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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The Finance Ministry’s special purpose vehicle Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd (UJ) has firmly denied allegations that the Finance Ministry or Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has irresponsibly shut down Lembaga Tabung Haji hotels and subsequently dismissed the affected hotel staff.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): The High court today allowed a witness in the corruption trial of Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to be treated as hostile by the prosecution because of discrepancies between his written statement and testimony.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): Damansara Realty Bhd's fourth quarter net profit shrank 15.

KUANTAN (Feb 19): The Pahang government has urged the unregistered homestay operators to voluntarily register their premises with the local authorities, rather than for the state to make it mandatory.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 19): Pro-Anwar Ibrahim group Otai Reformis 1998 threatened to put an orang asli blockade at the entrance to Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (SSAAS) in Shah Alam if the Selangor government proceeds with a proposal to build a mixed development project in the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLNFR), the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (19 Feb): Datasonic Group Bhd deputy managing director Chew Ben Ben told the High Court today that an alleged RM6 million bribe the company gave to former deputy prime minister Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in 2017 was in fact a political donation to his Barisan Nasional coalition government.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd has waived the 50 sen Touch 'n Go top-up fee at all stations along the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), North-South Expressway Central Link (Elite) and East Coast Expressway (ECE) to help Malaysians save more money amid rising cost of living.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 18): Bina Darulaman Bhd (BDB) has won a RM39.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 18): The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has started its investigation on a 37-storey condominium building under construction in Taman Desa, Jalan Klang Lama that partially collapsed last Friday (Feb 14), with the findings expected to be released in a month’s time.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): Sinmah Capital Bhd has scrapped plans to acquire two pieces of land together with a three-star hotel and a six-storey commercial building sited on them in Bandar Nilai Utama, Seremban, for a combined RM27 million.