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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): Star Media Group Bhd announced today that its group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai has submitted his notice of retirement and will be relinquishing the two posts on Jan 1, 2019.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he had rejected the “proof” of wrongdoings by 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) mastermind Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), presented to him in 2015 by The Edge Media Group chairman Tong Kooi Ong, as it was based on stolen emails by a disgruntled employee.

GENTING HIGHLANDS (Nov 29): Resorts World Genting (RWG) has officially opened the newest concept of clubs – Empire by Zouk (Empire) on Nov 21 – one of Zouk Genting’s two club outlets, and one of the newest concepts introduced under the Zouk umbrella, it announced in a press release today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 29): Entertainment outlets in Kuala Lumpur will have operational hours limited to 1am, starting January 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reiterated that Goldman Sachs Group should be made to pay back more than the amount it received from the Malaysian government for facilitating bond sales for 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) due to its “disgusting” role in the matter.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Land & General Bhd has appointed Datuk Noorizah Abd Hamid as its new independent non-executive director, effective Dec 1, 2018.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): The Malaysian Retail Chain Association says its members posted an average year-on-year revenue growth of 5.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): The RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Former Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Datuk Seri Hasan Arifin (BN-Rompin) said the committee was not aware of any alteration to Auditor General's (AG) report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Tan Sri Shukry Mohd Salleh has been ousted as chairman of Bank Rakyat’s board with immediate effect, as he is allegedly involved in the tampering of the original audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) when he was the chief private secretary of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.