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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): A company director dealing with work permits told the High Court yesterday that he had to seek favours from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) when his firm's contract to operate a one-stop centre (OSC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh was terminated in 2015.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Johan Holdings Bhd is selling a piece of industrial land measuring some 28 acres within the Taman Meranti Jaya mixed development in Puchong, Selangor, to OSK Holdings Bhd for RM127 million.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 27): A total of 536 Extension of Time (EOT) aprovals were granted by the Controller of Housing and the Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government (KPKT) since 2014, according to data collated by the National House Buyers Association (HBA).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): National Audit Department (NAD) director Nor Salwani Muhammad did not breach any code of conduct by recording the fateful Feb 24, 2016 meeting between top government officials, former Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang told the High Court today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): The attendance of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, at a 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) board meeting on Sept 26, 2009 came into question when the then auditor-general (AG) found contradicting meeting minutes from the strategic investment fund.

IPOH (Nov 27): NGO Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is worried that the Perak authorities may begin rare earth mining in the state after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the state government and Chinese company Chinalco GXNF Rare Earth Development, the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): The upcoming Pavilion Bukit Jalil shopping mall has secured one million sq ft of confirmed tenants, reported The Star yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Without a doubt, the Federal Court’s “landmark” ruling that the housing controller has no power to grant an extension of time (EOT) to developers to complete their development projects would have “major implications” for the property development industry.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Former auditor-general (AG) Tan Sri Ambrin Buang told the High Court that he agreed to amend the audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) on former Prime Minister (PM) Datuk Seri Najib Razak's instruction, because the latter had promised him a thorough probe into 1MDB.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Former company director Ikhwan Zaidel yesterday denied lying to the court over the alleged payment of a RM3.