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The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on April 1, 2015, and its abolishment three years later probably makes it one of the most — if not the most — controversial tax to be introduced in Malaysia’s history.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng says the repatriation of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-related assets from the US and Singapore will be used to service 1MDB's debts currently amounting to RM51 billion.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): The US government has returned and will be returning substantial monies to Malaysia, representing the first instalment of funds recovered from asset seizures related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) under the US Department of Justice's (DoJ) Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, says Attorney General Tommy Thomas.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): KLCCP Stapled Group, comprising KLCC Property Holdings Bhd and KLCC Real Estate Investment Trust (KLCC REIT), reported today a 1.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said corporate Malaysia should play its part in ensuring that employees in the country are paid decent wages and duly rewarded for their contributions, especially if the companies perform well.

PUTRAJAYA (May 6): In a move that will likely escalate tensions between the Johor Palace and the Pakatan Harapan administration, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has slammed the Crown Prince of Johor, Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim, as "stupid".

  PETALING JAYA (May 6): In order to maintain the roads better, the Penang state government is applying to convert federal roads into state roads.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): Tower Real Estate Investment Trust is  “reinventing” itself via co-working and co-living spaces, reported The Edge Malaysia recently.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): Federal Court judge Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat has been confirmed as the new Chief Justice.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): Fugitive businessperson Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, has stressed that the surrender of jewellery belonging to his mother, Evelyn Goh, does not amount to an admission of wrongdoing.