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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained two people, including a former senior officer of the Malaysian Armed Forces who holds a Datuk title, in connection with an investigation into false claims linked to a project worth about RM800 million to upgrade rural roads in Sarawak.

The Covid-19 outbreak has changed the game rules, and the conventional labour intensive way might not be feasible in the future.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): There were about 30 to 40 cyber troopers working for Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) between 2012 and 2018, who were allocated RM100,000 a month, said her former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): The Kuala Lumpur High Court has today turned down the prosecution's application to forfeit RM700,000 worth of funds allegedly linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) from Umno Pekan.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman (pictured) was offered almost triple his salary in his previous company to join 1MDB, the High Court heard today.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): The Covid-19 pandemic may have hit the construction sector but it also opened up a new avenue for the industry players to rethink the conventional construction process and start to embrace Industrialised Building System (IBS) and Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), said Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 15): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had pressured former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman (pictured) to request audit firm KPMG to conclude the audit of the state fund’s financial statements for 2013 despite certain irregularities it found, the High Court heard today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 15): Datuk Rizal Mansor today denied that the RM5 million cash from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd that was delivered to Seri Perdana, Putrajaya, was meant for him and not his ex-boss Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 15): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had used part of the US$3 billion raised by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) — initially intended for the development of the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) — to acquire land in Ayer Itam, Penang as part of Umno’s campaigning leading up to the 2013 General Elections (GE13), the High Court heard today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Former aide to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Datuk Rizal Mansor today admitted in High Court that he personally received close to RM1 million by Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd former managing director Saidi Abang Sammsudin, who also sponsored an umrah pilgrimage Rizal and his family embarked on in 2016.