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PETALING JAYA (Feb 20): “There is not now, nor has there ever been” a plan to build a multi-storey car park next to Fort Cornwallis (pictured) in Penang, according to Chief Minister of Penang Incorporated (CMI) in a statement today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): A businessman, who secured contracts from the Home Ministry to process foreign visas, refutes in the High Court today claims that payments he made to former deputy premier and home minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi were bribes.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) will be looking for a replacement for tax lawyer Datuk DP Naban, who had acted for the board in its case against former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, a source said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The Malaysian authorities did examine the possibility of a criminal plot behind the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, said the then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, but did not make the suspicions public as the plane’s recorders had not been found.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The Finance Ministry’s special purpose vehicle Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd (UJ) has firmly denied allegations that the Finance Ministry or Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has irresponsibly shut down Lembaga Tabung Haji hotels and subsequently dismissed the affected hotel staff.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The COVID-19 death toll across Mainland China rose to 2,118 as of Wednesday (Feb 19) after 114 new fatalities were recorded, said the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Malaysia, citing China's National Health Commission updates.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): The High court today allowed a witness in the corruption trial of Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to be treated as hostile by the prosecution because of discrepancies between his written statement and testimony.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): Widad Group Bhd is taking over the entire 100% stake in Serendah Heights Sdn Bhd (SHSB), the ultimate owner of a concession to develop and maintain the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) campus in Jasin, Melaka, for RM127.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): Datuk Teoh Hai Hin has resigned as executive director of Heng Huat Resources Corp Bhd, less than two weeks after his appointment to the position.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): IGB Bhd posted a nearly 35% drop in net profit for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2019 amid lower contribution from its commercial and retail property investments.