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PETALING JAYA (Feb 4): S P Setia Bhd welcomed more than 300 visitors to its Setia Warisan Tropika in Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi, Selangor last Sunday for a Lunar New Year celebration.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): For the second day in a row, former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak recited a religious oath from the witness stand, denying that he had sought gratification with regard to the RM42 million, allegedly from SRC International Sdn Bhd, that was in his bank account.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Two more cities in China’s Zhejiang province are restricting “the movement of residents over fears of the spread of the coronavirus”, AFP reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the court today that the RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd which found its way into his personal accounts was put there by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho to disguise the latter's own purloining of billions of ringgit from 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Up to 147 Chinese citizens from Hubei province has been denied entry into the country since Jan 27 (when the government suspended entry for Chinese from Hubei following a spike in coronavirus cases), The Malaysian Insight reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping has today been allowed by the High Court here to defer submitting her defence in the suit filed by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak until her bid to strike out the suit is heard first.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said he had accepted a portion of the donations from the Saudi royal family between 2011 and 2014 as he did not want to rely on corporate donations to fund his party's election machinery.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): AirAsia Group Bhd co-founders Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun have denied all allegations of wrongdoing or misconduct in relation with the Airbus SE corruption charges, which implicated two executives from the low-cost carrier.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Heng Huat Resources Group Bhd said yesterday it has suspended Ooi Chieng Sim as its non-executive director, days after he was redesignated from the group's executive chairmanship.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the High Court here yesterday that it would have been more prudent for the then Attorney-General (AG) to retrieve RM3.