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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Residents of Jalan Abdullah, Bangsar are continuing their opposition to a 32-storey residential development in their neighbourhood, the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has carried out Covid-19 screening on about 90 close contacts of Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri (pictured) as of noon yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer told the High Court yesterday that millions in cash was confiscated in 2018 during raids conducted at two residences, following complaints of alleged fund misappropriation by officers from the controversial Research Division under the Prime Minister’s Department.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Tropicana Corp Bhd deputy chief executive officer Datuk Dickson Tan Yong Loong has resigned from his post with immediate effect.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Former Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO) director-general Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid (pictured) had allegedly bought six luxury watches with part of the US$12.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): The hearing of an appeal by former Sabah chief minister (CM) Tan Sri Musa Aman (pictured) over who is the rightful Sabah CM, as well as an appeal by him and 32 other former assemblymen challenging the dissolution of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly previously fixed for tomorrow, has been postponed indefinitely.

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 5): Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri has tested positive for Covid-19, according to his Facebook posting today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): PKR, through its secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, has filed a RM10 million suit against its former Wanita head Zuraida Kamaruddin over her move to defect from the party with several others in February.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): About 10 prosecution witnesses are scheduled to testify in lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's (pictured) trial, where the accused is facing two money laundering charges involving RM9.