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KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): Even though he will not agree to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad being prime minister, PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pictured) is “open” to giving the former PM an advisory role in a Pakatan Harapan (PH) cabinet, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): The Kuala Lumpur High Court will reserve judgment until a later date over an application made by the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) for a summary judgment in the RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that there were 316 positive Covid-19 cases detected from the Pedas cluster in Negeri Sembilan up until noon today, out of 957 people who have undergone screening for the disease.

PUTRAJAYA (June 22): Former Lembaga Tabung Haji chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim and his brother Datuk Abdul Latif Abdul Rahim today withdrew their appeal against the High Court's dismissal of their application to transfer their corruption and money laundering cases from the Sessions Court to the High Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Health director-general (D-G) Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today the Covid-19 outbreak in immigration detention depots remains under control.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 18): Former Youth and Sports Minister and Muar member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (pictured) was quizzed by the police for 45 minutes in Bukit Aman today, following an interview he gave to Al Jazeera in March regarding the political situation in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15) : Ten bank officers from various commercial banks in the Klang Valley and Kedah told the High Court here today that over RM24 million had been deposited into the account of law firm Messrs Lewis & Co, which was said to be linked to former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases jumped to 41 today from eight reported yesterday, raising the total infections in the country to 8,494.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The High Court has rejected Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s (pictured) bid to postpone the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit tampering trial pending the disposal of his application to remove Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as the lead prosecutor.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) final audit report tampering trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy has been postponed to tomorrow, as one member of Najib's defence team came down with a high fever and is undertaking Covid-19 testing.