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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said his handwritten note on a SRC International Sdn Bhd letter seeking a RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): IGB Bhd, together with its partner Tower Ray Ltd, plans to sell their 50-50-owned UK-based Black Pearl Ltd, which owns a plot of freehold London land, for £235 million or RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said the core of the defence's case in proving Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's innocence will be on the fact that the former prime minister had no knowledge and no involvement in matters which resulted in the transfer of RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd into his accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Sdn Bhd (IWH) is considering an initial public offering as early as next year, Bloomberg reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former SRC International Sdn Bhd adviser emeritus Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak claimed today that he had no knowledge of the company's plan to apply for a RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's defence team has put the entire blame for the purported losses on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and its former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd on fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho — who is better known as Jho Low — and four mysterious Arabs.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 3): The Rodent Control Campaign 2019 by the Petaling Jaya City Council’s (MBPJ) Rodent Control Department caught 210 rats in two days at the Jalan Othman market in Petaling Jaya, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the High Court that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) was a close acquaintance (kenalan rapat) of Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin and his sister Tengku Datuk Rahimah Sultan Mahmud.

The following is Tan Sri Muhamad Shafee Abdullah's opening statement in the defence case of Najib's SRC trial, reproduced in full.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has opted to make a sworn statement at the witness stand to present his side of the story on the alleged misappropriation of RM42 million in former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) unit SRC International Sdn Bhd.