMNO, the High Court was told.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Cherating in Pahang and Kota Kinabalu, Sabah are top destinations for future hospitality investments in Malaysia, according to industry experts at the Hospitality Malaysia Conference 2019 (HMC 2019) held here today.