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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): Attorney-General Tommy Thomas has defended the appointment of Sitpah Selvaratnam, a senior shipping and maritime lawyer in his former law firm, to handle the government's claim of Equanimity, a RM1 billion super yacht that was bought using funds allegedly siphoned from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

PETALING JAYA (Aug 9): The developer of a contentious high-density, high-rise development at Taman Rimba Kiara (TRK) in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, is willing to cancel the project if Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) is willing to pay RM110 million in compensation, reported The Star.

KOTA KINABALU (August 8): Individual native titles will replace the soon to be abolished communal land titles in Sabah, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 8): The Taman Tun Dr Ismail Residents Association (TTDI RA) has lauded the recent statements made by Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad and Member of Parliament Segambut Hannah Yeoh regarding the Taman Rimba Kiara park (pictured) in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was today charged with three counts of money laundering in relation to a probe into 1Malaysia Development Bhd's former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 7): Shares in Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Bhd (KPS) rose 1.

Gamuda Bhd (Aug 6, RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 7): SKH Consortium Bhd has proposed to diversify its business to include property development and property investment, as part of the group’s business plan to improve its financial performance as well as its shareholders’ value.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 7): While the Selangor government’s offer to buy out Syarikat Pengeluar Air Sungai Selangor Sdn Bhd’s (SPLASH) water treatment assets at RM2.

PETALING JAYA (August 6): A proposed traffic realignment involving a section of Jalan Tengku Kelana in Klang being turned into a one-way loop requires assessment of access roads of surrounding buildings and impact on traffic at intersections, says Klang Municipal Council (MPK) Selangor Palace representative Datuk Abdul Ghani Pateh Akhir.