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PARIS (May 22): France has dropped some of the charges against an associate of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak over alleged kickbacks paid on a major submarine deal, judicial sources said Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 22): Jalan Melayu and Jalan Masjid India bazaar traders here will be temporarily relocated after an early morning fire yesterday, Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad (pictured) said.

  PETALING JAYA (May 21): The Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) will welcome Lim Boon Ping, Kim Realty’s director of training and development as president on July 1.

  BUTTERWORTH (May 21): The Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) will speed up its infrastructure development plan following its upgrade to city council status.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): RM300 million was paid for helicopters that were never delivered to the Royal Malaysian Army, a source close to investigations into allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the purchase of defence assets was reported as saying.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): The Ministry of Finance is now seeking a full repayment of the RM250 million loan it extended to the National Feedlot Corp Sdn Bhd (NFCorp) in 2008, after the latter defaulted on the repayment of the loan.

  PETALING JAYA (May 20): The Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4), a graft watchdog is reportedly looking to submit findings on alleged corruption in the Taman Rimba Kiara redevelopment project to Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad.

The Edge reports that the police have established a connection between fugitive businessperson Jho Low and jewellery that was seized from apartments linked to former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan said Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad is still her friend but she also reminded the latter that “friends will hold each other to higher standards”.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): Putrajaya can refund the developer involved in the Taman Rimba Kiara project if it is scrapped, Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh said today.