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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): IOI Properties Group Bhd said today its directors Datuk Lee Yeow Chor and Lee Yeow Seng have given notices of their intention to deal in the securities of the company during the closed period pending announcement of IOI Properties' second-quarter financial results.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Sarawak Report editor Claire Rewcastle-Brown has filed an appeal against the High Court decision last month to allow an application by Terengganu's Sultanah Nur Zahirah not to testify in her defamation suit against Rewcastle-Brown and the publisher on her book about 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): The cabinet's decision to retain the ownership of PLUS Malaysia Bhd is a positive for Gamuda Bhd, as this will be seen as consistent with the government's previously announced plan to take over the four highways held by Gamuda, said Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd Research.

Comment by Liew Chin Tong on toll rates The announcement by PLUS Malaysia Bhd to reduce its toll rates by 18% is in line with Pakatan Harapan’s two-step election promise to (a) renegotiate unfair toll concessions, and (b) to gradually take over and eventually abolish tolls.

BEAUFORT (Jan 18): Barisan Nasional (BN) retained the Kimanis parliamentary seat after winning the by-election today with a 2,029-vote majority.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): MPHB Capital Bhd (MPHB) “seems to be on the last lap” of a long legal tussle with Johor and Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) over parcels of land in Pengerang that were acquired by the state government, The Edge Malaysia reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): Datuk Seri Chia Kok Teong has “emerged” as a new substantial shareholder in Vivocom International Holdings Bhd, reported The Edge Malaysia today.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 18): The PKR disciplinary board has issued party vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin (pictured) with a show-cause letter that has to be answered in 14 days from yesterday, media reports say today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): IKEA is building a store with ‘no parking on site’ (pictured) in Vienna, Austria as the company “assumes that most people will arrive by train”.