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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 13): Protasco Bhd said today its subsidiary HCM Engineering Sdn Bhd received a termination letter from Turnpike Synergy Sdn Bhd (TSSB) for the construction of the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) due to the delay in the project's implementation.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 12): The Sessions Court here had today set bail at RM500,000 with one surety for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured), who pleaded not guilty to a charge related to the tampering of 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) final audit report before it was presented to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 12): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy (pictured) claimed trial at the Sessions Court here today over a charge related to the alteration of 1MDB's final audit report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 12): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and ex-1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) president Arul Kanda Kandasamy have arrived at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court where they are scheduled to be charged with abetting in aiding to tamper the 1MDB audit report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 12): A controversial piece of land in Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) here that Lembaga Tabung Haji (pictured) purchased from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) three years ago is likely to be one of the underperforming assets that will be transferred to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) under the ministry of finance.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 11): Home minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today explained that a national park and Sultanate land is not the same and has appealed to the Johor sultanate to revert Pulau Kukup to its national park status.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 11): Encorp Bhd’s plans to jointly develop its Bukit Katil land in Melaka with Sinmah Capital Bhd fallen through, said reports yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): Residents living in the vicinity of Highland Towers (pictured) continue to ask for the surviving two blocks to be torn down, reported The Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): The presentation of a white paper on the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) in Parliament, by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA), has been postponed to next year on the recommendation of the Cabinet.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): Putrajaya is not an “outsider” as far as the Pulau Kukup issue is concerned, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad explained today.