News about Umno

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): A lawyer from UMNO yesterday disputed the prosecution's assertion that former CIMB chairman Datuk Seri Nazir Razak had purportedly helped to cash in three cheques totalling RM20 million from his older brother Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was then the country's prime minister and chairman of 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) advisory board, and given the money back to Najib.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): A lawyer for UMNO today told the High Court that the prosecution seeking the forfeiture of funds seized from the Pavilion luxury condominium unit owned by OBYU Holdings Sdn Bhd has failed to show how the company had allegedly misappropriated the funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 1): Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has gone ahead with his threat of legal action against Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Dr Puad Zarkashi for alleged defamation by filing a suit at the High Court today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 1): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has today failed to seize RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) CEO Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman (pictured) testified today that while he was told that 1MDB was used to fund Umno, during his tenure, he had seen no such evidence of money from the government investment fund benefitting Umno or former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): The prosecution in the forfeiture hearing of the police raid at the Pavilion condominium three years ago told the High Court that the RM114.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): The government has demanded an apology from an Umno leader for claiming that the quarantine period for ministers returning from overseas trips was shortened because Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) did not want to quarantine himself after his official visit to Indonesia.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 25): A five-member Federal Court bench today directed parties involved in a dispute over the delay in Umno election in 2018 to make further submissions on whether a section of the Societies Act was rightly applied by the High Court and the Court of Appeal to halt a challenge by 16 former Umno members.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 14): The Federal Court has today dismissed an appeal by former Umno supreme council member Datuk Lokman Nor Adam (pictured) to set aside the High Court's decision granting leave to initiate contempt proceedings against him.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The High Court here has fixed Feb 8 and 9, 2021 to hear the prosecution's application to forfeit luxury items such as jewellery, cash and watches from a raid conducted by the police two years ago at the Pavilion apartment owned by OBYU Holdings Sdn Bhd.