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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): The High Court in Johor Bahru on Sunday ordered ex-Johor executive council member Datuk Abd Latif Bandi, his son and a former real estate consultant to enter their defence against 37 corruption and money laundering charges involving more than RM30 million as the prosecution had proven a prima facie case against the accused, who were charged in 2017 for receiving bribes from property developers who requested for the change in bumiputra land status in Malaysia.

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 29): The Federal Court on Friday (Oct 29) fixed Feb 16 next year to hear the appeals of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) and his son Datuk Nazifuddin Najib over the summary judgement entered against them over unpaid taxes of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The High Court on Thursday (Oct 21) allowed the prosecution to commence impeachment proceedings against Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured), which will see them using her statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) about her money-laundering case to grill her over her testimony in the ongoing solar hybrid project graft trial.

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 21): Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pictured) and his son Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin were granted an interim stay of execution pending their bid for leave to appeal at the Federal Court against the summary judgment obtained by the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) against them over unpaid income tax arrears at the High Court.

From the outside, the newly-completed Sofiya Residensi in the popular Desa ParkCity township in Kuala Lumpur gives no hint of what this project stands for.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): A day after accusing prosecution witnesses of conspiring to secure her conviction for graft, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) admitted at the High Court on Thursday that she had no quarrels with them.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) told the High Court on Thursday she did not know if the wives of previous prime ministers — including her mother-in-law Tun Rahah Mohd Noah — had used the title of First Lady of Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 6): There is no correlation between the selling price of a parcel and the apportionment of maintenance cost for common property, thus it’s unfair and unreasonable to apply a uniform rate of maintenance charges on the parcel owner of a mixed development, said Burgess Rawson Management Sdn Bhd managing director Wong Kok Soo.

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 6): Baling member of parliament Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim was disallowed from personally addressing the Court of Appeal bench during the hearing of his appeal against his corruption and money laundering charges on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) testified on Tuesday that it was her former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor who solicited bribes of RM187.