News about Terengganu

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): The Terengganu state government wanted to be out of Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) immediately after a boardroom tussle in the state fund, lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured) claimed in the High Court today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi was the one who suggested to Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak to take over the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) from Terengganu Menteri Besar Inc (MB Inc) to form 1MDB, the High Court heard yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): Datuk Amhari Effendi Nazaruddin, one of the key prosecution witnesses in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial involving former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, initially disagreed that the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) was mooted by Terengganu's ruler Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin's when he was the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 10): Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin has denied any knowledge that there were concerns raised in 2009 that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, has been misrepresenting himself as an advisor of then Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho explained the formation of Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) to former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's aide by scribbling on a whiteboard in his apartment kitchen here.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 29): Six months after Datuk Seri Najib Razak was appointed Prime Minister in 2009, a new article was added to Terengganu Investment Authority Bhd's (TIA) articles of association to grant him significant control over the company, which eventually became 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): TDM Bhd is disposing of a piece of leasehold land in Besut, Terengganu, to Lembaga Tabung Amanah Warisan Negeri Terengganu (LTAW) for RM12 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 7): The Conference of Rulers have concluded their meeting today after the sudden abdication of Sultan Muhammad V as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): Up to 553 flood evacuation centres that can accommodate more than 131,000 people have been identified Terengganu, reported The Star today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 29): A fire destroyed almost 50% of a hostel belonging to the Pusat Tahfiz Hafizatul Quran in Chukai, Terengganu, yesterday, reported Harian Metro.