News about Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, the lead prosecutor in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s multi-million ringgit graft trial, has dismissed her lawyer’s claim that his client was suffering from “life-threatening” ailments as an “overdose of wealth and publicity”.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 1): GCH Retail (M) Sdn Bhd, which operates Giant, Cold Storage, Mercato and Jason’s branded hypermarkets and supermarkets, will exit Sabah and Sarawak within the next couple of months as part of the reorganisation of its operations, The Edge Malaysia reported today.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 31): China’s ambassador to Malaysia Bai Tian has called on Sabah and Sarawak to review the decision to ban all flights from his country, the centre of the novel coronavirus epidemic.

KUCHING (Jan 22): Hydrogen-powered buses in Sarawak will be rolled out for public use starting tomorrow said Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): Residential property in outskirt markets should be on the radar of property buyers and investors given the significant growth in their property transaction value and volume in recent times, said Rahim & Co International Sdn Bhd director of research Sulaiman Saheh.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Sarawak Report editor Claire Rewcastle-Brown has filed an appeal against the High Court decision last month to allow an application by Terengganu's Sultanah Nur Zahirah not to testify in her defamation suit against Rewcastle-Brown and the publisher on her book about 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

PETALING JAYA (Jan 16): There is an oversupply of high-rise residential property in Sarawak but landed houses are holding up well, said managing director of CH William Talhar Wong and Yeo Sdn Bhd (WTWY) Robert KS Ting (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Datuk Rizal Mansor (pictured, right), a former aide and special officer to Datuk Seri Najib Razak, has had his criminal charges withdrawn by the prosecution in the corruption case involving RM5 million in kickbacks over a solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak.

SEPANG (Jan 7): AirAsia Group Bhd will add special late-night flights at fixed one-way all-in fares between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak from Jan 21 to 31, following feedback from the budget airline's guests for it to have fixed low fares for the upcoming Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan 25 and 26.

MIRI: Areas in three different Sarawak districts were cut off by major landslides caused by incessant rain, the Star reported today.