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KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured) failed yesterday in his bid to recuse former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution in his RM9.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Johor Baru Umno division secretary Abu Talib Alias (pictured) created chuckles during his testimony in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s SRC International Sdn Bhd trial yesterday, when he referred to the former premier using his famous nickname Malu apa bossku? (What’s there to be ashamed my boss?).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin plans to turn waste to profit by setting up designated waste parks in every state to focus on upcycling waste products.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): The revival of the Bandar Malaysia project is not only breathing new life into the share prices of big construction companies, but also building material players and even a durian plantations firm.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): A RM50,000 contribution in 2015 by Datuk Seri Najib Razak under his capacity as then-Umno president to one of the party's Kedah divisions was not channelled using its official bank account in order to avoid tabling the transaction during the party's general meeting, said a witness in the Najib-SRC trial today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Hong Leong Investment Bank Research (HLIB Research) sees the revival of the Bandar Malaysia project (pictured) as positive to the local construction industry.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): RHB Research Institute Sdn Bhd has upgraded IOI Properties Bhd to "buy" from "neutral", with an unchanged target price of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): The court has set May 6 as the date for the hearing of the application to transfer Tan Sri Musa Aman's (pictured) corruption and money laundering cases to the High Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Seacera Group Bhd says today it is unable to confirm the veracity of a news article which claimed Datuk William Tan Wei Lian pledged to inject at least RM30 million into the tile manufacturer to resolve its cash flow and credit liability, as Tan has not engaged the group on the proposal.

Sunway Construction Group Bhd (April 19, RM2) Maintain hold with an unchanged target price (TP) of RM1.