Eversendai bags projects worth RM5.4b in Saudi Arabia, UAE, India

Eversendai executive chairman and group managing director Tan Sri AK Nathan: Despite going through a very challenging period in the last few years, exasperated by Covid-19 and its related impacts, Eversendai is optimistic that the group will be able to strongly rebound as a result of the record high order book, which will translate in optimum utilisation of all the group's fabrication facilities.

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Najib told Cabinet to keep Arab donation to Yayasan 1MDB under wraps, witness claims

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) instructed his Cabinet during a meeting in 2010 to keep mum about the "donation" from Saudi Arabia's crown prince Prince Saud Abdulaziz Al-Saud to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) charity arm Yayasan 1MDB as the prince had requested that the contribution not be announced, a prosecution witness told the High Court here today.

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Top Abu Dhabi executives implicated in 1MDB scam believed to have been convicted

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): Were the two top executives of the Abu Dhabi wealth fund implicated in the 1MDB scandal convicted and jailed two days ago in the United Arab Emirates? According a Feb 3 news report by the Khaleej Times, the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court had sentenced a former senior management executive of a government-owned company and its chief executive officer (CEO) to 15 years in prison for money laundering.

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Najib cites 307 grounds to set aside his conviction and sentence in SRC case

PUTRAJAYA (Dec 2): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) has stated 307 reasons in his petition of appeal to set aside his conviction and sentence in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case Among others, he claimed that the trial judge, Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, was wrong in finding that his action of not returning the RM42 million SRC money was detrimental to his defence.

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Ex-minister Jamil was not in Riyadh as he had claimed, says MACC man

KUALA LUMPUR (March 2): Former minister Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom’s testimony that he was with former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in Saudi Arabia on Jan 11, 2010 for an informal meeting with the late King Abdullah was today disputed by a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer.

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